ICH5R Raid fails format during XP Pro install.

[clif]

Board is P4C800-E dlx
1024 ddr mem
3.2 intel cpu
Plextor CD burner
1016 bios


I set up 2 80 gig. Maxtor drives as a raid 0. The 2 drives are both maxtor
80 gig 7200rpm but not the same model. No problem setting them up in a raid.
Raid bios setup runs fine. See's 2 drives in a 152 gig volume1 raid.

F6 in the driver. XP see's the raid drive but during the XP install after I
partition the drive and then select the partion to install windows on it
completes the format but then I get "Format could not complete. Please check
to be sure drive is installed correctly".

Same msg. no matter what partition I try to install on. I must then abort
install. When I reboot the Raid bios shows up as failed. I have reset the
drives back to non-raid and tried over many times with same result. Got
latest drivers from Asus. These 2 drives both worked fine just before trying
to set up the raid.

Any Ideas

 

[sister]

Board is P4C800-E dlx
1024 ddr mem
3.2 intel cpu
Plextor CD burner
1016 bios


I set up 2 80 gig. Maxtor drives as a raid 0. The 2 drives are both maxtor
80 gig 7200rpm but not the same model. No problem setting them up in a raid.
Raid bios setup runs fine. See's 2 drives in a 152 gig volume1 raid.

F6 in the driver. XP see's the raid drive but during the XP install after I
partition the drive and then select the partion to install windows on it
completes the format but then I get "Format could not complete. Please check
to be sure drive is installed correctly".

Same msg. no matter what partition I try to install on. I must then abort
install. When I reboot the Raid bios shows up as failed. I have reset the
drives back to non-raid and tried over many times with same result. Got
latest drivers from Asus. These 2 drives both worked fine just before trying
to set up the raid.

Any Ideas

are these sata oa ata drives ?

I hade the same problem, but i was using ata drives with a sata to ata
adater on the sata connectors...it turns out that the "RocketHead***"
sata adapter is not compatable with raid-0 as they*** work fine with a
single sata channel...

the only other thing otherwise similar was that mine were twin 40 gb
maxtor drives...(ata 133...)

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[clif]

Yep, they are ata drives with an adapter. They're Asus adapters, so I don't
know if they are the rockethead. But it looks like the same problem you had.
Thanks for the info.