Help! getting k8MM-V SATA RAID to allow Mode 0 (stripping)

Greetings all!
Help!
I can't get my motherboard's SATA utility to show RAID mode 0 (stripping)!
I only get choices for "Auto for security" and "RAID 1 (Mirror)."
I'm using the G72-VASA052 VIA SATA RAID Driver for VT6410/VT6420/VT8237 disk that came with the motherboard (I use this when I hit F6 for special drivers at Windows installation).
System:
K8MM-V motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1 GB PC3200 (DDR400) SuperTalent ram (in 2 512 MB pieces)
2 Western-Digital 120 SATA drives (currently mirrored) :(
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 (AGP)
I even ran the RAID MSI tool and the buttons for SPAN are greyed-out.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated...
Please post here or e-mail me at [email protected]
Thanks in advance,
- Sean Roberts

Thanks AGAIN for your help with this...
Yes, the manual is great for the physical things on this mobo... jumpers and pins... but it SUCKS for anything relating to the RAID controller. There is even a typo in the language of the RAID bios! It says that when creating a new raid, all data will be :"destriod" - bad translation, I guess.
You are saying that having existing partitions on one or more of the disks will PREVENT the SATA Raid bios from being able to choose RAID level 0?
I do remember that when I only had 1 WD 120 GB SATA drive that RAID was unavailable (requiring at least 2 disks). I got the second identical drive SPECIFICALLY to add in to create a RAID 0.
When I created my current RAID, the bios told me that everything on the disks would be destroyed.
How sure are you that existing partitions will prevent RAID level 0 from being shown as an option?
I ask because I will have to reload ALL my software to test this and do not want to do this unless you are SURE about your suggestion...
Thanks again, and I look forward to your reply.
Kind regards,
- Sean Roberts

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Quote from: Tiresmoke on 09-April-05, 22:52:31
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=608&kind=1
I trslly would suggest first though to do a Bios reset and then re-examine the problems if any and let's see if we can track and sort them out.
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>
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I recently upgraded my system which was running a AMD athlon 1.2GHZ processor and only 128mb SDRAM. The system was stable and running windows XP home edition.
I upgraded to the PT8 Neo motherboard which supports SATA hard drives. I was expecting a dramatic increase when I upgraded my system to the new P4 800mhz FSB 3.0GB processor and 512MB DDR 400mhz ram.
I was still using my WD 60GB EIDE Hard Drive when I upgraded the Motherboard, Ram, & Processor. The upgrade went smoothly and system worked without glitches.
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Please help as soon as possible.
Thanks

first off you are only using one SATA so no option are avalible in Raid Bios
in order to install windows the safe way detach your 60ata hrad drive plug in the raptor and install windows then Press F6 at the begining the you will have to the SATA diskett in the floppy drive in stall SATA windows drivers continue with install.
once you are fished Windows, drivers then shut down and plug in your ATA hard drive turn on your PC enter the bios navagate to the Advanceed BIOS Features/Boot Sequency selected your SATA raid drive as First boot then CD roms as second. then your done boot in to windows

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