K6 Delta Promise controller problem

I have a little configuration there:
PSU: 450W
MSI KT6 Delta-FIS2R
512MB DDR400 (CL3) Memory (not in compatibility list)
Athlon XP2600+
VGA Club3D MX440 64MB
CDRW/DVD attached in VIA PATA (Cyberdrive 32x12x48, Toshiba 16x48)
1 x 36GB SATA WD Raptor attached in VIA SATA controller
2 x 160GB SATA Maxtor 8MB 7200rpm attached in Promise controller (not in RAID mode)
OS: Windows XP, SP1, with a couple of Updates through Windows update
The problem is that, my two Maxtor drives attached to Promise controller, get a Scandisk EVERY time I boot. This also happened to my WD, but after updating VIA4-1, drivers and BIOS, this problem was fixed.
When I try to update Promise's drivers with the latest ones (378_55), they just don't work (The device gets an yellow "!" symbol, in the device manage).
The machine works just fine in all other aspects. It's only that problem that makes my nerves break. Any suggestions?

Quote from: Bas on 17-December-11, 01:00:24
The Promise BIOS is part of the motherboard BIOS, you can't flash it separate.
Thats's what I thought.
Quote from: Bas on 17-December-11, 01:00:24
I doubt you ever used the promise else it would have recognized the drives.
Just turn it off and use the SB600, it's faster anyway.
You are probably right about me using the SB600 as I as very unfamiliar with the board, and both RAID controllers looks almost the same when POST-ing
What I don't understand is why they put in an rather advanced RAID controlled like the T3 when the SB600 one was faster anyway? Would it not make more sense that the system would be faster with two separate controllers working on separate disks?

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