Need help bad!: Setting up RAID on an Ultra-D with Windows 2000

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This is driving me nuts.. I'm so eager to get onto installing Windows and finishing the computer but I can't figure this out.

 

Here's what you need to know:

-I already set up striped RAID in the BIOS

 

-I am using two 74GB Raptors (SATA)

 

-When I boot with the Windows 2000 CD, I will press F6 to load the SCSI/RAID drivers... I will then insert the RAID disk with the updated drivers I downloaded from www.dfi.com, and choose them. Then the O/S will say something like "I don't detect any harddrives... blah blah wah wah Press F3 to restart."

 

-When I boot to the Windows 2000 CD, but skip the SCSI/RAID part, it will detect the drives, but it detects it as 2 seperate drives. Oddly though... It says they are both on channel 0... Does that mean RAID is working anyway?

 

I am so confused... I just want a big ole' 143GB RAID 0 Striped drive with Windows 2000....

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Noone? :'(

[RGone]

Relavent and specific signature made here will help a lot as some users might "recognize" your setup and problem...

 

RGone...

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http://www.overclock.net/member.php?userid=7487

 

There. I thought I provided plenty of information but if you need to know then there it is.

 

-I'm using air, not the vapochill right now....

-All I have connected is the CPU, RAM, Vid card, 2 Raptors, and 2 DVD drives

-I've got the latest BIOS update.... and I'm using the latest RAID.

 

Here's some weird port findings:

1 & 2: Shows a single drive on boot, will accept the drivers, forces reboot when trying to set up windows.

2 & 4: Shows a single drive on boot, will accept the drivers, allows windows setup, but shows drives as two seperate drives... but both on ID 0 and Bus 0... odd...

Other combinations: gives a RAID error on boot.