First unraid build

[kenoka]

The last two drives are being detected as IDE, so they won't show up if you |grep SATA. Check your BIOS. Many will have separate options for the first four ports vs. the last two. The last two should either be AHCI or the same as the first four.

[cdika17]

The last two drives are being detected as IDE, so they won't show up if you |grep SATA. Check your BIOS. Many will have separate options for the first four ports vs. the last two. The last two should either be AHCI or the same as the first four.

 

Changed onchip SATA type to AHCI, still says drives are in IDE

[prostuff1]

The last two drives are being detected as IDE, so they won't show up if you |grep SATA. Check your BIOS. Many will have separate options for the first four ports vs. the last two. The last two should either be AHCI or the same as the first four.

 

Changed onchip SATA type to AHCI, still says drives are in IDE

 

What motherboard do you have?

 

[Joe L.]

The last two drives are being detected as IDE, so they won't show up if you |grep SATA. Check your BIOS. Many will have separate options for the first four ports vs. the last two. The last two should either be AHCI or the same as the first four.

 

Changed onchip SATA type to AHCI, still says drives are in IDE

Sometimes there are TWO different settings for AHCI, one for each of the two SATA controllers on the motherboard.  Look for a "Legacy" setting. You do not want legacy mode enabled.  It makes the SATA drives look like old IDE drives so they can be used to boot older Windows OS. (WinXP and prior do not have any SATA drivers.)  If they did not have the IDE emulation mode, they could not boot from those disks.

[cdika17]

The last two drives are being detected as IDE, so they won't show up if you |grep SATA. Check your BIOS. Many will have separate options for the first four ports vs. the last two. The last two should either be AHCI or the same as the first four.

 

Changed onchip SATA type to AHCI, still says drives are in IDE

 

What motherboard do you have?

 

 

Biostar TA785G3HD

 

 

[cdika17]

Having issues on my setup, when i copy a movie in mkv and output it straight to the server, when i playback, it is all choppy, movies that i have transfered onto there seem to do it as well, would it be my connection? As far as when i output the file directly onto the server?

[joshpond]

So you have an mkv on your server which you are trying to stream out to what and over what?

 

Josh

[cdika17]

So you have an mkv on your server which you are trying to stream out to what and over what?

 

Josh

 

mkv on server streaming to my htpc over wired network.

 

htpc is hooked thru hdmi to denon receiver, hdmi out going to projector.

 

htpc specs below. just named the major parts.

 

SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Dual Proc 3.5IN Sata Hard Drive Oem 5YR Mfg Warranty

Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P AMD790X ATX AM3 DDR3 2PCI-E SATA2 RAID Sound GLAN Motherboard

G.SKILL F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ PC3-10666 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1333 CL9-9-9-24 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit

Amd Phenom Ii X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core Processor AM3 3.2GHZ 8MB Cache 125W 45NM Retail Box

LG CH08-LS10 Black BLU-RAY 8X Reader & 16X DVD Writer Combo Internal SATA Lightscribe Retail Box

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition 32BIT DVD OEM

 

 

[joshpond]

Not 100% sure but I suspect the network. I can stream bd.iso from my unraid to popcorn hours with no issues.

Have you tried other file formats? (ie lower quality)

Are you using samba shares with windows?

What network or wireless? 1000/100/10? or b/g?

 

Josh

[mbryanr]

Probably further along in the investigation process, but Windows7 has some issues allocating bandwidth with Samba shares.

 

Boxee (and others) has run into this problem...once you get the basics covered (network layout, confirmed 1000mbps connection etc)

 

this may help:

http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=22107

[cdika17]

Can i hook up my server directly to my htpc without using my network?

[Joe L.]

Can i hook up my server directly to my htpc without using my network?

Yes, but both will need to used fixed IP addresses.

[cdika17]

Can i hook up my server directly to my htpc without using my network?

Yes, but both will need to used fixed IP addresses.

 

Any chance there is a guide to do this?

 

Will i still be able to use the internet hooked thru my wired network?

 

Thanks

[wsume99]

Will i still be able to use the internet hooked thru my wired network?

Not on the HTPC or the server.  If you have them hooked together without using the network (i.e. the server and htpc are no longer connected to the network) how would either of those machines be able to access the internet on your network?  Hooking them together directly is not a permenant suggestion but only a way to help isolate the the issue between a network problem or a server/htpc problem.