Asus A7V8X and Raid 0 setup

[Braske]

i have bought a Asus A7V8X/SATA and two WD 80 Gb-ATA 100 hdd's

Is the following raid configuration valid?

pri-raid controller: WD master
pri-ide controller: WD master
sec-ide controller: cd-rw master / cd-rom slave

no s-ata drives are used

the pri-master hdd is found by the bios and the pri-raid hdd in the raid setup.
but i can't select my pri-master in the raid setup to create a raid 0 array

 

[RevRoy]

I could be way wrong so check your manual closely but the normal setup for Raid 0 is to put 1st hd on Promise ide 1 master selected and hd 2 on promise ide 2 with master selected. Then I would put cdrw on ide 1 and cd on ide 2.

A7V333R with Raid 1
1800XP
Two 40 GIG maxtor HD
16x Toshiba DVD
48x16x48 Cendyne CDRW
GeForce 4 TI4200 128Meg
Zip 100
Using Onboard Sound
Win XP Pro

 

[Braske]

the problem is that there isn't a promise ide 2 on my mobo !

 

[snotling]

then use the second HD as slave on channel 1

 

[Braske]

but then you work through one cable, isn't really raid i think?!

is it possible to adapt my hdd with a plug to be sata-compatible? and what should this cost?

 

[jlanka]

I think you have to put both WD drives on the primary RAID if you want to run RAID

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[jlanka]

nothing about RAID says the drives have to be on seperate controllers. It's still RAID, albeit less efficient.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>