GA-M61PM-S2 Windows installation onto RAID 5 array

Hey,
Every time I try this the installation hangs while the first phase of the installation is about 20% throught copying files to the hard drive. When I reboot the RAID 5 array is always faulty and one of the three drives has been seperated into i's own array!
Using 3 Samsung spinpoint 320GB 7200 RPM 16Mb drives.
Can anyone help?
Kevpatts

You have to contact Gigabyte support.. Here is MSI Forum..

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