New RAID Problen

So i've got a AMD 1400, MS 6380 K7T266 Pro-R 512 DDR
2 identical (without bad sectord) 40GB ATA100 Maxtors
i want to stripe (RAID 0)
fast track BIOS detects the array of 1 80GB HD
i can install an OS, i installed the raid-drivers in windows
and the Fast Check monitoring utility
but after a couple of reboots (installing drivers etc.)
it says an error occured, reading from the register
(is corrupt) and i can't get windows started anymore
then i have to format. X(
Also when trying to install XP it said during the installation that my RAID drivers weren't good for XP
(i tried the std. drivers and the latest ones)
So, i guess something goes wrong when windows
writes data to the HD's it kind of looses it somewhere
(including data for the register) or it can't find the data
back. I think the RAID Drivers are the cause of this.
Could a bios flash help?
i'm still using the original AMI 1.4 Bios

i'm sorry, but i've tried it without the utility
and i get the same problems! ;(
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Other users reported this a long time ago....
i didn't find it in the forum
is there anywhere else where i can get this info?
TNX

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Glad it worked, I had a feeling it would.
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One question for you.. on G: partition, there's a directory called "Windows", do you suggest me to format this partition??
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