K8T Master 2 FAR; Hard Drive Questions About

Greetings!
I just got off the Google bus and stubbed my toe on your doorstep.  What luck!
I have many questions, and it's getting harder to find answers for a mainboard that's not being sold "new" anymore.  I did see some other topics that go along lines similar to my own, but I figured it would be a good idea to open a new thread with my specific questions.
I have decided to split my questions into three parts.  This is part one, "hard drive" questions.
HARD DRIVE RELATED:
Western Digital recently announced a new high-capacity SATA Raptor drive, with 150 GB of storage: 
1)  Can I mount two of them into my K8T Master 2 FAR system and "hardware stripe" them for Windows/XP?
....1A)  If yes, is there a minimum recommended BIOS that I should be running?
....1B)  If no, then would it be feasibile to "software stripe" them in Windows/XP Pro?
If I decide to proceed, I will be well-prepared to accept the risk of data loss that would occur if one drive were to crash.
I currently run my system with a removable SATA drive caddy for my system drive.  This makes it easy to swap OS's by swapping hard drives without opening my CPU case.  If I go with a dual-striped SATA drive arrangement and two Raptors, then I'll replace that removable caddy with a unit that can accomodate two SATA drives. 
....1C)  Once in a blue moon, I get a BSOD after having swapped SATA drives.  It happens when I first boot Windows/XP after having run Linux.  Hot-swappable claims notwithstanding, I always swap drives while the system is powered down, although I don't typically shut off the hardware switch at the power power supply.  Are there any known issues or reports of other people having similar occurrences? 
I also run some IDE devices for data and archival purposes.  My system is typically set up as follows:
CH 0/0 - Data drive
CH 0/1 - DVD burner
CH 1/0 - Data drive
CH 1/1 - Data drive
Recently, my system stopped "seeing" any hard drives on CH 1 drive 1.  Known good drives won't show up in the BIOS, and auto-detect doesn't "see" a drive in that position.  I have tried more than one drive, and the problem stays on that channel and position.  I swapped cables with a known good cable, and the problem stays on that channel and position.  For the time being, I have disconnected one of the data drives...but I'd really like to resolve this issue if possible.
....1D)  Are there any known problems or issues with "disappearing IDE devices" in the K8T Master 2 FAR?
Thanks in advance!

Can't say, this is the first time I hear about SATA caddies....
Maybe a bad contact or so?
Sata is pretty sensitive to connection problems, or even folded cables for that matter...

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