RAID 1 not recognized in OS after BIOS update

cooken

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Hi,
First off I am running Win 7 on a primary SSD, and have 2 1TB HDD in RAID 1 for storage. I have been running this setup fine for a while now.
I recently updated my BIOS (P8P67) using the EZ Flash utility from USB per the following steps:
-Restore defaults
-Flash new BIOS
-Restore defaults
-Reset SATA mode to RAID

Everything went fine, and I verified that my BIOS was seeing the 2 HDD as 1 volume. The Intel RAID controller shows the mirrored volume and 2 drives on bootup, all fine. However, when I get into windows, the RAID volume is not listed in the Intel RST software, device manager or disk management.

I got confusion.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel Core i7 2600k2x 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 2600k
Motherboard
ASUS P8P67 B3
Memory
2x 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Monitor(s) Displays
Alienware AW2310
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1x Crucial C300 128GB SSD (Win)
2x WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM (RAID1)
Case
CM 690 II Advanced
Cooling
Corsair H100
Keyboard
Logitech DiNovo Edge
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
30 Mbps
Fixed.

After going online to Intel and checking that I had the latest drivers for the SATA controller, I decided to check the ASUS website. I downloaded and installed the older driver they had listed there, and during installation it picked up the volume and now all is good. I doubt it had anything to do with the driver version though. I think if I had tried just reinstalling the newest ones the same thing would have happened. Anyone know why I had to reinstall in order for the volume to be picked up?

I still have a fairly severe case of confusion...
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel Core i7 2600k2x 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 2600k
Motherboard
ASUS P8P67 B3
Memory
2x 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Monitor(s) Displays
Alienware AW2310
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1x Crucial C300 128GB SSD (Win)
2x WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM (RAID1)
Case
CM 690 II Advanced
Cooling
Corsair H100
Keyboard
Logitech DiNovo Edge
Mouse
Razer Naga
Internet Speed
30 Mbps
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