Diamond Plus- Silicon Image controller set up single SATA 2 non raid "HELP"

 Could somebody please tell me what drivers exactly do you have to load for Windows install off of the floppy? I loaded the silcon image 32 drivers at the install but the boot into windows takes a long time ! In bios SATA 1 SATA 2  are enabled -non raid for Silicon Image controller. Is their any kind of special procedure or trick for  for useing the the controller non raid mode? Just added another HDD to my system formatted first with WD Lifeguard Tools and  unhooked my othet drives and 1 of my dvd burners but for some reason It took like 2hrs 20 min too load windows when I specified additional drives their wer like 4-5 to choose from and the only non raid refference 1 was the first which I belive silicon image sys32 do you have to install all of them like the nvidea ones? man I had absolutely no problems setting up my 2- 80gb WD Caviars in raid 0 but the new 250gb WD caviar se16 is another story. ALL ARE SATA 2 DRIVES  so I know that SATA 2 works on my board im useing it right now! Could any of the lLocal Forum Gurus with prior experience with the controller tell me exactly how to configure the set up NON RAID!  PLLLLLLEASE.........
                                                  Thanks in advance

Thanks for all of you help Bas, and the quick responce! I was asking  about which would be the prefered set up  raid 0 on silicon image  and sigle drive non raid on port 3-4 Nvidea or vice versa. I'm sure that it is a matter of prefference, but I do plan to overclock slightly when it cools down and I have done more reading on it! My primary goal is Stabilily and performance in harmonic balance whith out data corruption, or risking blowing things up! Any way hows life in Belgium? I have yet to travel to Europe, traveled to just about all of the states and lived on 2 of the Hawaiian Islands. So as you can tell Bas I am more partial to warm weather. I am quite a bit more in tuned with European culture than most people. My folks are from Australia and New Zealand so i'm not youre typical American! Shoot's Bro thanks for all of youre help and have a good weekend!!
                                                               Campbell

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          GPU2: GPU Vcc                                     3.26 V
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    Quote from: Bas on 19-March-06, 17:56:24
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    Read this stuff, it's very related http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29940
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    2.  7900gtx sli - 550w psu with 34a on the 12v rail
    3.  7900gt single - 400w psu with 20a on the 12v rail
    4.  7900gt sli - 500w psu with 28a on the 12v rail
    5.  7600gt single - 350w psu with 18a on the 12v rail
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    Tagan 480w U22 - 30a on the 12v rail, option to split into 2 12v rails, no LED bling - 2 shielded 6-pin vga power cables and 2 sata power cable (4 connectors) - 22dba
    Tagan 580w U22 - 36a on the 12v rail, same features at 480w U22 - 24dba
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  • How to retrieve data from Silicon Image striped disks on NVRAID?

    Hello,
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    This is the problem with 2 threads that don't get merged, someone needs to merge these. 
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    Quote
    So the NVRAID see the 2 drives as a striped set?  This is suprising.  You could try to run a data recovery tool like getdataback and see if it sees anything on this new NVRAID array.  But other then that your only chance to recover without using the above suggestion(get access to another SiImage which is probably the easiest)
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  • K8N Diamond Plus nVRaid & IDE Drives?

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    - RAID 0 or 1 and JBOD groups are supported 
    - Support up to 2 SATA devices connected to a single controller 

  • K8N Diamond Plus incompatible w/ENERMAX Liberty ELT620

    Howdy folks, 1st post and yet I'm about to loose my AMD virginity, so please be gentle.
    The new build has already been purchased and is in transit, so info would be greatly appreciated.
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    That is until I found this site. Still shaking my head at the high amperage needed for this type of bleeding edge tech.
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    Hoping folks with the Diamond plus and Enermax ELT620 could please post experiences.
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    Of course, I will post results.
    Thank you for your time
    Early March build
    MSI K8N Diamond Plus
       Factory BIOS this time
    Opty 165 Denmark
       ZALMAN CNPS9500
    G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 500
    SAPPHIRE Radeon X800GTO2 (100130VIVOL)
       Most stable driver for text/2D graphics @ 3200x1200
       ARCTIC COOLING AVC-AT5 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler
    ENERMAX Liberty ELT620AWT ATX12V 620W
       +3.3V@28A, +5V@32A, +12V1@22A, +12V2@22A, [email protected], +5VSB@3A
    (3x)Western Digital SE16 WD2500KS - SATA
     (5) 120mm Fans & (2) 80mm +PS
    ASUS DVD DRW-1608P2S
    LITE-ON DVD-RAM SHM-165P6S
    CM Stacker 810 RC-810-SKN1
    XP Pro SP2
    Snagged from my trusty ABIT ST6-RAID 1.4 PIII <old, like me!>
    SIIG USB 2.0+1394+ULTRA PATA/133 RAID CONTROLLER
       (2x)Samsung 160G SP1614N – PATA
       Seagate 120 GB PATA ST3120026A-RK

    In most cases it should be just fine. The only area where it may fall over in is DLI'ing two of the bigger Vid cards. The reason is in how dual rails split the power. As far as anyone can tell the best solution for SLI'ing two high amp vid cards is still with a single rail PSU. Outside of that the Liberty should be fine by all I can tell without trying it myself. That won't happen though as I gave up on Enermax due to the fact that I want Dual High Draw Vid cards and they simply don't fit that bill in my book any longer. Either you get Dual Rails from them or the wrong cable sets. That is why I went to OCZ.
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  • I need help DDR voltage and latencies (K8N Diamond Plus)

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    Quote from: memeticvirus on 14-May-06, 15:41:10
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    You can see my post or click on the link in my sig for detailed memory reports. 
    Quote from: RogerP on 15-May-06, 03:04:55
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  • New BIOS for Diamond Plus any problem noted yet.

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    When submitting a problem, include a complete list of your system components; include part numbers, all Power Supply Voltages, and their output ratings.  It is almost impossible to estimate what your problem is without knowing something about it. Here is the link to the web site.

    Quote from: NoBS on 22-March-06, 21:40:24
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  • Power supply needed for MS-7220 (Diamond Plus) and others.

     
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    Roger
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    Rossoevo

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