Neo Platinum XP install on RAID problems

Hi, this is my first post on these boards so I'm hoping someone will be able to help.
I'm building a new system using:
Neo Platinum Mobo
Twin WD Raptor SATA drives
This is the problem:
I have installed the two Raptors on SATA ports 3 & 4 and enabled these in BIOS. I have also enabled 3 & 4 as RAID and set up a striped array. I have then proceeded to install Windows XP (standard, no service pack). Past the F6 driver setups without problem but then after a short while a blue screen appears saying that windows has encountered problems and is shutting down to avoid damaging the system. This message also mentions viruses or badly terminated drives.
I have tried several times but this window always appears.
I was able to install xp without problems on one of the SATA drives once I had disabled the RAID array but obviously I want to be able to make use of RAID.
I have checked and double checked all connections etc and all seems fine. getting desperate here and would really appreciate some guidence.

A couple of points to add to all that:
1. How about the rest of the specs of your system, especially the PSU specs (max amps on each rail).
2. Are they 74GBRaptors or 36GB? If 74GB you should slipstream SP1a or SP2 into your Win XP first because the combined capacity will be greater than the OS can recognise. There are lots of sites with instructions for this. My favourite is here (Nero 6 version). You can also look at XPCREATE.
3. The original XP did not support UDMA6 and I wonder if that may be another reason for your problems. It shouldn't make any difference but then problems are often caused by things that shouldn't really matter.
I would certainly suggest you install from a CD with SP1 or SP2 slipstreamed.

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looks like someone made their homework prior to posting
the amps on the psu is okay but you didnt supply 5v but that should not be a problem
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strip 2+0, 400099m, functional.
sounds wrong.
never heard of 2+0.
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raid 0 for performance.
raid 1 for security.
size 16kb and try again.

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OEM is manufacturer. disk is your XP cd. c??? is cab where file is suppose to be located.
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Quote from: kakarocht on 28-October-06, 13:05:36
Does your RAID shown you HEALTHY?
The Raptor drive shows as healthy.
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You may need to press F6 (using the NVIDIA raid driver for Win64 if you're using the RAID). As Win32 and Win 64 using different drivers.
This has crossed my mind and is definitely on my list of things to try if all else fails.
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Have you enable the RAID Array as Bootable Drive in the Bios?
All RAID options are enabled. I didn't touch the BIOS prior to starting the process. The RAID array wasn't listed in the BIOS as a bootable device. In fact, it wasn't listed at all. It was after I discovered this I used F10 to see if it was detected there. The drive was listed, but it wasn't bootable. I then made it bootable. After exiting this section, the PC booted straight into Windows. On the occasions when Windows started, I didn't go into the BIOS to see what it shows.
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But why you need to used the NFORCE3 instead of Nforce4 Drivers from the NVIDIA website?
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I always use the full commandline option also with the /f switch and it's never given me probles switching between very old and very new versions .
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Same goes for winflash , always markes bootblock/dmi/update all/and cmos reset .
The nice thing about winflash is if the flash goes wrong it's just to kill it through taskmanager and try over until you get a successfull flash .
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Experienced this myself today , when trying 1.9b6mod for neo2 .
Mainblock was erased and new programming stopped at 22% .
So i downloaded from internet another winflash version (1.0.0.1) and was able to reprogram back to 1.8R2mod by tictac .
For the 64bits I had the same problems while testing/running it with the beta version back in january (not tried XP64 with the newest retail version and newest nvidia xp64 drivers) .
It installed fine on single drive but bsod'ed with raid-0 .
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Sorry the Bad English

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