Problems with Intel Storage Drivers and Vista...
Well, it seems there's a problem with my new Media Center PC... The system is sporratically locking up and it requires a physical reboot using the power button when it does this...
The problem happened a couple of times while I was building the system, but increased significantly last night after I got the SATA cables to install the 3rd and 4th hard disks. (It's about time those cables showed up!) It seems the problem is documented here: http://www.flyingnerd.com/intel-raid-problem-under-windows-vista and the old addiage: install the latest drivers before you do anything applies. Intel claims to have it fixed in their latest storage drivers by disabling some new power management features: http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-025783.htm. I've updated my Intel RAID drivers to 7.6, let's hope this fixes it...