Can't boot if SATA Config changed from IDE to RAID

My goal is to create a non-bootable RAID1 mirror with two 320GB extra disks (plugged into SATA 5&6).  The boot disk is a Corsair 120MB SSD.  The manual that came with the A75A-G55 board says to use raid, first change the SATA Configuration from IDE (the default) to RAID. 
Once the RAID selection is made, a new option for Legacy ROM or UEFI Driver shows up.  I left the choice at Legacy ROM.  Saved settings and exited.  During the reset then something new pops up quickly having to do, I suppose with the RAID config, then the regular POST pops through, but then can't boot to Windows.
When I went back to change the BIOS SATA Config back to IDE, I noticed that none of the SATA ports show drives.  After setting the SATA config back to IDE, everything seems to go back to normal.  I must be missing something significant, but the instructions in the manual that came with the board are pretty simple.  On the other hand, the manual doesn't say anthing at all about the SATA configuration options.
I checked the RAID FAQ, but it seems to be oriented to NVIDIA.  Nothing there about AMD raid that I could see and no mention of bios settings that looked like this.  I have come across mention of an AMD raid manager software (RAIDXpert?) in some other browsing.  Should I get that and use it, or will I still have to straighten out this IDE/RAID thing first?
Thank you for your help,
John

As far as I can tell, the A75A-G55 does not support RAID with WindowsXP no matter what the chips are and sales literature says.  I've been running around with this too long and still have nothing to show for it. 
If anyone has actually been successful with installing a "data" RAID (not a boot disk) on this motherboard I'm all ears, but I don't think such a critter exists.
Here is what I've done tonight. 
Set BIOS to RAID, Legacy ROM, save & exit
Cntl-F to enter Option ROM utility
All drives show up, use the utility to create an LD named FamRm_Array from two 320GB drives, save and reboot.
Windows doesn't boot, resets
Del key to enter bios
    Main tab shows no SATA drives - all are "Not Present"
    Boot tab shows boot option for hard disk as "Hard Disk: FamRm_Array"
(no sign of the Corsair boot disk)
    Advanced tab - selected SATA Mode - IDE, save & exit
Got the "Windows didn't start last time" screen, selected "start normally" and Windows came up OK.
Checked the status of the disks with Disk Manager and both 320GB disks show up individually as unallocated, no indication of an array.
Tried again with reboot, selected RAID in bios, save & exit
F11 to enter boot menu - both the Corsair and FamRm_Array are options.  Picked Corsair.
Can't boot to windows, reset
Cntl-F to option ROM, array still configured OK, escape and reset
Del to BIOS again - No SATA disks shown, boot tab shows Hard disk:FamRm_Array
F11 to boot menu again, pick Corsair again.
Still can't boot
Del to bios again, boot tab still shows HardDisk:FamRm_Array, no sign of Corsair as any option or priority.
Changed back to SATA Mode IDE, Windows boots fine.
Giving up on a disk array with this board and software.  Either it just doesn't work, or the process required is so mysterious and undocumented that the effect is the same - doesn't work.
I'll check back a few times over the next few days to see if anyone points out a major flaw in what I did, but I have no real hope it will ever work.
John

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