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I bought a used 3Ware 9500s-4LP raid controller from Ebay (the old 3ware 8506-4lp didn't support RAID arrays over 2TB, but it was working), installed it in my server and attached it to the SATA backplane with my 3 2TB WD Red drives.

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I bought a used 3Ware 9500s-4LP raid controller from Ebay (the old 3ware 8506-4lp didn't support RAID arrays over 2TB, but it was working), installed it in my server and attached it to the SATA backplane with my 3 2TB WD Red drives. 3ware CD-ROM with driver, software, and additional documentation. Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, both 32-bit and 64-bit x86. 6 3ware 9650SE Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Figure 5. 16-Port 3ware 9650SE-16ML Serial ATA RAID Controller. All 3ware Escalade 7000/8000 Series ATA RAID Controller Driver Updates. 3ware Driver Downloads - most popular 3ware drivers. Hard Disk Controller Driver Downloads - most popular Hard Disk Controller drivers. 3ware SATA RAID Drivers. 3ware 9650SE SATA RAID Controller Drivers. 3ware Hard Disk Drive Driver Updates for Windows - most popular 3ware.

I configured the RAID via the RAID bios (ALT+3 on boot) as RAID 0/1 and 5 - I tried them all.

Back in Windows, I installed the drivers and 3DM2 (latest from http://www.lsi.com/support/Pages/download-results.aspx?productcode=P00258&assettype=0&component=Storage%20Component&productfamily=Legacy%20RAID%20Controllers&productname=3ware%209500S%20series)

As i looked for the RAID drive in Disk Management, there was only the system HDD visible.

How can that be?

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I tried everything on Windows Server 2008 R2 also, no change.

The server I am working with is a Maxdata Platinum Server 520 with an Intel SE7320EP2 Motherboard. Latest BIOS installed.

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2 Answers

Problem solved, the lastest drivers (9.5.4) made problems - tried 9.5.3 which the support sent to me - they worked.

Still have to try 3DM2 if it's working now.

I have had a lot of experience with 3ware 9600 series cards (predominantly the 8 and 16 port variants) and LSI/3ware recommend that both the drivers AND the cards firmware are updated. Don't know if this relates to your issue.

Also important to note that if a card is already installed and running then the driver would need to be updated before the firmware as otherwise you can break your array.

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We recommend to use the following drivers for the respective hard disk controller, RAID controller, motherboard chipset or listed hardware device. These may be not the most recent versions of the drivers, but they were tested either by us or reported by most users as actually working, meaning that they do allow getting complete hard disk status information and they do enable important disk features, as e.g. TRIM on SSD drives. Different versions from the ones listed here _might_ work on your system, but usually they have been found to be quite buggy and therefore we do not recommend their use.

The following drivers are tested and recommended to use for the appropriate hard disk controller, RAID controller, motherboard chipset or related hardware device to get complete hard disk status information:

Note that all hard disk controllers provide hard disk status information in single/standalone mode only unless RAID mode is listed for the appropriate hard disk controller (RAID controller).

Note: the firmware update for ASMedia ASM1051 USB3.0 bridge may work with enclosures, adapters based on this chip to get the missing status information. Not recommended for SIIG JU-SA0212-S1 as the device does not work with the new firmware.

Please check back for new, updated, tested and verified drivers for different disk controllers.

In some situations, the newest (most recent) drivers may not be working correctly, in this case the updated version is not listed and you should select a driver from this list.