Setup of A8N SLI-D

[Mr B]

For those that have built a A8N-SLI Deluxe board setup, I have some
questions before I plug in my new PC and configure BIOS and load the OS....
If you see something in the setup that raises a flag, let me know also so I
can correct accordingly.

Current equipment and setup.

A8N SLI Deluxe MB (All three power ports on MB are plugged in)
AMD 64 3500 retail CPU
Corsair Paired 1G DDR400 XMS low latentcy Memory (2-2-2-5)
Leadtek PX6800 THD PCI Ex Vid card (Single)
Pair of Seagate 7200 160Gig SATA HDD Plan on setting up in RAID 0 (plugged
into sata raid slots #1&2)
Plextor PX712SA Sata DVD/CD Writer (plugged into sata slot #4)
Antec 480 Neopower PWS LianLi 6070B silent case
Win XP OS W/SP2
I will be re-adding a zip drive (many leftover discs) and maybe forced into
having a floppy drive for the kids homework once I get the new system up and
running. Not in setup at this time.

The manuals are less than detailed in setting up the raid system and I have
never setup a new system without a floppy. (I was told I would not need it
on this setup)
Does anyone have a link to more info? Or have a step by step written up so
one could follow?
As I read through the posts here, this may be of help to more than just me.

 

[Mr B]

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/38623/

Great Info. But now I have another issue. I cant seem to make a raid driver
disk. If I go into the A8N support disc under my old win98 system , I cant
pull it up. If I explore it and am able to get to the drivers make disk
portion. It just formats the disk with no info on it then quits......Any
idea's?

 

[RJT]

For those that have built a A8N-SLI Deluxe board setup, I have some
questions before I plug in my new PC and configure BIOS and load the OS....
If you see something in the setup that raises a flag, let me know also so I
can correct accordingly.

Current equipment and setup.

A8N SLI Deluxe MB (All three power ports on MB are plugged in)
AMD 64 3500 retail CPU
Corsair Paired 1G DDR400 XMS low latentcy Memory (2-2-2-5)
Leadtek PX6800 THD PCI Ex Vid card (Single)
Pair of Seagate 7200 160Gig SATA HDD Plan on setting up in RAID 0 (plugged
into sata raid slots #1&2)
Plextor PX712SA Sata DVD/CD Writer (plugged into sata slot #4)
Antec 480 Neopower PWS LianLi 6070B silent case
Win XP OS W/SP2
I will be re-adding a zip drive (many leftover discs) and maybe forced into
having a floppy drive for the kids homework once I get the new system up and
running. Not in setup at this time.

The manuals are less than detailed in setting up the raid system and I have
never setup a new system without a floppy. (I was told I would not need it
on this setup)
Does anyone have a link to more info? Or have a step by step written up so
one could follow?
As I read through the posts here, this may be of help to more than just me.

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/38623/