MSI-6321 694D Pro2 wont boot past RAID

Hi,
I have a 694d pro2 with dual P3 933's. The board has been running fine with Windows 2000 Server. The problem I have is that now when it boots, it reaches the onboard RAID configuration then halts. I'm not running any array's nor am I using the controller as a standard IDE controller.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Does it halt 'after' detecting the drives connected to the RAID array or before-hand ?
If its halting afterwards you may want to try specifying a different boot order in the BIOS. Maybe its looking for a boot condition or component that isn't responding correctly.
When it halts does the system still respond to a CTRL + ALT + DELETE, or do you need to power it off from holding the button down for 4 seconds ?? If its a soft boot then the system 'is' still responding but is just paused. Needing to hard boot it would probably mean its something a little more serious.
I had a slightly similar problem with an IDE ZIP drive hooked up to the onboard (northbridge) IDE connecters on a 6321. No matter what boot order I had the system in it wouldn't get past the onboard promise card. In the end I switched ZIP drive to an A: drive, and swapped the onboard floppy over to the B: drive and vwala .. system happy.
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