Bob--first--do you really want to use the Promise controller since it is
PCI-based and the Intel controller is part of the South Bridge controller.
Also, I wonder if they are connected to the right SATA connectors since
there are four on that motherboard--two controlled by the Intel South Bridge
and two controlled by the Promise controller. FWIW, I would recommend
disabling the Promise controller in the BIOS and using the Intel controller.
Since you are setting up a RAID configuration, I assume that you plan to
load WinXP in the partition--if not and I misunderstood, kindly ignore the
following. IF you are wanting to RAID these two drives, you will need to go
into the BIOS at bootup and make sure that these things are enabled:
OnBoard IDE Operate Mode to [Enhanced Mode]
Enhanced Mode Support ON to [S-ATA]
Configure S-ATA as RAID to [Yes]
Serial ATA Bootrom to [Enabled]
Prior to the above, you should have either downloaded the latest or used the
copy that was on the support CD that came with your motherboard and create a
floppy diskette of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID edition--it is
located on that CD in a folder labeled "IAA" or download the file called
"iaa35r.zip" from the Asus Web site. It is a self extracting zip file that
will place these four files on the floppy disk: iastor.inf, iastor.sys,
iastor.cat and txtsetup.oem
Before attempting to load XP onto the RAID partition, get into the RAID BIOS
by doing a CTRL-I (eye) during the POST and make the following changes:
--Create RAID Volume (in main menu)
--Set the stripe size in Create Array menu (64KB is all purpose)
--Set the RAID level to 0 or 1 in the Create Array menu, whichever you
intend to use
--Highlight Create Volume and press enter and press "Y" to confirm when
asked to do so.
When booting to the XP CD to set up XP, it will briefly at the very bottom
of the screen ask you to press "S" to install additional device or SCSI
driver (forget exact wording) and you will need to do that quickly and have
the floppy diskette inserted. Later XP will ask about which SCSI adaptor
and in that list will probably only be "Intel 82801ER Serial RAID
controller" which should be selected and press enter. The next screen
should confirm that the Intel RAID controller was selected and press Enter
again to continue.
When finished, you will need to go back into the BIOS and make sure in the
boot order that the RAID volume is selected as the boot drive that you
loaded XP on.
Hope this helps--good luck
MikeSp
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BobMarley said:
I've got 2 80gb WD drives on my Primary IDE controller, and a Cd
burner on the secondary.
i bought 2 WD 250GB sata drives, but can't get the OS to see them.. i
also don't see them recognized in the BIOS.
what am i missing?
i went into chipset, and enabled the onboard Promise card, set it to
RAID mode
went into IDE setup, enabled Enhanced on PATA and SATA, and set SATA
to RAID.
drives are connected, 1 to SATA RAID1 and the other to SATA RAID2
connector.
what am i missing?
