Intel Matrix Console Replaced failed drive 82801GR/GH SATA

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I have a DELL Optiplex 330 with RAID 1 Enabled

Controller: Intel / 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller

Operating System: Windows XP Pro Sp2

Hard Drives: Samsung HD320KJ (298GB formated) (320GB)

Software: Intel Matrix Manager v7.8.1013

Replacement drives: WD5003ABYX 500Gb RE SATA 3.0Gb/S drives

Existing Configuration:

Drive 0: OK (320GB) Primary Drive

Drive 1: Hard Failure had to remove

Ordered 2 new WD drives to install, what would the best method of rebuild?? Has been a while since I have done this so wanted to review the process. I seem to recall there was an issue when I did this some time ago with using larger drives. The problem seem to occur when I replaced the primary drive 0 with the new drive. I am not concerned to recover to new drive size, old drive size is just fine.

1) Install 500GB drive as Drive 1 , should I rebuild in BIOS or in OS? (replace failed drive)

2) Install 500GB drive as Dive 0, should I rebuild in BIOS or in OS? (replace existing functioning drive, preventative)

Thanks

Mark

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Hello Mark,

The assistance we offer over this forum is exclusive for Intel boxed motherboards. As a general recommendation you can just replace the failing hard drive and rebuilt the RAID array configuration:

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-030751.htm " title="http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-029023.htmhttp://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/ims... ">http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-029023.htm

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-030751.htm " style="font-size: 10pt;" title="http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-029023.htmhttp://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/ims... ">http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-030751.htm

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Yes , but the software and chip sets are Intel.

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Hello Mark,

Correct, but this is a motherboard forum and the answer for your question is posted above as well.

If you still need further assistance you can contact our chipset department via chat:

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/contactsupport Contact Support