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tk101

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    SATA RAID Detection Problems
    « on: November 11, 2007, 04:20:03 AM »
    Hi, this is my first Post, though I have use computer hope before, I have a custom built PC that includes:

    ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
    Geil GX22GB6400DC 2GB kit at 800Mhz
    Corsair 2GB DDR2 Twin2X at 800Mhz
    Sapphire Radeon  X1950XTX 512MB GDDR4, PCI Express
    Seagate ST3200820AS 200GB SATAII/300        x2
    Thermaltake W0103 600W Power
    Windows XP Professional x64 64-bit edition

    I recently bought new RAM, when I installed it there was a conflict and the BIOS became corrupted, nothing would work, I reset the BIOS and installed the RAM all was good …..until it got to the point at which windows normally boots I got  a can’t boot fro drive press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. It turns out that when I reset BIOS the RAID 0 I had was deleted. I Checked BIOS it was set to RAID mode, the next problem came when I attempted to access the RAID utility, it stated that no devices where detected and to press any button to continue through POST. I can’t do anything; re-formatting via windows set up, an error occurs just before it gets to the section that displays partitions and Installations, it also doesn’t recognise the RAID drivers on my floppy when setup is activating.  The Discs are Visible in BIOS but that about it, I can’t access them in any way. If anyone has any ideas or has had a similar problem you input would be appreciated .
    « Last Edit: November 11, 2007, 04:41:48 AM by tk101 »

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    Re: SATA RAID Detection Problems
    « Reply #1 on: November 11, 2007, 12:54:50 PM »
    Very early on in the XP setup process there will be a prompt "PressF6 to install RAID/SATA drivers"...
    This needs to be done or Windows will not see the drive.
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      Re: SATA RAID Detection Problems
      « Reply #2 on: November 11, 2007, 04:17:56 PM »
      The Array itself is gone, even if you press F6 and install the drivers windows setup fails to load when it comes to the first menu; that is it crashes it comes up with a blue screen error message, the error tech info says:

      *** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF800014092F0, 0xFFFFFADF9Oc32250, 0xFFFFFADF90c31c60)

      The main problem is i can't create a new array the utility doesn't detect the HDD's