first off my experience with your board led me to the conclusion the promise sata / raid controller will only work for raid
#2 use the sata 0 & Sata 1 plugs on the motherboard >>>>>they are controlled by the Intel ICH5R onbard chipset controller
#3 >>>> disable the sata raid promise controller in the bios
#4 >>>>> you cant access or read or write to the sata drivers when connected to the intel controller until the sata driver is installed (thats the press F6 scene_ when you are runnign the windows install CD >>>>> but you can work around that issue by setting your onboard sata controller settings to IDE MODE instead of sata/IDE or enhanced mode ????
#5 >>>>> after you get the drives partitioned and the OS installed >>>> then you will need to load the motherboard chipset drivers found on your motherboard CD (inf driver package) after the motherboard chipset drivers are installed
#6 then you re-enter the bios .>>>>> change the IDE MODE to sata / ide mode or enhanced >>> which ever it was, sorry I am beginning to forget the detials of that board
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just for info's sake >>>>> the bootit NG cant access or see the drives when you connect them to the proper ports becasue without the onboard sata controller chipset driveres the drives cant be communicated with ?????