Not detecting Hard drives

Exploded_Monitor

Exploded_Monitor

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I just built my 2nd computer, this being the first one i'm trying to install a RAID 0 setup. Asus book tells me I need to create a floppy with the SATA/RAID driver on it. I have 6 choices:

Make nVidia 32bit SATA RAID Driver
Make nVidia 64bit SATA RAID Driver
Make Silicon Image 32bit RAID Driver
Make Silicon Image 32bit SATA Driver
Make Silicon Image 64bit RAID Driver
Make Silicon Image 64bit SATA Driver

Which one should I choose? My pc specs are in my signature. I tried the 64 bit nVidia one, but Windows setup told me it was "corrupted." I'm working on attempt #2 but any help would be appreciated
Thanks a lot,
Exploded_monitor
 
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If your controller is strictly for ide drives you would strictly use the RAID set for the 64bit OS you are running for the most part even though that is supposed to have a backward compatibilty to 32bit. With either 32 or 64bit RAID for ide only, SATA RAID for a dual purpose controller card. A repeat download may get through if the first was incomplete for some reason.
 
My drives are all sata... but I will try that again. And if it doesnt work ill just start going down the list...

Also: I plugged in my old 80gb sata hard drive and setup didn't detect that one either (not in a raid array) My last motherboard didn't require me to set up a driver for this one... seems odd that this one would require an external driver for a single non-raided drive. Faulty motherboard? maybe...
 
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I think I could of used either of the 32 Bit RAID Drivers, but the Nvida one just looked nicer, and it worked. Not sure why I was trying to use 64 bit. I guess i got confused with my 64 bit processor, I do not own Windows 64-bit.

But your comment made me realize this: "the 64bit OS you are running", (which i wasnt)

once again. thanks. too bad 25 minutes later my disks failed and i am re-installing windows as we speak =p. ill probably end up RMA'ing these drives if this doesnt work.

thanks,
exploded_monitor
 
Maybe you should slap an ide host in there to the RAID drivers loaded. Your listing of drivers there suggested you were running the 64bit version of XP instead of either the XP Pro or Home 32bit version. The one thing to note about the NVidia drivers is what I mentioned earlier about whether the controller card was single or dual purpose. Both sets of those are SATA/RAID not simply RAID by itself. Are you sure it's the drives or the card?
 
the xp installer sucks super hard and requires you load drivers for sata controllers from a floppy it sux, but get used to it. At least vista is suppose to let you load it from a CD
 
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