ICH5R Raid fails format during XP Pro install.

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

On Sun, 2 May 2004 17:50:38 -0400, "clif" <noone@where.com> wrote:

>Board is P4C800-E dlx
>1024 ddr mem
>3.2 intel cpu
>Plextor CD burner
>1016 bios
>
>
>I set up 2 80 gig. Maxtor drives as a raid 0. The 2 drives are both maxtor
>80 gig 7200rpm but not the same model. No problem setting them up in a raid.
>Raid bios setup runs fine. See's 2 drives in a 152 gig volume1 raid.
>
>F6 in the driver. XP see's the raid drive but during the XP install after I
>partition the drive and then select the partion to install windows on it
>completes the format but then I get "Format could not complete. Please check
>to be sure drive is installed correctly".
>
>Same msg. no matter what partition I try to install on. I must then abort
>install. When I reboot the Raid bios shows up as failed. I have reset the
>drives back to non-raid and tried over many times with same result. Got
>latest drivers from Asus. These 2 drives both worked fine just before trying
>to set up the raid.
>
>Any Ideas
>

are these sata oa ata drives ?

I hade the same problem, but i was using ata drives with a sata to ata
adater on the sata connectors...it turns out that the "RocketHead***"
sata adapter is not compatable with raid-0 as they*** work fine with a
single sata channel...

the only other thing otherwise similar was that mine were twin 40 gb
maxtor drives...(ata 133...)

fyi
ñíñjà¤têç

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Yep, they are ata drives with an adapter. They're Asus adapters, so I don't
know if they are the rockethead. But it looks like the same problem you had.
Thanks for the info.

"sister" <bs@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 2 May 2004 17:50:38 -0400, "clif" <noone@where.com> wrote:
>
> >Board is P4C800-E dlx
> >1024 ddr mem
> >3.2 intel cpu
> >Plextor CD burner
> >1016 bios
> >
> >
> >I set up 2 80 gig. Maxtor drives as a raid 0. The 2 drives are both
maxtor
> >80 gig 7200rpm but not the same model. No problem setting them up in a
raid.
> >Raid bios setup runs fine. See's 2 drives in a 152 gig volume1 raid.
> >
> >F6 in the driver. XP see's the raid drive but during the XP install after
I
> >partition the drive and then select the partion to install windows on it
> >completes the format but then I get "Format could not complete. Please
check
> >to be sure drive is installed correctly".
> >
> >Same msg. no matter what partition I try to install on. I must then abort
> >install. When I reboot the Raid bios shows up as failed. I have reset the
> >drives back to non-raid and tried over many times with same result. Got
> >latest drivers from Asus. These 2 drives both worked fine just before
trying
> >to set up the raid.
> >
> >Any Ideas
> >
>
> are these sata oa ata drives ?
>
> I hade the same problem, but i was using ata drives with a sata to ata
> adater on the sata connectors...it turns out that the "RocketHead***"
> sata adapter is not compatable with raid-0 as they*** work fine with a
> single sata channel...
>
> the only other thing otherwise similar was that mine were twin 40 gb
> maxtor drives...(ata 133...)
>
> fyi
> ñíñjà¤têç
>
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