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hardedge · 03-31-2005, 11:50 PM

If I was in any more over my head I think my nose would be filled with solder by now. It seemed simple enough from the manual. Here's the deal...

P5AS2-E Premium
2GB DDR2 Ballistix
ASUS EN6600
WinDVD PVR-250
Maxtor 120GB ATA133 HD
WD 160GB SATA HD x2
NEC 2510A DL DVD+/-R

I have the two SATA drives connected to the Silicon Images SATA 1 and SATA 2 connectors and configured as a single RAID volume via the BIOS setup.

I have the ATA133 drive connected to the Pri-RAID 1 connector. (set to IDE in the BIOS config)

I originally had the DVD drive connected to the Sec-RAID 1 connector. (Ditto)
(According to the manual, I can connect boot/data and optical drives to these connectors. Yeah, sure...) All drives are recognized in the various stages of the POST.

First time I tried to install XP Pro from the optical drive, the system didn't recognize the optical drive as a boot device. (I had previously arranged the boot sequence in the BIOS.) So I switched the optical drive to the Pri-IDE connector.

This time through, Win XP Pro booted up through the DVD drive, went through the load steps, but told me it couldn't find any hard dirves in my computer. By this time, it's this time, and I'd been assembling all day... ASUS email support server is, of course, down.

All I want to do is use the 120GB ATA133 drive as the boot device, the two 160GB SATA drives as a RAID data drive and the DVD bruner as a DVD burner. Can someone please tell me where to put..., er, let me rephrase that, can someone please give me a clue as to what drives connect to what connectors? If you can, you'll have earned my undying gratitude. Thanks!

03-31-2005, 11:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
hardedge Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4 OS: ME	P5AD2-E Premium Where do all the disks go? If I was in any more over my head I think my nose would be filled with solder by now. It seemed simple enough from the manual. Here's the deal... P5AS2-E Premium 2GB DDR2 Ballistix ASUS EN6600 WinDVD PVR-250 Maxtor 120GB ATA133 HD WD 160GB SATA HD x2 NEC 2510A DL DVD+/-R I have the two SATA drives connected to the Silicon Images SATA 1 and SATA 2 connectors and configured as a single RAID volume via the BIOS setup. I have the ATA133 drive connected to the Pri-RAID 1 connector. (set to IDE in the BIOS config) I originally had the DVD drive connected to the Sec-RAID 1 connector. (Ditto) (According to the manual, I can connect boot/data and optical drives to these connectors. Yeah, sure...) All drives are recognized in the various stages of the POST. First time I tried to install XP Pro from the optical drive, the system didn't recognize the optical drive as a boot device. (I had previously arranged the boot sequence in the BIOS.) So I switched the optical drive to the Pri-IDE connector. This time through, Win XP Pro booted up through the DVD drive, went through the load steps, but told me it couldn't find any hard dirves in my computer. By this time, it's this time, and I'd been assembling all day... ASUS email support server is, of course, down. All I want to do is use the 120GB ATA133 drive as the boot device, the two 160GB SATA drives as a RAID data drive and the DVD bruner as a DVD burner. Can someone please tell me where to put..., er, let me rephrase that, can someone please give me a clue as to what drives connect to what connectors? If you can, you'll have earned my undying gratitude. Thanks!