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Xtremebring · 06-18-2005, 06:14 AM

Hopefully this will help you out, i wrote it up for another member.

These are instructions for a fresh build. Steps 1-6 are on a PC working already :) Drivers can also be downloaded directly from ASUS if the CD is not available.

1. Take a floppy disk and insert it.
2. Format the disk and leave it in the driver.
3. Take the CD that came with the motherboard.
4. Navigate to Drivers/promise/378RAID
5. Inside is a file called "Make Disk"
6. Click on the file and you should get a window with an option to extract. It shouldn't give you an option to change from drive a: (i do not suggest using a usb floppy drive as i could not get that to work.)
7. After the disk is created move to the PC you're going to build.
8. If you are using the promise RAID controllers on the board (easiest IMO) plug your 2 (identical) drives
into the promise SATA ports.
9. Boot the PC and after POST you'll see a message to enter a quick build utility or something similar (mine was ctrl-F i think)
10. In this you build your array by selecting the drives you want to include in the array and what type of array you want to build. (0 - striping - for performance or 1 - mirroring - for data redundancy)
11. Save and exit
12. Reboot with your Windows cd in the CD/DVD tray and make sure your bios is set to boot to CD. Also make sure that your bios RAID settings are NO. This is the setting that is put to yes to allow ID5 RAID done on the other 2 SATA ports and does not effect the promise ports. Also if this is set to RAID it will not detect a single drive plugged into the SATA1 or SATA2 ports.
13. When the Windows setup starts you'll see an option to press F6 to put in RAID or SCSI drivers. Immediately after you hit this you'll get another option to press F2(i think) ignore that and let setup continue.
14. You come to the option to specify the device to be installed. Press "S"
15. Insert floppy and press enter. You will be given a window with options, pick the appropriate drivers for your OS.
16. Continue with the windows setup as normal. When you get to installation you'll see the RAID Array as one disk. You can now partion it if you like or if you want use the entire array for the installation by selecting it and pressing enter.
17. Sit back and watch it load.

This should be correct. I'm typing it all from memory as i'm at work right now. If this didn't answer your question then let me know what i left out. But some quick info on RAID.

1. You must use IDENTICAL DRIVES.
2. You have to build you're array before Windows can recognize it.
3. On these boards if you have RAID enabled in the BIOS that is not for the promise ports, and will make your other ports look for 2 identical drives and if it doesn't find them (i.e. you only have one plugged in) it will not detect anything.

Hope this helps.

Jeff

06-18-2005, 06:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Xtremebring Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9 OS: XP Pro	Hopefully this will help you out, i wrote it up for another member. These are instructions for a fresh build. Steps 1-6 are on a PC working already :) Drivers can also be downloaded directly from ASUS if the CD is not available. 1. Take a floppy disk and insert it. 2. Format the disk and leave it in the driver. 3. Take the CD that came with the motherboard. 4. Navigate to Drivers/promise/378RAID 5. Inside is a file called "Make Disk" 6. Click on the file and you should get a window with an option to extract. It shouldn't give you an option to change from drive a: (i do not suggest using a usb floppy drive as i could not get that to work.) 7. After the disk is created move to the PC you're going to build. 8. If you are using the promise RAID controllers on the board (easiest IMO) plug your 2 (identical) drives into the promise SATA ports. 9. Boot the PC and after POST you'll see a message to enter a quick build utility or something similar (mine was ctrl-F i think) 10. In this you build your array by selecting the drives you want to include in the array and what type of array you want to build. (0 - striping - for performance or 1 - mirroring - for data redundancy) 11. Save and exit 12. Reboot with your Windows cd in the CD/DVD tray and make sure your bios is set to boot to CD. Also make sure that your bios RAID settings are NO. This is the setting that is put to yes to allow ID5 RAID done on the other 2 SATA ports and does not effect the promise ports. Also if this is set to RAID it will not detect a single drive plugged into the SATA1 or SATA2 ports. 13. When the Windows setup starts you'll see an option to press F6 to put in RAID or SCSI drivers. Immediately after you hit this you'll get another option to press F2(i think) ignore that and let setup continue. 14. You come to the option to specify the device to be installed. Press "S" 15. Insert floppy and press enter. You will be given a window with options, pick the appropriate drivers for your OS. 16. Continue with the windows setup as normal. When you get to installation you'll see the RAID Array as one disk. You can now partion it if you like or if you want use the entire array for the installation by selecting it and pressing enter. 17. Sit back and watch it load. This should be correct. I'm typing it all from memory as i'm at work right now. If this didn't answer your question then let me know what i left out. But some quick info on RAID. 1. You must use IDENTICAL DRIVES. 2. You have to build you're array before Windows can recognize it. 3. On these boards if you have RAID enabled in the BIOS that is not for the promise ports, and will make your other ports look for 2 identical drives and if it doesn't find them (i.e. you only have one plugged in) it will not detect anything. Hope this helps. Jeff Last edited by Xtremebring; 06-18-2005 at 06:16 AM.