Help me set up raid with raptors on a P5B-D.

trueplaya4ever8 · 12-15-06, 10:53 PM

Im pretty clueless on how to go about doing this. Any direction would be greatly appreciated. I havent ever done raid before. If i were to do matrix raid. How do i go about setting it up. Before i install windows or what?

Thanks

w2richwood · 12-16-06, 03:22 PM

well i dont have your board i have p5wde d so beat read your manual and hook up your harddrives on sata 1 and 2 for raid reboot get into your ich8r and config your raido then run windows then push f6 to put in raid drivers hope this helps good luck

trueplaya4ever8 · 12-18-06, 09:34 PM

Well i got the drivers from asus's site, i set the raid up. Now when i try to get into windows install i do the f6, and it doesnt see any hard drives.... not my storage or the raid array... whats up with that. Help is greatly appreciated.

krag · 12-18-06, 09:52 PM

Which mobo and also, do you have your raid drives plugged into the right SATA ports? That tripped me up the other day. Also are the raid drivers loading thru the floppy method?

trueplaya4ever8 · 12-18-06, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by krag

Which mobo and also, do you have your raid drives plugged into the right SATA ports? That tripped me up the other day. Also are the raid drivers loading thru the floppy method?

P5B deluxe Wifi. And they have to be in certain sata slots, lol. I think i have them in like 2 and 5, I just figured same color id be safe. Yes to the floppy. Are there 2 different sata controllers in the same spot or something.

S_Wilson · 12-18-06, 10:19 PM

The ports should not matter. Did you use ctrl-I to set the specific drives to Raid?

Also, it would probably be best to use the latest drivers from Intel's site.

Floppy Configuration Tool
IATA62 Matrix Software

trueplaya4ever8 · 12-18-06, 10:25 PM

Ya i set the raid already, i just cant get the windows to see it.. ill try those drivers in a few.

S_Wilson · 12-18-06, 10:28 PM

If the Raid bios can see the drives then drivers will be the key. The reason Windows does not see the storage drive is because when Raid is enabled then AHCI will be enabled which requires drivers also.

trueplaya4ever8 · 12-18-06, 10:40 PM

Hmm well now what do i do then. lol.

S_Wilson · 12-18-06, 10:50 PM

Sorry, should have explained a little more.

Once you load the raid drivers and install windows then the AHCI works also.

trueplaya4ever8 · 12-18-06, 10:54 PM

Well i try to ahci drivers instead of the raid ones.. same result. tommorow im gonna try the new drivers its sleeping time now.

krag · 12-18-06, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S_Wilson

The ports should not matter. Did you use ctrl-I to set the specific drives to Raid?

Also, it would probably be best to use the latest drivers from Intel's site.

Floppy Configuration Tool
IATA62 Matrix Software

The ports matter on my board.

The first link is just for the controller drivers...I get the same problem with those...my drives cannot be seen. Do you have a link to the plain raid drivers?

S_Wilson · 12-18-06, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by krag

The ports matter on my board.

The first link is just for the controller drivers...I get the same problem with those...my drives cannot be seen. Do you have a link to the plain raid drivers?

The first link is what you need for the F6 Raid install. If you extract them you can use them for an Nlite integrated disk or on a USB drive but they are the same ones I have used.

S_Wilson · 12-19-06, 12:28 AM

There may be something to the ports, with raid I have always had one drive on port 1 (top right) but the other has been on various ports such as 2, 5, etc. Main thing is that I always had a drive connected to port 1.

seren · 12-19-06, 05:44 AM

Hi I have a P5B-E plus simular layout to your board, I have my sata drives connected to sata 1 + 2, I downloaded the drivers from the link you have loaded them on a floppy to start, then entered raid bios ctrl I configured it to raid saved/exit and then installed windows with F6 prompt no problems at all and it was first attempt, link below might help.

http://support.intel.com/support/chi.../cs-015988.htm

12-15-06, 10:53 PM	Thread Starter #1
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Help me set up raid with raptors on a P5B-D. Im pretty clueless on how to go about doing this. Any direction would be greatly appreciated. I havent ever done raid before. If i were to do matrix raid. How do i go about setting it up. Before i install windows or what? Thanks __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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12-16-06, 03:22 PM	#2
w2richwood Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alta Loma Calif.	well i dont have your board i have p5wde d so beat read your manual and hook up your harddrives on sata 1 and 2 for raid reboot get into your ich8r and config your raido then run windows then push f6 to put in raid drivers hope this helps good luck __________________ mb rampage 2 extreme cpu i7 920do ram kingston 1600 3x1gig video ati 4890 1gig ps corsair 750tx cooler venomous x push pull hd.s 2xwd raptors in raido case cm. storm sniper My Heatware
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12-18-06, 09:34 PM	Thread Starter #3
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Well i got the drivers from asus's site, i set the raid up. Now when i try to get into windows install i do the f6, and it doesnt see any hard drives.... not my storage or the raid array... whats up with that. Help is greatly appreciated. __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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12-18-06, 09:52 PM	#4
krag Classifieds Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vancouver, Washington	Which mobo and also, do you have your raid drives plugged into the right SATA ports? That tripped me up the other day. Also are the raid drivers loading thru the floppy method? __________________ I.M.O.G. "It's a plugin issue," ... {Working my hump off @ TSMC} 2600k Asus P8P67 Pro 4g Corsair Dominator 667 6970 Crossfire 1t Hitachi Win 7
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12-18-06, 10:19 PM	#6
S_Wilson Hard Working Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Columbia, SC 29063	The ports should not matter. Did you use ctrl-I to set the specific drives to Raid? Also, it would probably be best to use the latest drivers from Intel's site. Floppy Configuration Tool IATA62 Matrix Software
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12-18-06, 10:25 PM	Thread Starter #7
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Ya i set the raid already, i just cant get the windows to see it.. ill try those drivers in a few. __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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12-18-06, 10:28 PM	#8
S_Wilson Hard Working Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Columbia, SC 29063	If the Raid bios can see the drives then drivers will be the key. The reason Windows does not see the storage drive is because when Raid is enabled then AHCI will be enabled which requires drivers also.
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12-18-06, 10:40 PM	Thread Starter #9
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Hmm well now what do i do then. lol. __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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12-18-06, 10:50 PM	#10
S_Wilson Hard Working Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Columbia, SC 29063	Sorry, should have explained a little more. Once you load the raid drivers and install windows then the AHCI works also.
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12-18-06, 10:54 PM	Thread Starter #11
trueplaya4ever8 Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saint Cloud, FL	Well i try to ahci drivers instead of the raid ones.. same result. tommorow im gonna try the new drivers its sleeping time now. __________________ Asrock Z77E-ITX \| Core I5 2400 ES \| Corsair H70 \| 2x4gb GSKill Ripjaws 1600mhz C9 \| MSI GTX 660Ti 2GD5/OC \| Dell 2312HM \| Cruical M4 256GB \| Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB \| Corsair AX750 \| BitFenix Prodigy My Heat http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=25800
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12-19-06, 12:28 AM	#14
S_Wilson Hard Working Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Columbia, SC 29063	There may be something to the ports, with raid I have always had one drive on port 1 (top right) but the other has been on various ports such as 2, 5, etc. Main thing is that I always had a drive connected to port 1.
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12-19-06, 05:44 AM	#15
seren Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Conwy North Wales	Hi I have a P5B-E plus simular layout to your board, I have my sata drives connected to sata 1 + 2, I downloaded the drivers from the link you have loaded them on a floppy to start, then entered raid bios ctrl I configured it to raid saved/exit and then installed windows with F6 prompt no problems at all and it was first attempt, link below might help. http://support.intel.com/support/chi.../cs-015988.htm
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