Need Help w/New SeaGate Barracuda SATA drives

ChrisHarris · 04-12-2006, 02:39 AM

I just yanked my old IDE drives and installed 2 new SATA drives. I have SATA1 and SATA0 ports on my mobo. The drives are Seagate Barracuda SATA 80gig. Both identical drives.

I want them to work as 1 unit. Windows XP Pro will only load up on 1 or the other.

The whole point of doing this was to get dual 80gig drives working together and booting together.

Do I need a RAID driver? RAID card?

I just want basic RAID--Raid 1 I think. Just want these 2 drives to work as 1 big one.

Thanks

Hairy_Lee · 04-12-2006, 02:57 AM

you need to enable the raid rom in your bios if it isn't already and set the sata raid device as your first boot device (unless you want your cdrom or whatever before them)
then you need to go into the sata raid utility (which should appear when your sata drives are being detected just after the POST... this is where you need to set up your raid 0 array.

btw... raid 1 is mirroring and it just means that the data is backed up on the other drive... raid 0 is the one your need to used

ChrisHarris · 04-12-2006, 03:10 AM

I know I need to do something in BIOS, but I'm not sure what to do.

When I boot, I can press DELETE and enter BIOS.
Arrow down to
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

That opens up a list:
On-chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled
On-chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled
On-chip SATA [AUTO]
SATA Port0 IDE Primary Master
SATA Port1 IDE Primary Slave

Is this the right screen? What do I change?

I'm thinking that I change the On-chip SATA to manual, but I don't know how to configure the SATA port1 and SATA port0

Thanks

Hairy_Lee · 04-12-2006, 12:46 PM

it should be fine in its current state, you need to go into the boot options or look for something called boot priority.

but remember that you need to get into the sata raid setup utility that comes after your system has performed its POST

helmie · 04-12-2006, 03:58 PM

Its says on Gigabytes website that the RAID in his mobo is:

# GigaRAID ITE8212 IDE RAID controller

Notice IDE controller. Is there only support for IDE drives in RAID?

ChrisHarris · 04-12-2006, 04:05 PM

It does recognize my SATA drives on IDE channels 0 and 1

When I go to my Integrated peripherals, and set that On-chip SATA to MANUAL--my SATA ports are still reading as IDE Master and Slave. I've tried adjusting them, but all it does is change which is the master and which is slave.

Am I screwed?

ChrisHarris · 04-12-2006, 04:34 PM

If someone could take the time to download this 5MB manual and help me out, I'd really appreciate it. (pdf file)

Follow this link and the download is at the bottom of the page.

Go to page 36 of the manual and it tells how to configure the bios for SATA.
No mention of RAID anywhere in the manual.

Link:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1863

ChrisHarris · 04-12-2006, 08:23 PM

Just figured out my board does not support RAID.

Time to upgrade.

haynea4f · 04-12-2006, 09:26 PM

Problem solved

ChrisHarris · 04-12-2006, 09:54 PM

Actually, there never was a problem with the hardware. It was in my head.

Newegg--here I come!! Been looking at Asus boards.

04-12-2006, 02:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
ChrisHarris Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 123	Need Help w/New SeaGate Barracuda SATA drives I just yanked my old IDE drives and installed 2 new SATA drives. I have SATA1 and SATA0 ports on my mobo. The drives are Seagate Barracuda SATA 80gig. Both identical drives. I want them to work as 1 unit. Windows XP Pro will only load up on 1 or the other. The whole point of doing this was to get dual 80gig drives working together and booting together. Do I need a RAID driver? RAID card? I just want basic RAID--Raid 1 I think. Just want these 2 drives to work as 1 big one. Thanks __________________ Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G Pro 800mhz FSB w/HTT P4 3.0ghz Prescott 800mhz FSB w/HTT 2GB Infineon DDR400 3-3-3-8 XFX nVidia 7800GS AGP 8x Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA X 2 Seagate Barracuda 250GB IDE ThermalTake Tower 112

04-12-2006, 02:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 26 Posts: 2,553	you need to enable the raid rom in your bios if it isn't already and set the sata raid device as your first boot device (unless you want your cdrom or whatever before them) then you need to go into the sata raid utility (which should appear when your sata drives are being detected just after the POST... this is where you need to set up your raid 0 array. btw... raid 1 is mirroring and it just means that the data is backed up on the other drive... raid 0 is the one your need to used __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

04-12-2006, 03:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
ChrisHarris Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 123	I know I need to do something in BIOS, but I'm not sure what to do. When I boot, I can press DELETE and enter BIOS. Arrow down to INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS That opens up a list: On-chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On-chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled On-chip SATA [AUTO] SATA Port0 IDE Primary Master SATA Port1 IDE Primary Slave Is this the right screen? What do I change? I'm thinking that I change the On-chip SATA to manual, but I don't know how to configure the SATA port1 and SATA port0 Thanks __________________ Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G Pro 800mhz FSB w/HTT P4 3.0ghz Prescott 800mhz FSB w/HTT 2GB Infineon DDR400 3-3-3-8 XFX nVidia 7800GS AGP 8x Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA X 2 Seagate Barracuda 250GB IDE ThermalTake Tower 112

04-12-2006, 12:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 26 Posts: 2,553	it should be fine in its current state, you need to go into the boot options or look for something called boot priority. but remember that you need to get into the sata raid setup utility that comes after your system has performed its POST __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

04-12-2006, 03:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
helmie Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Highlands, Scotland Age: 18 Posts: 1,208	Its says on Gigabytes website that the RAID in his mobo is: # GigaRAID ITE8212 IDE RAID controller Notice IDE controller. Is there only support for IDE drives in RAID? __________________ For sale: http://www.computerforum.com/111463-...tml#post893380

04-12-2006, 04:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
ChrisHarris Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 123	It does recognize my SATA drives on IDE channels 0 and 1 When I go to my Integrated peripherals, and set that On-chip SATA to MANUAL--my SATA ports are still reading as IDE Master and Slave. I've tried adjusting them, but all it does is change which is the master and which is slave. Am I screwed? __________________ Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G Pro 800mhz FSB w/HTT P4 3.0ghz Prescott 800mhz FSB w/HTT 2GB Infineon DDR400 3-3-3-8 XFX nVidia 7800GS AGP 8x Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA X 2 Seagate Barracuda 250GB IDE ThermalTake Tower 112

04-12-2006, 04:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
ChrisHarris Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 123	If someone could take the time to download this 5MB manual and help me out, I'd really appreciate it. (pdf file) Follow this link and the download is at the bottom of the page. Go to page 36 of the manual and it tells how to configure the bios for SATA. No mention of RAID anywhere in the manual. Link: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1863 __________________ Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G Pro 800mhz FSB w/HTT P4 3.0ghz Prescott 800mhz FSB w/HTT 2GB Infineon DDR400 3-3-3-8 XFX nVidia 7800GS AGP 8x Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA X 2 Seagate Barracuda 250GB IDE ThermalTake Tower 112

04-12-2006, 08:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
ChrisHarris Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 123	Just figured out my board does not support RAID. Time to upgrade. __________________ Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G Pro 800mhz FSB w/HTT P4 3.0ghz Prescott 800mhz FSB w/HTT 2GB Infineon DDR400 3-3-3-8 XFX nVidia 7800GS AGP 8x Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA X 2 Seagate Barracuda 250GB IDE ThermalTake Tower 112

04-12-2006, 09:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
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04-12-2006, 09:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
ChrisHarris Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 123	Actually, there never was a problem with the hardware. It was in my head. Newegg--here I come!! Been looking at Asus boards. __________________ Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G Pro 800mhz FSB w/HTT P4 3.0ghz Prescott 800mhz FSB w/HTT 2GB Infineon DDR400 3-3-3-8 XFX nVidia 7800GS AGP 8x Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA X 2 Seagate Barracuda 250GB IDE ThermalTake Tower 112

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