New Computer with MSI 925XE Platinum(MSI-7053)

Question

On Wednesday June 14th after a 10 month delay I picked up a custom built computer built by a fellow worker
it has an Intel 775 processor running at 3.0 GHz, 1 GB of Geil 533MHz memory, a 160GB & a 250GB Western Digital HD the 1st is IDE & the 2nd SATA, a Sony DVD-ROM & HP DVD 640i lightscribe optical drives both as RAID 0
& it has Azailia\AC'97 sound with Windows XP Professional OEM Edition
when I started it up I noticed it was as mute as Sheilds & Yarnell mimes that was hot during the mid '90's
also I also noticed that because of the 11 in 1 card readers I noticed that instead of the main drive being the usual C:\, it was configured as I:\ this drove my programs totally bazoo because the apps were looking for the traditional C:\ so at first I reinstalled XP figuring it would give you the option of reconfiguring the HD as a C:\ but when it was status quo I took out the Western Digital setup prgrams and reformatted totally wiping out the RAID as good as the bug spray its named after
I have 2 questions
a. how does one either revives the RAID?
b. how can you reconfigure both drives as C:\ & D:, the opticals E:\ & F:\
and the card readers G:\ thru N:?
c. how can you make the Azailia 7.1 sound chip work with my primitive(in comparisom) 2.1 set up?
I have absolutely no room in the room for all those speakers!
since this is my 1st custom built machine I'm a virgin like Madonna(the singer)!
any help would be truly appreciated by a person who's "Sgt Schultz" in this
Thank You
                                                                        Ken Greene aka spacechild

Answer 1

"Houston we finally have a computer!" on Tuesday night after the revival of my new Screamin Meanie machine I finally figured out how to get it to sing. unlike my old HP Pavilion 7965 PC which has merely one jack there's at least 5 or 6 jacks to the Azalia and that's why I was throughly bazoo so I noticed the out to speaker jack so I decided to try it and that was the solution. granted there's still a few bugs that Raid(vs. RAID) didn't kill like the SM Bus driver couldn't be installed or the Wireless 54 g didn't work(that's because Philly didn't get to my part of the city with its well propagandized free internet program yet) or the fact that it's deep inside the room near the door, but I can live with it and the configuration the builder dealt my computer. at least until I have to give it an enema to resusitate it.
then I will do it my way according to your help.
Thank you very much. you guys have saved me from wasting 4 figures from a 2nd PC croaking prematurely like my 1st one a 1994 model Packard Bell Legend 1956 which sent me to he double hockey sticks when to eliminate it going on a monthly hissy fit I did an "Oscar Goldman" putting in around $1,700(this one cost $1,600) rebuilding it and then it died because I was trying to put in a tape backup program which wasn't compatible with the new parts and the master recovery CD's didn't work for the same reason.
                                                                             Ken Greene aka spacechild