my poweredge server frequently loses connection with its primary sata hard drive it runs on the onboard controller(might have something to do with the fact I run 8 drives instead of the standard 6)
these are my specs from memory:
1x xeon 3.06ghz cpu
aureal vortex au8820 16bit sound card
ati radeon hd 7950 modified to work in a pcie x4 slot
7x 3.5" sata drives (5 in raid setup) two in normal sata mode
1x 2.5" sata drive (primary drive)
2x 512mb dual-ranked ram
windows 7 ultimate 32bit
standard dell perc raid card
the server is well out of warranty and I rescued it from the e-waste section at the local junkyard.
if anyone could help me with this it would be greatly appreciated.