Trouble with my RAID array and XP..

[Josh]

Well heres the story.. I have an ASUS p4c800 deluxe
motherboard and I am using the onboard promise fasttrak
378 RAID controller to try and setup my 2x80 gb SATA
drives in RAID 0 config. I customized my XP install disc
so that it would automatically load the drivers for me
because my floppy is busted but that works just fine
because XP setup recognizes the drivers and all. I know
that the array is working because my secondary IDE drive
that I am running XP off of recognizes and I can write
files to it and all. Now for the problem.. First I go
through with installing XP which goes fine.. all the
files are copied properly and everything. But when it
goes to boot for the first time, I get this exact error
message on a blue screen: Stop: 0x0000007B (0XF7C8463C,
0XC00000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000). Ive done some
research on it and tried to fix it.. Ive even deleted the
array, reformatted and reinstalled. Same thing every
time. Im SO fed up to the point that Im thinking of
returning these 2 nice drives and buying 1 big one. If
you have any idea what needs to be done, your help is
really appreciated.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Open your BIOS and change the USB configuration from Native
to Legacy. After installation, you can change it back.
Also, make sure you are not over-clocking.

TROUBLESHOOTING STOP ERROR MESSAGES
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php

[Courtesy of James A. Eshelman, MS-MVP]

Troubleshooting Stop Errors
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/win_xp_stop.htm

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]

Troubleshoot Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/guide/troubleshoot.asp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Well heres the story.. I have an ASUS p4c800 deluxe
| motherboard and I am using the onboard promise fasttrak
| 378 RAID controller to try and setup my 2x80 gb SATA
| drives in RAID 0 config. I customized my XP install disc
| so that it would automatically load the drivers for me
| because my floppy is busted but that works just fine
| because XP setup recognizes the drivers and all. I know
| that the array is working because my secondary IDE drive
| that I am running XP off of recognizes and I can write
| files to it and all. Now for the problem.. First I go
| through with installing XP which goes fine.. all the
| files are copied properly and everything. But when it
| goes to boot for the first time, I get this exact error
| message on a blue screen: Stop: 0x0000007B (0XF7C8463C,
| 0XC00000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000). Ive done some
| research on it and tried to fix it.. Ive even deleted the
| array, reformatted and reinstalled. Same thing every
| time. Im SO fed up to the point that Im thinking of
| returning these 2 nice drives and buying 1 big one. If
| you have any idea what needs to be done, your help is
| really appreciated.

 

[Guest]

hmm.. Ill try it but I dont understand what USB and RAID
have to do with each other hehe

 

[Jim]

Time to try a new approach. Install only a single SATA HD, then install XP.
Report back and let's us know if the installation was successful. If it
was, I will show you how to convert the installation to SATA RAID 0. In
order for this to work, you must either have a spare IDE HD (3GB min),
CD-R/RW optical drive, or DVD+-R/RW optical drive. If the XP installation
*doesn't* work, you have a problem not related to RAID, at least we'll know
that much.

HTH

Jim