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**blah789** · 08-29-2008, 10:56 AM

I have nearly no experience with RAID, but I'll give it a shot anyway.
I don't think you'd be able to read the RAID using USB (maybe you could using software RAID? I really wouldn't know). I think you would need a hardware RAID controller.
I don't think just having the drivers is enough. I think at bootup time, you're supposed to press certain keys (on my motherboard it used to be F4 or Ctrl-S - it had a built-in Silicon Image 3112A), and then go into a menu that sets up the RAID as a RAID 0 array. That setup could also be available in the BIOS menu (just a speculation). If your card came with a manual, check if it says anything about setting up the RAID - like do you need to install anything PRIOR to adding the drives, or is there a jumper setting that enables RAID 0 vs. RAID 1 for example.

08-29-2008, 10:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,234 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: A somewhat complex problem I have nearly no experience with RAID, but I'll give it a shot anyway. I don't think you'd be able to read the RAID using USB (maybe you could using software RAID? I really wouldn't know). I think you would need a hardware RAID controller. I don't think just having the drivers is enough. I think at bootup time, you're supposed to press certain keys (on my motherboard it used to be F4 or Ctrl-S - it had a built-in Silicon Image 3112A), and then go into a menu that sets up the RAID as a RAID 0 array. That setup could also be available in the BIOS menu (just a speculation). If your card came with a manual, check if it says anything about setting up the RAID - like do you need to install anything PRIOR to adding the drives, or is there a jumper setting that enables RAID 0 vs. RAID 1 for example.