Comments for Wonky Gibbon Ramblings http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk Copyright 2009 by djg. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Getting a SiliconImage Sil3114 SATA RAID card to work in Windows 7 by danny http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/279/hardware/getting-a-siliconimage-sil3114-sata-raid-card-to-work-in-windows-7.htm/comment-page-1#comment-300 danny Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:24:24 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=279#comment-300 Very best of luck! Very best of luck!

]]> Comment on Getting a SiliconImage Sil3114 SATA RAID card to work in Windows 7 by Dan Mackin http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/279/hardware/getting-a-siliconimage-sil3114-sata-raid-card-to-work-in-windows-7.htm/comment-page-1#comment-299 Dan Mackin Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:21:31 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=279#comment-299 Yeah... I think I may have learned my lesson. Linux Software RAID from now on. ;) I'm going to try my hand using RAID Reconstructor V4.25 to see if I can get at it using a LiveCD with that software. I'll post back with my results if they're worth sharing! :) Yeah… I think I may have learned my lesson. Linux Software RAID from now on. ;) I’m going to try my hand using RAID Reconstructor V4.25 to see if I can get at it using a LiveCD with that software. I’ll post back with my results if they’re worth sharing! :)

]]> Comment on Getting a SiliconImage Sil3114 SATA RAID card to work in Windows 7 by danny http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/279/hardware/getting-a-siliconimage-sil3114-sata-raid-card-to-work-in-windows-7.htm/comment-page-1#comment-298 danny Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:04:34 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=279#comment-298 Ah NO! Mate - I'm really sorry. RAID5 being striped with parity is that bit more complex - should have survived really though. I still use the SiliconImage in a very simple RAID1 configuration - not sure how much I trust it to do something more tricky - it's a cheap chipset! Ah NO! Mate – I’m really sorry. RAID5 being striped with parity is that bit more complex – should have survived really though. I still use the SiliconImage in a very simple RAID1 configuration – not sure how much I trust it to do something more tricky – it’s a cheap chipset!

]]> Comment on Getting a SiliconImage Sil3114 SATA RAID card to work in Windows 7 by Dan Mackin http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/279/hardware/getting-a-siliconimage-sil3114-sata-raid-card-to-work-in-windows-7.htm/comment-page-1#comment-297 Dan Mackin Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:52:28 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=279#comment-297 Ugh. Fail... I think I may have lost my 3TB of data. :( Ugh. Fail… I think I may have lost my 3TB of data. :(

]]> Comment on Getting a SiliconImage Sil3114 SATA RAID card to work in Windows 7 by Dan Mackin http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/279/hardware/getting-a-siliconimage-sil3114-sata-raid-card-to-work-in-windows-7.htm/comment-page-1#comment-296 Dan Mackin Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:26:21 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=279#comment-296 Hey guys... just wanted to say that I wish I had come across this a LOT earlier when I was building my RAID5 array with this same onboard chip. I eventually figured out what the issue was (like you!) but it took me almost two weeks to do so! That being said, I'd definitely like to echo what danny is saying above. One of my RAID5 drives (I have 3x 2TB WD Green drives in the array) failed today and the system will not boot... haven't been home to check it out but I'm seriously hoping (and I feel fairly confident that this is the case) that I can just unplug the drive and my "Reduced" array will still be fine. I'd hate to lose 3TB of data! Yeah, I know, backup backup backup. Luckily those WD drives come with a three year warranty so I've got the new one on the way. Can't wait for the rbuild process to take days! :) Hey guys… just wanted to say that I wish I had come across this a LOT earlier when I was building my RAID5 array with this same onboard chip. I eventually figured out what the issue was (like you!) but it took me almost two weeks to do so!

That being said, I’d definitely like to echo what danny is saying above. One of my RAID5 drives (I have 3x 2TB WD Green drives in the array) failed today and the system will not boot… haven’t been home to check it out but I’m seriously hoping (and I feel fairly confident that this is the case) that I can just unplug the drive and my “Reduced” array will still be fine. I’d hate to lose 3TB of data! Yeah, I know, backup backup backup.

Luckily those WD drives come with a three year warranty so I’ve got the new one on the way. Can’t wait for the rbuild process to take days! :)

]]> Comment on Samsung LED TV with HDMI stretches Windows Desktop by danny http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/315/hardware/samsung-led-tv-with-hdmi-stretches-windows-desktop.htm/comment-page-1#comment-293 danny Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:14:34 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=315#comment-293 I couldn't agree more - the ubuntu boys rock! I couldn’t agree more – the ubuntu boys rock!

]]> Comment on Samsung LED TV with HDMI stretches Windows Desktop by Daniel Watts http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/315/hardware/samsung-led-tv-with-hdmi-stretches-windows-desktop.htm/comment-page-1#comment-292 Daniel Watts Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:30:50 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=315#comment-292 I've been tackling problems with HDMI and my samsung TV forever. I never actually thought it was anything to do with my screen(s). I always blamed the graphics card. Today, I purchased a brand new card, fairly expensive, and had the exact same issue. This thread is an absolute lifesaver. Thanks to the guys on the Ubuntuforums too. Much Love Dan I’ve been tackling problems with HDMI and my samsung TV forever. I never actually thought it was anything to do with my screen(s). I always blamed the graphics card.

Today, I purchased a brand new card, fairly expensive, and had the exact same issue. This thread is an absolute lifesaver. Thanks to the guys on the Ubuntuforums too.

Much Love

Dan

]]> Comment on Upgrading Media Center to HD by danny http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/311/hardware/upgrading-media-center-to-hd.htm/comment-page-1#comment-286 danny Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:26:07 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=311#comment-286 The problem with Powerdvd and the black border when embedded in Mediacentre was resolved by a recent system rebuild. The problem with Powerdvd and the black border when embedded in Mediacentre was resolved by a recent system rebuild.

]]> Comment on Getting a SiliconImage Sil3114 SATA RAID card to work in Windows 7 by danny http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/279/hardware/getting-a-siliconimage-sil3114-sata-raid-card-to-work-in-windows-7.htm/comment-page-1#comment-285 danny Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:21:58 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=279#comment-285 In further news - a week after the rebuild, one of the two RAID'ed drives failed with the click of death. The interesting part was that it prevented Windows 7 from booting until the failed drive was unplugged. It would have to be said that this Silicon Image chipset really is quite basic - it does the job - but you have to stay on top of it. It's not what you'd call "consumer". In further news – a week after the rebuild, one of the two RAID’ed drives failed with the click of death. The interesting part was that it prevented Windows 7 from booting until the failed drive was unplugged.
It would have to be said that this Silicon Image chipset really is quite basic – it does the job – but you have to stay on top of it. It’s not what you’d call “consumer”.

]]> Comment on Getting a SiliconImage Sil3114 SATA RAID card to work in Windows 7 by danny http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/279/hardware/getting-a-siliconimage-sil3114-sata-raid-card-to-work-in-windows-7.htm/comment-page-1#comment-284 danny Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:20:01 +0000 http://www.wonkygibbon.co.uk/?p=279#comment-284 As an postscript. I rebuilt my mediacentre from scratch last weekend (installed an SSD as boot drive) - with the SiliconImage card in the machine from the beginning. Windows installed it seamlessly and recognised the card without the need for any of the crap above (with the possible exception of the BIOS update). As an postscript. I rebuilt my mediacentre from scratch last weekend (installed an SSD as boot drive) – with the SiliconImage card in the machine from the beginning. Windows installed it seamlessly and recognised the card without the need for any of the crap above (with the possible exception of the BIOS update).

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