Need HELP installing XP Pro on two 74gb Raptors on Neo2 Plat!!!!!

Question

My friend and I have tried almost everything. We tried them in SATA1/2 and SATA 3/4.
We made sure everything that should be disabled/enabled in BIOS is.
We followed the guides on this forum.
When we get to Windows Setup, we hit F6, and then when it asks us to, we install the RAID drivers and RAID controller from the floppy disk that came with the Mobo thats labeled "Nvidia Nforce3 SATA RAID Drivers". Then it looks like everthing is installing and going smooth, but then we get a blue screen of death, or the computer restarts, or we get an error. The error says something like "Unsuspected error occurred at 5116 d:\xpsp1\base\boot\setup\setup.c." Before we get that error, it says "WARNING! Disk boot sector to be modified, press Y to continue, press any key to cancel". When we cancel, we get the error i mentioned above, and when we press Y, it just says "windows setup is loading" for a min or 2, and then the comp restarts and were back at where we started.
Were trying to put the drives in RAID 0, so if anybody has put 2 Raptors in RAID 0 on the Neo2 Platinum PLEASE HELP US!!. At this point I don't even care about getting them in RAID anymore. I'll use them as 2 separate drives if I have to. I just wanna get the freakin computer up and running with an OS.
And BTW, incase this helps, the full specs of my computer are:
Antec trublue 480W PSU
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
Athlon 64 3500+
Thermaltake Venus 12 Heatsink/Fan
2 X 512mb pc3200 Crucial Ballistix RAM
Two 74gb Raptors
Radeon 9800 Pro
DVD Drive
DVD burner
Floppy drive
PLEASE HELP US!!!!

Answer 1

Okay, two things.  First, revisit that link I cited above.  One person "definitely" found a solution, and MSI is purportedly testing it out.
Second, reading your original message, you only mentioned loading the nVidia Raid drivers (via F6).  What about the nVidia mass storage driver?  According to the manual (and even other users around the forums), you need to load them both.  Are you?
Edit:  To recap:
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Update BIOS to at least v.1.1;
In BIOS, enable all four SATA ports (even if you are only using two of them);
(probably optional) Disconnect all other drives;
Build your array (and clear it) of course;
After you hit F6 in Windows setup, install both nVidia drivers; and
Have Windows to a full format, not a quick format.[/list=1]
After all of that, you should be good to go.  :biggthumbsup:
Let us know how it all works out.