RAID Driver MS-6321 on W2k3 and XP

Hi!
For a while I'm running Windows 2003 Server on my MSI 694D (version 1 MS-6321 with PDC20265) with the RAID driver of XP. It runs almost fine... Once in a while I get a blue screen. I don't really know if the RAID driver is the problem, but I suspect it...
I sometimes get errors that say that there was a delayed write failure on the $MFT on the RAID drive... When I Reboot the RAID BIOS sais that the drive is not functional... If I reboot is again, the problem is gone and a few days and sometimes weeks later the error returns. I have checked the cables for about a hundred times now and I'm sure that those aren't the problem.
Because of all this trouble I wanted to download a new driver, but I noticed that the driver I've got isn't even downloadable anymore... At this time I'm using the following driver: Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 Controller (PDC20265) version number: 2.00 Build 9 from date 03/13/2001.
The driver that can be downloaded from the MSI site is even older than this one and is built on 09/29/2000. This driver isn't suitable for even Windows XP because none of the drivers that are included in the package are XP Compatible. The only drivers that are in tha package are for NT4, 95, 98, Me or 2000... Although on the site it is said that the driver is also for XP... If I look in the INF file (where I found the version numbers) the driver for 2000 is version 1.60 build 19...
If I install the 2000 driver on my 2003 server system, I even experience more problems, so I reverted to my current driver to get less problems...
Here is my question: Where could I find a new driver that is probably better than the one I'm currently using that is compatible with Windows XP and/or Windows 2003 Server?
Please send me an email (HP @ millcon.nl) if you know a place where to find those drivers...
By the way, if you want to download the drivers I'm using, you can download them here (you need to log on with user WEB and password millaard)

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_list.php?kind=1&CHIP=17&NAME=Archives
that says its build 10

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Message Edited by erik on 01-16-2009 03:09 PM
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