915P Combo for SATA RAID

Okay, I just recently purchased a 915 P combo. I'm trying to setup a SATA raid and I don't have the option. The bios version is 1.2 and it's southbridge is a intel ICH6R. When I go into ATA/IDE configuration [Enhanced] I only see IDE and AHCI but no RAID. I have two 200gig WD hard drives. I don't know if this means anything either but the post screen says found primary master IDE drive and then says found secondary master ide drive. I'm not sure if it should say SATA or something else then IDE. Any help would be greatly appricated.

I purchased the 915P Combo from NewEgg.com which says:
"SATA/RAID: 4x SATA, 2x ATA(VT6410) 133 with RAID 0/1/0+1"
which led me to believe that it could do SATA RAID. My 915P box even says "SATA RAID - supports SATA and IDE interface RAID 0, 1 or 1.5". On the front of the box, like someone else mentioned, there is a big sticker that says "Intel ICH6/6R Test OK" which I can understand would not necessarily guarantee it had the 6R.
Looking closer at the sticker on the side of the mobo box it does say "P4-800, 915P, ICH6, ...." and not "ICH6R", but until reading this thread, I didn't even know what ICH6/ICH6R was, and wouldn't have helped me before purchase.
I think this is misleading and I'm pissed off- I purposely purchased two SATA 160gig drives when buying the parts for my new computer, soley to do RAID striping, and now I can't. I will be asking NewEgg for a refund and will likely not be buying another MSI product.
IF I were to purchase another MSI board, what SHOULD I get to have the SATA RAID features? (and will accept my P4-3GHz 800M LGA775 530, and DDR2)

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915P Combo No Raid option please help

Hi everyone,
Recently I bought MSI 915P combo FR and 2 S-ATA HD and 1 ATA HD.
I want to use the two S-ATA HD as Raid but BIOS does not let me select the raid option under IDE/S-ATA configuration. I have tried to clear CMOS and use different BIOS version and checked all connection but nothing helps.
Any help, advice and suggestion is very welcomed
Thanks in advance

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Originally posted by Guci
The MB is packed with the software that can be used for SATA Raid configuration and in the manual it is explained how you have to configure your SATA controller as RAID in the BIOS (please download the manual for this mobo and look at chapter 5) as well as in WindowsXP environment.
Please take a look at page 1-2, under Chipset, u will c this "Serial ATA 150 RAID 0, RAID 1 and Matrix RAID (for ICH6R only)."
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Hi Darkslayer,
It is written at least on the pack that it does support both SATA and IDE RAID and the chip is ICH6 and ICH6R ready.
I have follow the instruct mentioned but I do not see the RAID option anymore since updating the BIOS
BTW, maybe u should call up ur local MSI distributor and ask the what the ICH6R ready mean. I wish to know as well

Which Drivers Needed for SATA setup

I'm having a new Western Digital SE SATA 200GB HDD installed tomorrow(Tuesday).
So far I've located the Nvidia floppy for SATA RAID.
I've noticed that there is a downloadable file of 487KB that does the same thing.
What I need to know is....will the floppy start me off: ie can I use it to install after I hit the F6 button.
If not I can easilly download the file onto a floppy I have ready.
I appreciate that some of the moderators may be busy, or otherwise occupied but since it is 10.02pm here and almost near kip time , a reply before then would be worth its weight in gold
Thanks

He is right Charlie. This is some further info.
Here is how to install Windows on a SATA boot drive: (This procedure has been used by many including my self to solve the same problem.)
- Have only the SATA drive you want to be the boot drive in your system. Disconnect the power to all other HDD's if any.
- Have only one optical drive. Disconnect the power to the other optical if any.
- Plug SATA drive into SATA 1 (it may show us as an IDE drive somewhere down the list in BIOS. That's okl)
- Enable appropriate SATA options in BIOS. Set boot order to floppy, cd, SATA drive. Set boot priority to SATA drive.
- Partition and format using the utilites CD that came with the SATA drive. (copy any files you need from this drive to a back up drive)
- Run Windows setup. No need to do the F6 thing unless you are planning to do a RAID configuration.
- Windows should install just fine
- After you are up and running, plug power back into your other drives if any.
I hope this works for you.

3rd Party SATA raid cards for internal drives?

All --
Apart from the discussion as to if RAID actually benefits a home desktop system, I am wondering if anyone has the lowdown on using 3rd party SATA raid cards to support the INTERNAL hard drives on the Mac Pro series?
My Mac Pro is still slated to be built at Apple and for now I have the minimum memory and HD spec being requested at Apple, with the plan to upgrade the memory and drives from OWC or another vendor.
I've toyed with the idea of utilizing Disk Utility's software RAID features (e.g. RAID 0 for scratch disks, RAID 1 for boot, RAID 0+1 for all else.) I've also toyed with the notion of searching for a hardware raid solution which would allow me to transfer the internal SATA cable runs from the motherboard to a host adapter card for an internal multi-channel experience (with options to create and break mirrors to external devices for backup purposes.)
So....
Has anyone experience or utilized 3rd party hardware raid controllers which can connect to the internal HD bays? Are there limitations to this (ie, does the boot drive HAVE to reside off the internal motherboard controllers, or can an internal hardware controller successfully boot the system) of which ought be noted?
Finally, in the event that a host adapter card cannot drive the interna bays, can anyone give feedback to hardware SATA cards to power external drive bays with support for Disk Utility (to allow RAID1 pairings of internal drives to external snapshot-backup drives)?
Thanks for your time,
Ian Poulin
Richmond, Va

I am wondering if anyone has the lowdown on using 3rd party SATA raid cards to support the INTERNAL hard drives on the Mac Pro series?
There are many 3rd party controllers that support the internal HDs if an internal iPass connector is used. The problem is that some are bootable but most are not.
The Areca ARC-1680ix-12 and the HighPoint RocketRAID 4320 are bootable. However, the system cannot be installed via the Apple DVD. Instead the user needs to clone a boot drive with the proper drivers to the boot volume on the controller and then boot from the 3rd party controller.
The other issue I found is that these controllers do not support Boot Camp. If Boot Camp is desired, my recommendation would be to leave the internal HDs on the Mac Pro internal bus intact and use the 3rd party controller for external storage. This method provides four internal bays that are bootable, support Boot Camp and can be used for system backups. I use the 3rd party controller for external storage for large RAID sets and hot swapping hard disks.
With the internal bays intact and external hot swap RAID storage available the user can support Boot Camp, multiple system volumes and large external RAID sets. From my experience using a 3rd party controller with the internal HD bays always has some limitations. The user usually does not realize it unit later when Boot Camp does not work or the computer fails on a system upgrade or the controller does not work at all with a new version of Mac OS X.
Staying with the standard internal Mac Pro bay configuration will be the best configuration to avoid compatibility issues with future versions of Mac OS X. It is rumored that the new Snow Leopard may require 64-bit drivers. If that is the case, I would expect most if not all existing 3rd party controller drivers to fail. Some drivers will be upgraded after a few months while others may not. Having the internal Mac Pro SATA controller intact should at least allow the Mac Pro to boot if my guess about compatibility issues is correct.
can anyone give feedback to hardware SATA cards to power external drive bays with support for Disk Utility (to allow RAID1 pairings of internal drives to external snapshot-backup drives)?
There are a large number of external controllers that work with Disk Utility. Here are some of my favorites.
1. FirmTek SeriTek/2SE2-E and the SeriTek/5PM
http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/sata5pm2se2.html
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/5pm/
2. Sonnet Tempo E4P
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/sonnet/mac-pro/
3. DAT Optic eSATA_PCIe8
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/datoptic/pcie8/
Have fun!

Oracle Ent. Linux drivers for HP Smart Array B110i Sata Raid Controller

Trying to install Oracle Ent. Linux (OEL) release 4 update 8 on HP DL 180 G6 server. Where we can find OEL drivers for the sata raid controller ?
(HP Smart Array B110i Sata Raid Controller)
Thanks in advance.

The HP support side shows a Linux certification matrix at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert.html
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Need SATA RAID driver for RS480M2-IL(ms-7093) to install XP

Greetings,
I have lost my floppy to install the driver for my SATA RAID and can't seem to find the right one anywhere on the web.
It's an ATI SB400 chipset that has a SIL 3112a RAID controller.
The driver doesn't appear to be on the support page: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=214
If anyone can point me in the right direction, you'd be my hero.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff

Well, I found the correct driver, I think. It was in the ATI System driver package, on this page: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=driverfile&dno=2427&i=1
However, I still can't get XP to recognize my drive by pressing F6 at install. Perhaps I'm not using the right files from this package (287MB!). I found what I thought might be the correct drivers in the following folder: ATIDrv/SBDrv/RAID4xx and copied all the files to a floppy. Windows sees this driver and loads it, but when it gets to the point of formatting a drive (or whatever the next step is after you hit F^ and load the driver), it says no HD found, hit F3 to restart (sure would be nice to have other options here, like load another driver).
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mobo: RS480M2-IL BIOS 7093v39
PS:Thermaltake TR2-430NP
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HD2:Maxtor Diamondmax20 160GB
Problem started when co-worker shut the machine off hard. On reboot, Invalid System Disk error and looking at RAID Bios shows drives in SYNC state. Removed the drives and attached to another machine, one looks fine so I clone it for good measure. The other is corrupted, XP wants to format as soon as it's mounted. Checking it with Filescavenger3 shows the files are still there, but I just reformat it since I have the good image of the other disk. Now I'm trying to fix the other drive, since it still comes up as Invalid System Disk, so I want to try either using the Recovery Console to FixMBR, or do a repair install of XP. I can't find the right driver to make this happen. I do have a disk with LastXPv2.11 that will recognize the drive, but it doesn't allow me to get into the recovery console or offer to repair xp. If you know how to extract the drivers from a slipstreamed disc, that might work too. Finally, I don't know if I've update the RAID bios, or if that happens when you update the mobo bios. I did update that to v39 and the RAID BIOS shows 4.2.50.
Sorry this is so long, any ideas to help get me going here would be fantastic
Cheers,
Jeff

Need software for Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Controller for Windows 2012rR

I have installed Windows 2012r2 on my HP XW8600 and I found the software for the LSI Adapter (SAS 3000 series) but I am unable to find the software for management of the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID controller. The only software I could find was listed as a Windows 7 application but will not install onto my Windows 2012r2. Thank You

That looks exactly like the software I tried and an error reported this software will not install on this platform. I will try again tonite and see what happens. I will test all the apps on that list starting with the latest and see what happens. I thank you for your help.

915P Combo POST problems

Hi All,
First i would like to say great site and wonderful info provided. my problem has to do with starting up the computer. When turned on the computer doesn't POST and I have to press the reset few times to get to POST. here is how it goes: When turned on "CPU fan makes throaty sound 'too much for just starting up'". then the mouse + keyboard light check, either lights up indicating a POST in progress or they don't during all of that the monitor is still not POSTING.
Out of 10 start ups 9 require pressing the reset button 5-10 times to get it to post. could anyone please give some feedback on this problem. Also if it is not too much does anybody know why a computer with a SATA master HD and a Third primary ATA133 HD won't let me add any more drive and will ask for RAID to be installed? having problems connecting my CDRW ROM with 2 HDs and a DVD drive installed i have to manually open the case and unplug the DVD drive and swap it with the CD writer if i want to burn something on CD. Thanks again for the help.
MSI 915P Combo AMI BIOS v 1.6
Intel P4 530J 3.0GHz 1MB L2
2 x 512MB 'Generic' PC4200 DDR2 533MHz Unbuffered
420W Generic PSU
RADEON X700 Pro 256MB GDDR3
1x 80GB S-ATA Maxtor DiamondMax 8MB Buffer
1x 60GB ATA133 Maxtor
2x LG Flatron L1950 LCD
LG GDR8163 DVD-ROM
SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS
WinXP Pro SP2
DirectX 9.0c
MS Wireless Key+Mouse
ATI Catalyst Suite5.5

Dude i'm telling you I'm having the exact same problem.......
after hours of troubleshooting and reading these forums and whatnot I've found out I am not the only one having this problem.....these MSI boards are pieces of i'd return it if I were you
this is the response I got from MSI's technical support via email
Dear Customer,
Since have tried a known good power supply then try with board outside of case with minimal components if same have board replaced with reseller if just received if had been working and issue occurred the can rma through us Thanks
Technical Support Division
MSI Computer Corp.
with such good english you can tell that MSI really puts alot of effort into customer support........The guy on the phone was foreign and hard to understand also and he said the same thing....Send it back!
I'm not getting a replacement either i'm getting an exchange because it is ridiculously evident through the 15-20 posts both here and on the online help section that this model of board is indeed a pile of and has many similar problems with no real answers. We got wtfpwnd, cut your losses and send it back

915P-Combo drive setup question

Great forum – I’m glad that I found it (just wish I found it before putting my system together). I just constructed my first pc based on a 915P-Combo motherboard and everything has gone well. I only made one mistake – I ordered two SATA 160G drives thinking I could do a SATA RAID 0. Oops...
There are two reasons why I thought that I could – one is on the motherboard box it says “SATA and IDE RAID compatible”. Ok, that can be read two ways – I know. Well, then I actually downloaded the user manual and it describes how to set up a SATA RAID array (in Chapter 5). So I was a little surprised that it can’t do SATA RAID. So now I’ve got my two SATA drives set as two separate drives. No big deal, and for the price the motherboard is a great value anyway.
So my question is that I need to build a second machine that will basically be a clone of the first and I wanted opinions about the hard drive options. Since I will be playing games and doing some home theatre stuff (watching and recording movies) I would like at least 300G with good read/write specs. I also want the simplicity of a single drive so it looks like my options are:
1) A single large SATA drive (300G or so)
2) Two IDE (150G or so) drives in a RAID 0 array
And I just wanted to know what the opinions of the forum are. Will the performance of the IDE RAID 0 be that much better than the 150Mbps (that I understand SATA can do) to justify it?
Also to do the IDE RAID 0 my understanding is that I would hook one drive to IDE2 and one to IDE3 (with them both set to master) – is that correct? I would have my DVD-R/W on IDE1 as it is now.
I appreciate any opinions you have on this. Thanks for your help.

I recommend 2 x 160GB IDE HDDs, RAID 0 + 1 x 250GB/300GB SATA HDD + Dual Channel 512MB DDR 533MHz RAMs + Enermax 475watts / Antec 480watts PSU + P540 - 3.4GHz CPU.
The 150MBps on SATA is just the theory only, the actual transfer rates is still dependent on the system overall performance so don't rely on it too much as you'll never get to even hit 100MBps on any system in the real world enviroment. This applies to IDE as well.
IDE Setup Guide

BIOS Problem with 915P Combo

Hi there...
I have one MB 915P Combo and i have problems in BIOS configuration.
I go to: Advanced BIOS Features / BOOT SEQUENCE
And have one option Boot from other Device, it have No.
I change to Yes, and reboot and now it is possible to use pen disks.
The problem:
If i install a program and at the end of installation (for example update IDE/Raid utility) it is necessary to reboot windows , i restart the windows and when go to windows, now is not possible to use pen disks...
To solve the problem temporaly:
It is necessary to go to the BIOS configuration and Change the Boot from other device to "No" and reboot... and Change again to "Yes" to work with Pen disk.
And sometimes appears a blue window in Windows with a Device Driver error.
How to solve the problem ?
I have the latest BIOS 1.6
Thanks.

What if you just normally reboot windows without any new installation? Does it happen the same way?

[915 Series] 915P Combo Problems.. Can anyone help Please?

Hello everyone!
I'm pleasured to be in contact with you, I'm from Portugal, so any errors in my english, please excuse me
I've bought an MSI Motherbnoard 915P Combo and there is some questions that I need your help.
My system is:
MSI 915P Combo 8latest 1.6 Bios version)
Pentium 4 LGA775 3.0 GHZ
Zalman 7700 Al-CU
1GB Kingston PC3200 2x512 (Dual Channel, 3-3-3-7)
XFX Geforce Nx 6200 PCI-Express (with direct power alimentation from the PSU.. is this normal?)
Enermax 350w Noisetaker ATX 2.01 (with all stability since I've bought to my P4 Socket 478)
160GB Seagate Barracuda SATA NCQw/8MB Cache
Pioneer DVR-108 16x DVD+RW
Thermaltake Shark Aluminium Case
Integrated 5.1 Sound Solution (Azalia)
Ok... the problem is... my computer doesn't shut Off! I've installed the Windows Xp and SP2 from new, bu when I'm choosing the option "Shut Down" win windows, the pc shutt down only 3 seconds!!!
By the on/off button is everything ok...
Can anyone help me?
Thank's in advance.

Quote from: NovJoe on 21-March-05, 20:30:51
Check your power button connector to the mobo and see if it was fixed properly or you can try turning the connector 180 degrees around and fix it in and see if the same problem replicates.
Next you can also try to clear CMOS.
Check in your Power Management Options in Windows and check if there's any funny settings.
Thank you very much NovJoe for your kind attention and help.
Since I arrive home I'll try that.
i've tried the connector of the power in the board of the 2 possible way with no result.
How can I clear the CMOS? nly with Jumpers isn't?
And what do you mean to say with funny settings in windos? Can you be more specific please?
Regards

915P Combo not seeing optical drives in WinME- HELP!

I just purchased a new computer from Cyberpower with an MSI 915P Combo motherboard and no OS installed (though I'm on my old computer now, an 866MHz P3 running WinXP on an IDE HD). I have a SATA HD installed in the new machine and a DVD-ROM and DVD-RW drive. I installled WinME only because the WinXP install disk that I have will not run from the DOS prompt I get when booting with a Win98 startup floppy. It must be run from within Windows. Upon finishing up my installation of WinME, I received the following message:
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"Your multi-function device (Standard Dual PCI Controller) has some child devices using 32-bit drivers and others using compatibility-mode drivers. This configuration is not supported, so your computer has been halted to prevent corruption.
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Press any key to continue"
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Please, if someone can give a full explanation (I’m pretty good with computers, but I wouldn’t call myself a computer “expert”… though I DO know how to go into the BIOS to make changes, even if I don’t know everything I’m doing there), it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

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K8N Neo2 SATA Raid problem finally solved

Hi guys,
finally got my SATA Raid 0 array to work.
Problem was that XP didn't find a correct array on installation although i used F6
to load drivers from disk. Sometimes it didn't detect any hard disk, sometimes
it showed two hd's and an array and so...
The whole spectrum of errors mentioned here over the last days and weeks...
I tried different bios like 1.1, 1.2, 1.2b5, 1.3b5 and i got the newest drivers
directly from nvidia as mentioned in some other thread. Nothing worked.
One should think that nvidia would have the latest drivers... but that was the
major fault.
As mentioned in a different thread i downloaded the unified nforce drivers from
nvidia's homepage and extracted the ide drivers to a floppy. I used these drivers
in all of my attempts and it never worked..
Yesterday i downloaded the MSI Nvidia nForce3 System Drivers package 5.03 from
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_detail.php?UID=607&kind=1
and compared the version numbers to the files from the nvidia package.
The relevant files nvatabus.sys and nvraid.sys are version 5.10.2600.412 from
nvidia while the MSI versions are 5.10.2600.446 !!
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hit F6, loaded the new drivers and voila... one 230 gb array ready for installation
Took me FOUR days to figure this out. THANK YOU MSI support team,
wherever you are.... (definitely not working on an updated hp)
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What really worked for me were the drivers from the MSI nforce3 driver package 5.03
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OK now! Dag, I was going crazy. I had two brand new Raptors and was trying to hook them up in a RAID 0 config. I am no dummy. It would hang at detecting arrays. I could not figure it out for the life of me. I will not talk about all of the combos that I tried. My buddy told me to try datalifeguard from WD. I did. Well, one HD showed no serial number in the extended test. An error message popped up. Said the drive was not working. So, Newegg sends me a dead drive and wastes days and days out of my life. I hooked up the one good drive just now. What do I see? For the first time in my life, I am seeing the raid bios! This almost cost me a divorce. Seriously though, the wife would come in and rub my shoulders like a fighter after a few hours of getting my azz whipped by this new rig. I am now going to make the floppy with the newer drivers like was done here. Just incase. I am in Raid bios now in the other room. Time to go set up XP on one drive for now. I refuse to wait for the RMA'ed second Raptor.

"915P Combo and PCI-Express problem"

Hello friends, I have a pc with the following configuration: mobo 915P Combo with a processor pentium 4 530 3.0 ghz, memory kingston 1GB Kit DDR 400 dual channel, psu 500w ATX with connector 20-pin, video card XFX Geforce 6600 256 MB PCI-EXPRESS, sound card audigy 2 zs, hard disk 120 GB seagate 7200 rpm SATA. And I have a problem with the port PCI-Express and my video card, if I install the video card the computer it doesn't start up well, that is to say, it start up and to the 3 seg this shut down automatically and 5 seg later this tries to start up but without success , after several intents this can start up perfect and everything works well . And if I don't install the video card pci-express and I intall my old video card port pci 16 mb Banshee the pc starts up perfect and doesn't have problems. what is the real problem? 1) the video card pci-express, 2) the port pci-express of the mobo, 3)that I have a psu with connector 20-pin? Thanks

dear moderator,
i got same problem as Calvido. My system specification MSI 915G Combo with the lastest bios v1.8 with a processor pentium 4 530 3.0 ghz, memory kingston 1GB DDR 533 dual channel, psu 350w True power, video card Leadtek Geforce 6600 256 MB PCI-EXPRESS, hard disk 120 GB maxtor 7200 rpm SATA. And I have a problem with the PCI-Express, if i use the intergrated graphic intel 900 it dun give me any problem n i used for more than 6mth.
It happen when i try to upgrade my intergrated graphic card to PCI-E. 1st i try with the Inno3D geforce 6600 256mb PCI-E n when my com start until windows it become blank screen for awhile the screen appear again for no more than 1 min became blank again. 2nd try i use Leadtek Geforce 6600 256MB PCI-E it seem alright but when i click on icon it start to delay ...until hang. 1st i thought my OS problem so i format my system, but problem still the same so i repeat format until 7 or 8 times. Problem not solve.
I try to send email to MSI but no reply
Pls help me to solve the problem
best regard

SATA RAID problem on K8N Neo2 Platinum (nForce3 ultra) & winXP x64

I entered on MSI driver dowload page, put my model, and i found out that the RAID driver for win x64 wasn't released (nforce3 ultra), but in the same page was the driver for the nforce4, so I supposed it was compatible. I made the driver disk. press F6 and he askme for the drivers, ok, i introduce BOTH drivers, he detects perefctly the SATA RAID (stripping) format the disk, copy the files and ask me for some .CATof teh raid driver that wasn't on the zip file.... omit files, reboots, completes the instalation, but on the first boot of win x64 when it's just about to show the windows screen, a bue windows, and resets the pc so fast that's unreadable. fail safe start.. same crash.
I Installed win on an IDE and it run prefectly... In th other hand... without installing any driver the windows instalation recognices the SATA drives, but not the RAID. Maybe I just got to install the raid driver but not the SATA driver... the nforce3 driver form nvidia.com is pretty old... The real funny is that when i installed winXp x64 BETA i hadn' any problem... (winXP 64 doesn't admit the 32 bit driver=
Which driver i'm supposed to install? to INSTALL winxp64 on a SATA RAID and make it boot from there?
Thaks a lot

HI! i'm the one wih the raid problem on a k8n neo2....
That's what a i Did.. i unpacked the exe and copy the files in a floppy... question is: if i do that, windows instaler askme for some files that aren't in the .exe, anway it reconices the raid and everithing goes fine until the first BOOT on windos... it shows a blue screen, butremoves it so fast that i cant read it or pause the system. But i know it's a raid problem because if i install it on a ide disk it works.
The nforce3 drivers are almost a year old, and i'm not sure if nforce4 is compatible...
I think the're compatible because if you enter in msi driver download page and select my model, they put the Nforce3 and nforce4 for win64 and my model is only nforce3. The thing is they havent released the nforce3 for WIN 64.... So.. It's normal that win asks me for some files that ain't in the .zip file (i extracted the files o course) and Which driver should i put the Nvidia one year old nforce3 or the new nforce4. (the nforce3 for 32 bits is rejected by windows) or... i have to wait the new nforce3?
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