Bios and SATA Raid setup nightmares

Three manuals with this mobo and I just can't get it set up.
I have the 865PE Neo2-FIS2R, an Intel 3.0GHZ Northwood processor, a pair of 256 memory chips configured as dual channel. A pair of SATA drives are on the Intel ports. The IDE has four devices connected, a HDD, Zip drive, and a pair of CDs. All of the hardware, jumpers, cables seem to be working fine.
My goal was to have a SATA Raid 0 setup, with the spare drive for backup and misc storage. CD's and Zip for input, burning, etc.
After everything was connected I booted Win XP Pro from the CD, did the F6 thing and installed the drivers for both Intel and Promise (Fastrack and drivers). Setting up the bios "Integrated Peripherals" was a real problem and the book very little help, but I finally got the system to recognize things so I could format and boot and install the OS. I did the Control-I thing and configured the Raid drives (at least I think). So far, so good.
After the OS was installed, SP1 added, etc. I got ready to configure the Raid. The CD does not come up with the screen shown in the manual. But I did find the Intel IAA RAID Edition in a folder. Running it results in an error message saying that the software does not support this chipset. Downloading similar drivers for both Promise and Intel always dead-ends the same way.
What I'm leaving out are the--literally--hours of time I've spent trying to get the devices configured right in the Bios' "Integrated Peripherals." I have no idea what I'm doing and the book is no help. But the devices are all there now and the OS runs fine (but not as a Raid 0 set up).
The book says I can migrate this configuration to a Raid volume. How, when I get that error message?
And another thing. Can I use the Promise IDE (PATA) port for a single drive? It's the only place on the mobo where ATA 133 is supported.
I think I'm in a world of trouble here. Don't know squat about these complex bios setups. Sorry this is so long.
ardi

OK, I actually went down to the basement and dug out the ICH5R Raid Manual. Basically it says in order to take advantage of the ability to migrate later on, you have to set Raid in Bios B4 loading Windows and install Raid driver with Windows setup. If you've already got Windows installed on 1 disk and had Bios set to"SATA as Raid- NO", you're out of luck.
Here's the exerpt from the manual:
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The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition offers the flexibility to
upgrade from a single Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive to a two drive RAID 0
configuration when an additional SATA hard drive is added to the system.
This process will create a new RAID volume from an existing disk. However,
several important steps must be followed at the time the system is first
configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second
SATA hard drive:
1. BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows* XP
on the single SATA hard drive.
2. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID driver during Windows
Setup.
3. Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition after the
operating system is installed.
Maybe someone knows a work-around?

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new BIOS is cure for that(WARNING: have boot option rom that cannot be invoke: ..., caused by external LSI Megaraid 4i adapter) wait for MSI reply. (perhaps will send you new BIOS version)
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http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=608&kind=1
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I appreciate your looking at this with me Tiresmoke. You must be right on the previous BIOS version. It is my original Neo that I am thinking of for 1.8. Now that you mention that, I don't know what the previous BIOS version is, but I am now going to assume it was the original.
Tracking through it though has been strange. Another change I noticed is that my RAM would no longer run at DDR400. It was stuck at DDR333 no matter what I did. I had to move the Kingston 3500 that I had from 1/2 to 1/3 to get it to work. Something must have changed in the BIOS update to make that happen, as it was running fine before that, and differences in operation at that level have nothing to do with whether I corrupted my RAID based windows install.
The boot order is as follows:
1) Promise Controller (Press CTRL + F)
2) Realtek LAN Boot (Press SHIFT + F10)
>
3) VIA RAID Controller.
It is #3 that will not show up if there is a drive attached to the Promise controller. This has got me completely stumped. Is there a direction we can go with T/S'ing this?
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This topic has been moved to AMD64 nVidia Based board.
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