ASRock H97M Pro4 BIOS & RAID

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   HI folks.

Well, I had to get into the BIOS to change the reboot after power outage setting.  I had fastboot on, so I had to reset the CMOS, where I should have just pulled a plug on a drive to force it to happen (I'm assuming, as I was told this).  

So I changed the power-up setting.  But all my other choices in the original BIOS settings are gone.  I have to SSDs in there, each 120GB, and I can't seem to get this thing to boot up again.  I can't remember if I set this up with a RAID or not.  The OS is good, it was booting up in two seconds, but I can't seem to get it to go now.

I chose drive 1, didn't boot.  I chose drive 3, didn't boot.  No other drives.  Then I remembered fussing with RAID.  So I enabled SATA Controllers, then went into Advanced/Storage Configuration and switched SATA Mode Configuration to RAID.  

Saved settings, rebooted.  Still no boot.  

So I'm stuck.  I'm not sure what is missing.  Anybody have any ideas how I can get this working again?

Cheers

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daBee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2019 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote daBee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: ASRock H97M Pro4 BIOS & RAID Posted: 24 Sep 2019 at 9:21pm
	HI folks. Well, I had to get into the BIOS to change the reboot after power outage setting. I had fastboot on, so I had to reset the CMOS, where I should have just pulled a plug on a drive to force it to happen (I'm assuming, as I was told this). So I changed the power-up setting. But all my other choices in the original BIOS settings are gone. I have to SSDs in there, each 120GB, and I can't seem to get this thing to boot up again. I can't remember if I set this up with a RAID or not. The OS is good, it was booting up in two seconds, but I can't seem to get it to go now. I chose drive 1, didn't boot. I chose drive 3, didn't boot. No other drives. Then I remembered fussing with RAID. So I enabled SATA Controllers, then went into Advanced/Storage Configuration and switched SATA Mode Configuration to RAID. Saved settings, rebooted. Still no boot. So I'm stuck. I'm not sure what is missing. Anybody have any ideas how I can get this working again? Cheers
	Cheers daBee

daBee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2019 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote daBee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Sep 2019 at 1:19am
	I've tried everything. I can't figure this out. If I just reset the CMOS and set the drives up, as well as tried both non-RAID and RAID for settings, would the box not just see the previous drives and move forward with booting with the OS? I don't see what else is different, nor why it would matter. Anybody have any insight? It won't grab those drives as a valid boot volume for some reason.
	Cheers daBee

daBee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2019 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote daBee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Sep 2019 at 3:24am
	A 20 ms screen that I caught, said there is no `RAID`. Still can't choose that drive though.
	Cheers daBee

daBee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2019 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote daBee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Sep 2019 at 1:34pm
	Looks like a boot loader issue (grub) on CentOS now. Investigating.
	Cheers daBee