upgrading with confusion

bnrr · 03-09-2006, 06:13 AM

Hi
I am upgrading my system and I am kind of confuse with the sata or raid
setup. here are my specs for upgrade.
motherboard:Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 AMD Socket 939
WD250gb SATA 2 7200rpm
Memory: DDR400
reading the motherboard manual is kind of confusing to me. what is the raid
controler? how do I setup the sata, do i need to set the raid arrary for a single drive? do I still need to connect the IDE cable even when a sata cable
is connected?

need urgent step-by-step setup from the expets

**leroys1000** · 03-09-2006, 07:19 AM

You do not need the IDE cable unless you are using an IDE drive.
You may need to enable RAID in the bios for the drive to be detected,
but you do not need to set up a RAID array.
Make sure raid and sata are enabled in the bios,to make sure your drive is
detected.
This should not cause any problems.
Hook the drive to the SATA 1 connector.
Raid=redundant array of inexpensive disks.
It is used to mirror or stripe drives.
Mirroring writes the same data to 2 identical drives.
Srtiping uses 2 or more drives as 1 big drive.

bnrr · 03-10-2006, 01:57 AM

Hi leroys1000
Thanks for the reply. I have follow your advice and follow the installation
in the manual very closely, but I do not have video displayed, I mean there's
nothing on the monitor just the message when you first turn on the monitor
no signal. I recheck all my connection 11x times and still there's nothing on
the screen not even the post test screen. everything is new hardware nothing is old. when I turn on the system the green pwr and hdd leds turn on
the hdd led is showing activity, intermitten blinking. I test the reset button not even a flicker on the pwr leds. psu is brand new 500w. test it with a psu
tester checks out 100% ok. when first turn on there was a long beep every 5
seconds, so I disconnect the 4pin(power) and it stop. my motherboard has a
on board VGA which I connect the monitor. I the conclusion that I have come
to is that maybe I some how shorted the motobo while installing it(prayed that am wrong) oops! not everything is new, CD ROM Burner combo is not, and also it is not powered up, can't even get it to open and there is no led
displayed. OH....for the love of mike what did I dooooooo.....
help me pleaseeeeee.

dai · 03-10-2006, 09:08 AM

did you buy a quality brand p/supply
set it up out of the case with
video
cpu
ram
speaker
and see if you get post
check the bios beep code here
www.bioscentral.com

03-09-2006, 06:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
bnrr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52 OS: XP	upgrading with confusion Hi I am upgrading my system and I am kind of confuse with the sata or raid setup. here are my specs for upgrade. motherboard:Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 AMD Socket 939 WD250gb SATA 2 7200rpm Memory: DDR400 reading the motherboard manual is kind of confusing to me. what is the raid controler? how do I setup the sata, do i need to set the raid arrary for a single drive? do I still need to connect the IDE cable even when a sata cable is connected? need urgent step-by-step setup from the expets Last edited by bnrr; 03-09-2006 at 06:16 AM. Reason: smiles icon in wrong place

03-09-2006, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
leroys1000 Tech Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 770 OS: Windows XP	You do not need the IDE cable unless you are using an IDE drive. You may need to enable RAID in the bios for the drive to be detected, but you do not need to set up a RAID array. Make sure raid and sata are enabled in the bios,to make sure your drive is detected. This should not cause any problems. Hook the drive to the SATA 1 connector. Raid=redundant array of inexpensive disks. It is used to mirror or stripe drives. Mirroring writes the same data to 2 identical drives. Srtiping uses 2 or more drives as 1 big drive. __________________ There is a madness to my method.

03-10-2006, 09:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,717 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	did you buy a quality brand p/supply set it up out of the case with video cpu ram speaker and see if you get post check the bios beep code here www.bioscentral.com __________________

03-10-2006, 01:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
bnrr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52 OS: XP	Hi leroys1000 Thanks for the reply. I have follow your advice and follow the installation in the manual very closely, but I do not have video displayed, I mean there's nothing on the monitor just the message when you first turn on the monitor no signal. I recheck all my connection 11x times and still there's nothing on the screen not even the post test screen. everything is new hardware nothing is old. when I turn on the system the green pwr and hdd leds turn on the hdd led is showing activity, intermitten blinking. I test the reset button not even a flicker on the pwr leds. psu is brand new 500w. test it with a psu tester checks out 100% ok. when first turn on there was a long beep every 5 seconds, so I disconnect the 4pin(power) and it stop. my motherboard has a on board VGA which I connect the monitor. I the conclusion that I have come to is that maybe I some how shorted the motobo while installing it(prayed that am wrong) oops! not everything is new, CD ROM Burner combo is not, and also it is not powered up, can't even get it to open and there is no led displayed. OH....for the love of mike what did I dooooooo..... help me pleaseeeeee.