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Norman
As usual , You have gived me the good solution ( stupid me ! )
Thanks for all
Roland
"Norman E. Powroz" <npowroz.remove.this.part@rogers.com.and.this.part>
schreef in bericht news:vmcl11divd44trtqgsdq4ruqutek8knuhm@4ax.com...
> Have you installed the ITE8212 driver? Without it, you'll get the
> symptoms you report (BIOS can see devices, but Windows can't). You
> don't need to reinstall Windows -- just add the driver via the device
> manager.
>
> Norm
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:21:34 +0100, "Roland"
> <roland.mouton@village.uunet.be> wrote:
>
>>Hello
>>
>>here i am again .
>>The system begins to work the way i intend it to do ( with 2 - separate
>>on
>>sata1 and sata2 - 160 GB sata drives and two dvd on prim ide ).
>>One final question :
>>On the prim ide raid , i connected the Pata 250 GB Maxtor . ( as master
>>and
>>only to be used as backup and data ( avi-files to cut movies )).
>>I have splitted it to 2 times 120GB partitions to avoid other failures or
>>drivers .
>>The bios sees the 250 maxtor on every step , sees even that the raid
>>ite8212
>>sees " only " one drive ( umda = 6 ) BUT I dont see the 250 ( in two
>>partitions ) in the windows xp explorer , and so , I cant use that drive
>>.
>>Whats my failure ??
>>
>>Thanks for helping me
>>
>>Roland
>>
>>
>>"Norman E. Powroz" <npowroz.remove.this.part@rogers.com.and.this.part>
>>schreef in bericht news:vjta111ucut8ec3r02u4ehep5ujd5p0s8l@4ax.com...
>>> Roland:
>>>
>>> On my system, the Boot SATA 250 is installed on the Raid 1 connector
>>> (managed by the Silicon controller). The PATA 160 is installed on the
>>> Raid parallel connector, so it's managed by the ITEC controller. On
>>> the Primary IDE connector (the one beside the floppy connector), I
>>> have a dual-layer DVD burner.
>>>
>>> OK, in the BIOS, you need to set the two Raid controllers to Raid
>>> mode. Then you need to "Exit and save settings", and reboot. On the
>>> way up, hit Del again to re-enter the BIOS settings. This is the part
>>> that people tend to miss, because reconfiguring the IDE/Raid
>>> controllers resets a bunch of stuff in the BIOS, and it needs a reboot
>>> to set everything in place.
>>>
>>> Once you are back in the BIOS, go to the Boot menu, and check the
>>> "Boot Devices priority" settings. In this list, you can set the order
>>> in which the system will attempt to boot. However, you can only have
>>> one device of each type in the list. For example, you can only have
>>> one Silicon-controlled device, one ITEC-controlled device, one floppy
>>> device, one IDE-controlled device. There are separate lists to set the
>>> order of each device type. SO if you have multiple CD/DVD drives, you
>>> can pick which is first. If you have two Silicon mirror arrays (as I
>>> do on one system), then you can select which array is number 1.
>>> Finally, in the Boot priority menu, you get to say which device type
>>> is looked at for booting.
>>>
>>> Once you have set that, save all settings and reboot, and you should
>>> be in the order you want.
>>>
>>> For a final trick, you can also hit F8 instead of "Del" once you hear
>>> the POST beep. After scanning all devices, the BIOS will put up a
>>> pop-up menu of all device types found, and you can then select the
>>> specific device to boot from. This is useful if you want to do a
>>> diagnostic boot. For example, say you normally don't allow booting
>>> from a floppy, so it is set way down the priority order. If you want
>>> to do something like flash the BIOS, you can insert a boot floppy, hit
>>> F8, and pick "Floppy Drive" from the menu. This will not alter the
>>> BIOS settings, it overrides for only this one time -- on the next
>>> boot, the system will come up exactly the way it used to.
>>>
>>> Hope this clears it up for you.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Norm
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:45:29 +0100, "Roland"
>>> <roland.mouton@village.uunet.be> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Thanks to Norm and James
>>>>
>>>>I will try it out .
>>>>Can You Norm give me the settings ?
>>>>Is the boot sata 250 connected to the Sata 1 ( no raid ) and did you
>>>>load
>>>>some drivers ( as well for the >137 GB as for the sata device as for
>>>>the
>>>>asus raid )?
>>>>Windows xp sp1 and/or sp2 ?
>>>>Is the 160 Pata connected to .... connector ?
>>>>Much appreciated
>>>>
>>>>Roland
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Norman E. Powroz" <npowroz.remove.this.part@rogers.com.and.this.part>
>>>>schreef in bericht news
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>>>>> It sounds to me like you have the Boot Priority order screwed up. It
>>>>> determines what order the IDE devices are seen at boot time. Adjust
>>>>> these settings, and it should all fall into place. I have built two
>>>>> systems in the past 2 weeks using the P5AD2-E Premium board (a really
>>>>> nice board!!). System 1 uses 4 SATA drives in a dual-mirrored RAID
>>>>> configuration. System 2 currently has a 250GB SATA drive as boot, and
>>>>> a 160 PATA drive as secondary. Both systems have DVD drives on the
>>>>> Primary IDE connector.
>>>>>
>>>>> HTH
>>>>> Norm
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:54:57 +0100, "Roland"
>>>>> <roland.mouton@village.uunet.be> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My friends
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I just installed my MB P5AD2-Premium with following devices : 2 sata
>>>>>>160GB
>>>>>>on sata1 and 2 connectors ( no raid and as masters ) and 1 dvd-player
>>>>>>on
>>>>>>Pri -IDE .( later , I have to add the PATA 250 GB ( on connector
>>>>>>Pri-IDE-RAID ? ) and the dvdrw on Pri-Ide ( as slave ) from my actual
>>>>>>,
>>>>>>still running , PC ).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The setup is done " from the booklet " in the Bios :shows as Prim IDE
>>>>>>master
>>>>>>is the dvd , the third and the fourth IDE as masters are the 2 sata
>>>>>>160GB
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>The IDE configuration is default as in the booklet : Sata as "
>>>>>>standard
>>>>>>IDE
>>>>>>" . And I want to keep the 3 Maxtors as independent drives - no raids
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>After installing XP-Pro bootable in the DVD , the following occours
>>>>>>( in
>>>>>>Explorer ) : DVD is the C: , the D and E are the both Satas 160 GB (
>>>>>>in
>>>>>>NTFS
>>>>>>with max 137 GB ! ) and the system is installed in the E: ! ( and
>>>>>>after
>>>>>>rebooting several times , no problem for starting a good windows
>>>>>>XP-Pro .. ).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Whats wrong and how to change or correct a " well installed " XP-Pro (
>>>>>>no
>>>>>>sp1 or 2 installed for the moment ) on drive C: ???.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When I let Maxblast3 look at the configuration , it shows Pr Master :
>>>>>>DVD
>>>>>>,
>>>>>>Sec Master the Sata E: ( as red C: !!! ) and no Sata D visible ( must
>>>>>>be
>>>>>>as
>>>>>>a Third or Fourth Master ? ) . Also , the program does not allow to
>>>>>>change
>>>>>>the size or properties of the Sec master ( E: or so called C: ).Does
>>>>>>that
>>>>>>give a hint ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Both drives can be considered as to be installed from scratch ( no OS
>>>>>>,
>>>>>>no
>>>>>>data ) .If so , what should be the correct settings and procedure ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for all Your help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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