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betyouaint · 11-02-2004, 02:37 PM

Okay, I've seen some posts from people having trouble running SATA HDDs on this board in both RAID and IDE mode. However, my problem is a little different so i won't hijack their posts....

In my case I am happily running 2 HDDs and 2 CD/DVD drives on the standard IDE and never even thought about SATA when I bought the board. However, from what I can gather, it is possible to run the Primary RAID IDE (not SATA) channel as a 3rd standard IDE, allowing a further 2 HDDs to be connected for additional storage. In my case I have connected another single HDD to the Primary RAID IDE. I have enabled the RAID controller in the BIOS and set the option to IDE mode (not RAID). Under XP I have installed the drivers for VIA Serial ATA Controller and for WinXP Promise FastTrak 378 Controller. However, although the 3rd HDD shows up in the boot screens it is not present once XP has finished booting. Under DEVICE MANAGER the WinXP Promise FastTrak 378 Controller has the yellow exclamation next to it and I am unable to successfully install the driver (finish hardware setup).

Give us a clue...?

11-02-2004, 02:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
betyouaint Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 14 OS: XP/XP64	ASUS K8V SE Deluxe - IDE on RAID Okay, I've seen some posts from people having trouble running SATA HDDs on this board in both RAID and IDE mode. However, my problem is a little different so i won't hijack their posts.... In my case I am happily running 2 HDDs and 2 CD/DVD drives on the standard IDE and never even thought about SATA when I bought the board. However, from what I can gather, it is possible to run the Primary RAID IDE (not SATA) channel as a 3rd standard IDE, allowing a further 2 HDDs to be connected for additional storage. In my case I have connected another single HDD to the Primary RAID IDE. I have enabled the RAID controller in the BIOS and set the option to IDE mode (not RAID). Under XP I have installed the drivers for VIA Serial ATA Controller and for WinXP Promise FastTrak 378 Controller. However, although the 3rd HDD shows up in the boot screens it is not present once XP has finished booting. Under DEVICE MANAGER the WinXP Promise FastTrak 378 Controller has the yellow exclamation next to it and I am unable to successfully install the driver (finish hardware setup). Give us a clue...?