Random BSOD in WIndows 7 Kernel-Power Event ID 41

I see only one error, repeating over and over.

Event[57125]:
Log Name: System
Source: iaStorV
Date: 2014-07-30T08:44:08.352
Event ID: 9
Task: N/A
Level: Error
Opcode: N/A
Keyword: Classic
User: N/A
User Name: N/A
Computer: Chloe3
Description:
The device, \Device\Ide\iaStor0, did not respond within the timeout period.

It is Intel Rapid Storage, which is used as RAID there.

Code:

Name    Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO SATA RAID Controller
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\iastorv.sys (8.6.2.1014, 400.88 KB (410,496 bytes), 4/11/2014 8:07 PM)

RAID is always problematic. And you have three HDDs, two 1 TB ones and one is of 250 GB. In such a situation, you dont need RAID. To get a permanent solution of this issue, it is the best to break RAID.

Boot into the BIOS. Change the storage controller mode from RAID to AHCI. If AHCI is not available, change it to ATA/IDE whichever is available. Also if there is anything line Intel Smart Response, Intel Rapid Storage etc options, disable them too.

But now windows will not boot at all. Because windows cannot boot to windows if the storage controller mode is changed from that on which it was originally installed. So the way now is to perform a clean install.

Seeing the age of the computer, it would be the best for you to get a driver control clean install following Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 .

So, if there is anything valuable in the C drive, move it to elsewhere, then Break RAID and have a clean install.

Laborious, time consuming, but the best way to deal with this issue.

In the BIOS or setup screen all 3 of my drives are listed as "non RAID disk"s. In the boot screen each drive is followed by the statement "this drive is controlled by the RAID bios".

Please help me understand this. Could the error actually be related to the add in PCI RAID controller I am using to connect these 2 extra drives? What would happen if I attached all of my hard drives directly the SATA ports on the motherboard and attached my CD and DVD drives to the add in controller instead?

I really want to understand. I realize I have posted 3 times with multiple questions. I would really appreciate if you could address each of those questions.

Thanks in advance Arch!

Breaking RAID will not loss any accessibility to any other HDD.

If D:/Apps is the location where the programs are installed, it will become useless. But if it contains any other sort of files, nothing will be changed for them.

If you keep RAID, the computer will continue to crash. Gradually the magnitude will increase.

In reply to your post #25, I am explaining my apology. I would request my guru essenbe to guide you in the right way.

DrillHead, I am not really a Guru, I just impersonate one occasionally. Arc likes to call me that. If you would, please fill out your system specs, in as much detail as you can. In the meantime I am going to look at your log file in the first post and see what I can see. Also please explain what you mean when you talk about your pcie card. Do you have a raid card installed? Maybe this will help.

Please fill out your System Specs

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Also, could you please give me the manufacturer and model number of your hard drives.

This is the page for your raid controller card. First at the bottom of the page under tech support they say you can click the link and get updated drivers. See if you can get drivers for it, some cards have raid drivers, which you most likely have and non raid drivers. If they do, download both.
VIA VT6421 - Serial RAID Controller - VIA Technologies, Inc.

Also, would you please go into bios and try to find the sata controller. Dell hides things and locks down the bios pretty tight and it may be a sub menu od another item, but you should find something to the effect of storage controllers or storage configuration. I don't want you to change anything right now, I just want you to tell me what the sata controller is set to (Raid, IDE or AHCI) and also tell me the options you have, ie. do you have all three options Raid, IDE and AHCI. If you will notice in this quote, it appears your controller is set to IDE

There were also numerous occurrences on the following error:

IaStorV, Event ID = 9. And the details show this:

The device, \Device\Ide\iaStor0, did not respond within the timeout period.

Could this be causing/contributing to the problems?