p5wd2 and RAID problems

[bapski]

first off i did not have any problems with this board and doing raid till now.

initially i had raid 0 running on my rig till i had a corrupted /system file. was able to correct it but still had random BSOD issues.

i then decided to reformat/re-install my OS (winxp-pro). the headache is that when i do the raid 0 and install the OS, i get a STOP error:

STOP: c000021a unknown hard error

has anyone encountered this "headache". more damning is that if i dont do raid and treat each drive separate (2 drives, c and d) i am able to install the OS fine. more perplexing is i have another drive on the ITE IDE connector with an OS installed and it boots fine with it.

hoping somebody can help. im beginning to be desperate. thanks.

i am using a 0606 bios version btw. used to use the 0519 version and im wondering if this matters.

 

[RDWest2005]

Don't take my word on this...
I'm thinking since its just on raid, the ram is getting an error trying to keep up with transfer speed of install.

Reason I say this is because on my old box the ram wouls pass all test. But in the bios it had like standard/turbo for performance. After a long while it would not even run in turbo mode. So I started running it in standard mode and it would run fine.

If I tried to install xp pro with it in turbo mode - I got same error your saying...

This may not be your grimlin, but just an experience i've had.

~RD

 

[BigStan]

If you have updated your BIOS since you originally installed the RAID, you might have an incompatibility between your RAID F6 floppy driver and your BIOS. I couldn't load RAID with the Asus drivers when I had a newer BIOS. I had to use the F6 floppy drivers from the Intel web site.

 

[bapski]

If you have updated your BIOS since you originally installed the RAID, you might have an incompatibility between your RAID F6 floppy driver and your BIOS. I couldn't load RAID with the Asus drivers when I had a newer BIOS. I had to use the F6 floppy drivers from the Intel web site.

think you are right on that stan. though i had a variation to the solution you have.

solved the raid problem by just installing the OS on one drive and installed the intel raid manager (?) in windooze and i was able to do raid0 from there. was surprised the OS was kept intact.

i do have a different issue now though. i cant seem to update my windooze. which i think i know why.

 

[bapski]

If you have updated your BIOS since you originally installed the RAID, you might have an incompatibility between your RAID F6 floppy driver and your BIOS. I couldn't load RAID with the Asus drivers when I had a newer BIOS. I had to use the F6 floppy drivers from the Intel web site.

bigstan,

i just noticed last night, after i used INTEL MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER to create RAID0 on my system, i only see a 75gb capacity drive when i check the properties of the converted drive.

i checked my drive status when booting ( ctrl+i) and i do see a RAID0 config.

have you encountered this? which one will i believe? any other way to confirm my HD status?

thanks.

 

[BigStan]

Sorry, I can't help you. I've never set up the RAID volume using the procedure you used. I always do it at Win installation using the F6 floppy method. My RAID reads the correct size.