1nf1n1t3 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Ok, i was following Happy_Games's "Nforce4 Ultra-D/SLI-DR/SLI-D RAID Tutorial". I got though most of it... Pretty sucessful for my first raid attempt... -i set boot priority, save it etc. -it restarts, then i hit f10 to set up the array, set it up as striped, and save it... but after i hit ctrl-x it doesnt boot the xp disc... it says "boot from CD" then stops. doesnt boot from the disc like it is supposed to. - If i restart it, it loads from the XP disc, and i can hit f6... load the 2 drivers... and when i hit enter... they load and it has the welcome to windows... hit enter and w/e screen. when i hit enter it says there are no harddrives to install on, and i need to restart. I think when i restart it, it isnt saving the settings on the bios? i'm clueless Any suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowboy Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Did you set array as bootable in bios. Go back and recheck and think you have missed something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuoficr Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Does it show SATA ports in POST? if it does u did something wrong. Make sure its enabled in both pages (RAID, and the 1/2 3/4 in genie BIOS) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nf1n1t3 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Does it show SATA ports in POST? if it does u did something wrong. Make sure its enabled in both pages (RAID, and the 1/2 3/4 in genie BIOS) I'm usin PATA instead of SATA... and no it didnt show any drives on POST... just the DVD drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nf1n1t3 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Did you set array as bootable in bios. Go back and recheck and think you have missed something. Hmm... not so sure about that one... can you give me any more details on what to check... i'll do it later when i get home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuoficr Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Ok so did u enable the IDE raid? same place as SATA, sorry i missed that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nf1n1t3 Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Ok so did u enable the IDE raid? same place as SATA, sorry i missed that yeah i did and my bad... I only mentioned it in my sig that i was using PATA instead of SATA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuoficr Posted June 24, 2006 Posted June 24, 2006 Ok, so just a couple "checklist" kind of things, you are doing this at default settings correct? i.e. no overclock, you have ran Memtest 86 from the BIOS? In Integrated Peripheral's RAID is Enabled, and IDE Primary Master is enabled, along with primary Slave/as well as Secondary Master/Slave (just to rule any problem out) When you set Boot priority (after u do RAID BIOS) it does say Nvidia Stripe xxx.xx, and not list 2 HDD"s? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nf1n1t3 Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 Ok, so just a couple "checklist" kind of things, you are doing this at default settings correct? i.e. no overclock, you have ran Memtest 86 from the BIOS? In Integrated Peripheral's RAID is Enabled, and IDE Primary Master is enabled, along with primary Slave/as well as Secondary Master/Slave (just to rule any problem out)When you set Boot priority (after u do RAID BIOS) it does say Nvidia Stripe xxx.xx, and not list 2 HDD"s? Ok, No overclock. Memtest ran for 80 hours before i cancelled it. Here, this might help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil-Fruits|R4z Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 k, 4th screen down, your IDE Primary Master and IDE Primary Slave are not enabled - enable them and try again. Thats my suggestion anyway... Edit: Also if you are using a USB k/board or Mouse, you will want to enable the support in the Bios (gave me a min of panic when they wouldnt work, then realised they werent enabled - DOH!) R4z Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nf1n1t3 Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 k, 4th screen down, your IDE Primary Master and IDE Primary Slave are not enabled - enable them and try again. Thats my suggestion anyway... Edit: Also if you are using a USB k/board or Mouse, you will want to enable the support in the Bios (gave me a min of panic when they wouldnt work, then realised they werent enabled - DOH!) R4z Still no dice... Hit f10, set striped raid array... hit f7... ctrl x... doesnt load from xp disc like its supposed to. Loads from XP disc when i dont set up array Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadWillHunting Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 Still no dice... Hit f10, set striped raid array... hit f7... ctrl x... doesnt load from xp disc like its supposed to. Loads from XP disc when i dont set up array You need to add the NF4 RAID driver during Windows Setup... you need that on a floppy or slipstreamed onto a copy of your WinXP CD to succeed at installing XP on the RAID volume. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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