Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers

Max_Torque · 04-17-2009, 12:21 PM

I inherited a Dell XPS Gen 5 machine with the hard drives stripped out.

I am installing 2 new 320 Gb WD drives w/ XP. I want to configure them as a raid but I do not have any disks for this machine.

I am looking for the raid drivers.

Also this is my first crack at setting up a raid configuration. Any advice is welcome.

Thanks

thedarkwolf25 · 04-17-2009, 12:25 PM

The first thing you have to do is make sure that the motherboard supports RAID. If it does than you can mos likely get the drivers from the manufacturers website.

Max_Torque · 04-17-2009, 01:34 PM

The motherboard does support raid but the available drivers from Dell do not list a raid driver.

I have already configured the drives to raid in the bios. When I start loading XP it gives me a stop error after it loads all the generic drivers and that is as far as Ican get.

I am assuming I need to load a third party driver for the raid.

Thanks

thedarkwolf25 · 04-17-2009, 01:39 PM

Hmmm if you can find one (I looked via google but had no luck) I'm not even sure how you would install it. The traditional method seems to be to hit F6 when prompted when installing the OS for the first time.

**wrench97** · 04-17-2009, 01:59 PM

Try this one if you do not have a floppy on the FDD controller I would slipstream them on to a XP disk> http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=235720

Or from Intel> http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...ition&lang=eng

Max_Torque · 04-17-2009, 04:19 PM

Thanks Wrench97.
I believe I have found the right driver for this machine after your post. You made me aware that the driver was called the Intel matrix manager.

It was in the driver list for Gen 5 machines the whole time under SATA drivers.
I was just too ignorant to realize it.

Thanks for the enlightenment.

avtcw79 · 04-21-2009, 12:36 PM

nice info bro.....................

04-17-2009, 12:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Max_Torque Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers I inherited a Dell XPS Gen 5 machine with the hard drives stripped out. I am installing 2 new 320 Gb WD drives w/ XP. I want to configure them as a raid but I do not have any disks for this machine. I am looking for the raid drivers. Also this is my first crack at setting up a raid configuration. Any advice is welcome. Thanks

04-17-2009, 12:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
thedarkwolf25 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 358 OS: WinXP SP3 My System	Re: Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers The first thing you have to do is make sure that the motherboard supports RAID. If it does than you can mos likely get the drivers from the manufacturers website. __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~Albert Einstein

04-17-2009, 01:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Max_Torque Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers The motherboard does support raid but the available drivers from Dell do not list a raid driver. I have already configured the drives to raid in the bios. When I start loading XP it gives me a stop error after it loads all the generic drivers and that is as far as Ican get. I am assuming I need to load a third party driver for the raid. Thanks

04-17-2009, 01:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
thedarkwolf25 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 358 OS: WinXP SP3 My System	Re: Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers Hmmm if you can find one (I looked via google but had no luck) I'm not even sure how you would install it. The traditional method seems to be to hit F6 when prompted when installing the OS for the first time. __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~Albert Einstein

04-17-2009, 01:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,544 OS: Win7	Re: Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers Try this one if you do not have a floppy on the FDD controller I would slipstream them on to a XP disk> http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=235720 Or from Intel> http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...ition&lang=eng __________________ Power Supply and Selection Last edited by wrench97; 04-17-2009 at 02:25 PM.

04-17-2009, 04:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
Max_Torque Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers Thanks Wrench97. I believe I have found the right driver for this machine after your post. You made me aware that the driver was called the Intel matrix manager. It was in the driver list for Gen 5 machines the whole time under SATA drivers. I was just too ignorant to realize it. Thanks for the enlightenment.

04-21-2009, 12:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
avtcw79 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	Re: Looking for Dell XPS RAID drivers nice info bro.....................