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Rich Dewees
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September 29th, 2010 09:00
JMicron A04
I have and Area 51 ALX. I Updated the JMicron Driver to 1.17.57.00 A04 from the previous version. In my start menu I now have the folder "JMicron Technology Corp" with a file in the folder JMB36X Raid configurer. When I click on the file it says ALERT - JMB36X Raid Device not found. I am running 2 x 300 10K HDDs in RAID 0. What is this file used for? Is it (or am I) missing something when is gives me the ALert error?
Rich Dewees
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Posted September 30th, 2010 05:00
Thanks. I had all three listed in my Device Manager, Intel, Sil and JMicron. I uninstalled the JMicron and restarted. All is well.Hi morblore, In my BIOS settings I see both the SIL and JMicron enabled. But I only installed SIL drivers not the Jmicron after a fresh Windows 7 installation. Should I install the Jmicron drivers as well?
I dont think so. I never did. I think the JMicron is just the DVD drives. I do know you gotta install the SIL ether from Dell or the disk because windows doesnt have a driver for it.
If you look on your mobo you will see 8 sata ports on the right side. Notice that 2 of them are higher up? I think that is the JMicron and the bottom 6 grouped together are the intel satas. But I am just guessing. I could have it all wrong but I don't think I do. If you disable the JMicron in the bios the DVD drives stop working. Thats a big tell there.
Does this look right? Would make sense because you guys have 6 slots for HDD, and the Intel controller only does 3Gb/s X 6.
Aurora:
Intel ICH-10 = 4 SATA HDD (RAID capable - on bottom) + 2 Sata Optical drives
Silicon Image (SIL) = External eSata port
Area 51:
Intel ICH-10 = 6 SATA HDD (RAID capable - on side)
JMicron = 2 Sata Optical drives
Silicon Image (SIL) = External eSata port
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Aurora:
Intel ICH-10 = 4 SATA HDD (RAID capable - on bottom) + 2 Sata Optical drives
Silicon Image (SIL) = External eSata port
Area 51:
Intel ICH-10 = 6 SATA HDD (RAID capable - on side)
JMicron = 2 Sata Optical drives
Silicon Image (SIL) = External eSata port
That looks about right.
Back on my XPS 730x it had 6 sata's and it too listed Intel and JMicron. 4 for the HDD and 2 for the dvd drives. I had removed one of my DVD drives and hooked up a 5th HDD to that sata port to run 5 HDD in raid-0.
My guess is you could do the same with these systems for a 8 HDD raid-0 set up. I don't recall ever putting in any kinda drivers to do it on the XPS so im guessing the intel ran it.
Maybe the JMicron is software to make DVD drives work and the Intel is to make HDD drives work and the sata ports are just there waiting for whatever device you hook it up to.
Rich Dewees
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Posted October 7th, 2010 09:00
Yes, that looks correct. I have all 3 listed in my Device Manager - again. I reinstalled the JMicron driver, A04 as listed on Dell.com. The JMicon controls the optical drves and "found" them upon reinstallation. But I did delete the Jmicron folder from my Start Menu as it served no purpose.Area 51:
Intel ICH-10 = 6 SATA HDD (RAID capable - on side)
JMicron = 2 Sata Optical drives
Silicon Image (SIL) = External eSata port
Yes, that looks correct. I have all 3 listed in my Device Manager - again. I reinstalled the JMicron driver, A04 as listed on Dell.com. The JMicon controls the optical drves and "found" them upon reinstallation. But I did delete the Jmicron folder from my Start Menu as it served no purpose.Area 51:
Intel ICH-10 = 6 SATA HDD (RAID capable - on side)
JMicron = 2 Sata Optical drives
Silicon Image (SIL) = External eSata port
Thanks for the confirmation.
Since the Area-51 motherboard is slightly different than the Aurora's (mine), it's good to be able to accurately describe how to reload system and drivers from scratch (clean install).
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Posted September 30th, 2010 04:00
You should have a Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller which uses this driver
Check your device manager. Under Storage Controllers you should see an Intel and a Silicon Image. If you have the driver I linked above installed it will be a there if not you will see a ! which means you need to install the driver for it.
The Silicon is used for the DVD drives and the Intel is for the raid.