RAID not fault tolerant on K7N2 Delta 2 Platinum?

Hi all,
I'd really appreciate your help with this puzzle.....
Got a new mobo & 3k Barton chip.... Installed 'em into rig described in my sig below.
Minimum hardware was installed for this operation:
new mobo & chip
1 gig mem card
CDRW
Floppy drive
SATA drives x2 each on separate SATA port
video card
Entered Bios on 1st boot:
Set SATA to enabled in IDE RAID window
Boot priority to CD Rom for install
Hard disk boot priority to SATA Mirror
F10'ed into NVRAID BIOS:
Set up the RAID as a mirror (RAID 1) with optimal stripe size
cleared & reformatted both discs
Mirror is recognised as healthy on reboot.
Booted into WIN XP SP2 slipstreamed install (this disc has been used successfully before on my previous mobo so I know it works)
Pressed F6 & loaded NV RAID class driver & NV nForce Storage Controller successfully
Did the Windows install routine & this is where it starts to deviate from what is written in the manual....
the request to install the RAID driver during the GUI part of the install never appeared (but this is described as a "might be prompted" in the manual so I wasn't too bothered by its non-appearance) and the driver floppy did spin up at one point so I assumed it had installed each drive automatically
Went into WinXP and finished the install...
Surprisingly, both RAID drives are now visible individually in the systray as removable drives under the SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE icon.
Went into Disk Management expecting the Initialize & Convert Disk Wizard to appear but no sign of it: RAID drives are visible as ONE drive (as you would expect) but are NOT fault tolerant.
Things I've done differently each time I installed:
Tried to convert the mirror to a dynamic disc but this also failed every time.
Installed nForce2 system drivers before & after going into Disk Management on different installs
Installed NVRAIDMAN.exe and this reports the mirror as functional & healthy.
Left the floppy in the drive during the GUI part of WIN XP installing itself and removed it on other install
I've read the nvRAID FAQ & this isn't covered by it.
Can't find any reference to the Initialize & Convert Disk Wizard in Microsoft Help & Support, except in a Windows Server 2003 KB article, which I can't find again....
I've repeated the whole process several times to ensure I haven't missed anything, but the end result is always the same.
So I now have a weird mirror array that is not fault tolerant in Windoze Disk Management - is it doing what it's supposed to?
Any ideas??

As it seems you are doing extensive tests, i would suggest a simple one:
install as you have (where the RAID manager tells you it is setup correctly and redundant and windows does not see it as redundant), power off and take one drive off. Reboot and see the result. (it should still work and the controller should tell you that redundancy is not valid anymore)
After that, power off, replug the drive and see if it will reconstruct the array.
Try for the 2nd drive.
Then, you will be sure that redundancy is present...
It seems that with SATA, you can even hotswap the drives (hence the appearance of the drives in the SAFELY remove box).

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MSI K7N2 Delta Platinum

I want to update my mother board, I am thinking of getting a K7N2 Delta Platinum has anyone got anything good or bad to say about this board?

Hi Ballie,
I've recently got one of these.
Had a lot of fun installing the operating system etc direct from a K7N2G-ILSR board. Most of them revolved around the fact that the RAID controllers are different so I had no choice but to wipe the discs and do a clean install. BACK EVERYTHING UP BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING (yes I'm shouting, so you can hear me....)
I've still not got a proper answer to the problem in this thread yet http:// [url=https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=71500]RAID not fault tolerant on K7N2 Delta 2 Platinum? [/url]
, but the board works fine. The overclocking capabilities of the CoreCell technology are very good. I got it up to somewhere in the 2500's before it crashed and then it restarted beautifully at a setting just below the one it went out on, all on it's own.
I'm not running it overclocked presently.
I think my personal preference would be for a board with the Promise RAID controller as it is configurable, whereas nVidia's Raidman is purely a look and see program. If they sorted that out to the same standard as Promise then I would be happy. Obviously, if you don't plan to use RAID that isn't going to be an issue.
Plenty of USB ports, etc. and nice easy colour coded plugs, etc. to make sure you shove them connectors in all the right holes. Has 9 holes for attaching the board to the case, so plugging things like memory chips into it doesn't cause it to bend as much as the less well supported boards. I'd still plug things in on a flat surface before mounting the board though.
The CPU temperature sensor is one of those bendy wire things, so make sure you peel the paper off the underside of the chip and carefully curve the temp wire over into a U shape so that it springs up and presses flat against the underside of the centre part of the chip for best accuracy.
One odd thing - the temperature readings that are active in my CoreCell are CPU and System. The Northbridge temp isn't showing, dunno why... anyone got any suggestions??
A lot of the connectors are concentrated on the right side of the board and this can give rise to a few cable conflicts with things like HDD's getting in the way, but if you have a case with a choice of HDD mounting slots you can easily overcome these minor niggles.
On the whole I like this board. If it does as well as the last board I think I'll be well happy. Hope this has helped you. If you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask.

OC: can change multiplier but NOT the FSB on K7N2 Delta ILSR XP1800+ TB 'A'

I have had a good look at the various threads in the forum which to be honest confused me a bit more. I explain.
The good news (for me): so far I have successfully changed the clock speed of a Thoroughbred 'A' XP1800+ on a K7N2 Delta board. Default is 11.5 but 12.5 or 8 are working fine. On 12.5 the mobo recognises the cpu as a XP2000+.
The bad news: I cannot change the FSB from 133 to anything else even in Advanced Chipset Features, manual, high performance settings. Not even a lower one works for this setup. As said above, the multiplier however IS reasonably overclockable - the system simply won't let me change the default FSB of 133.
As far as I understand it, the 1800+ is unlocked even in its TB 'A' version. So the 'wire trick' won't help me I guess.
The fairly low spec AGP card? If so then a lower FSB should be possible.
The memory should be fine, it's CL2.5 Crucial PC2700 333 DDR.
BTW: I don't think the PSU is the problem here. I had a 380W PSU in there (noisy although named silent!) which didn't change a thing.
Any help or thoughts greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Chris

I unplugged psu, cleared cmos, applied default bios values. Then as suggested set multiplier to auto (H/W), reboot, and set the cpu/fsb interface back to Manual.
And it worked! Crazy. The system must have been stuck in some kind of loop... anyway, thanks very much Wonkanoby for your help!
After sorting this prob, I gradually raised the FSB to 166 while decreasing the multiplier to 9.5 = 1577MHz. Temps didn't chage a bit which makes sense for the cpu but I expected the northbridge chip to get a bit warmer. Don't know about memory.
Does any of you have experience with OC a Thoroughbred 'A'? I assume it is less OC'able than a type 'B'.
Or in other words: where's the limit?
Cheers
Chris

Northbridge temps N/A using CoreCentre - K7N2 Delta Platinum

Hi folks - first post..........
Seeing as the mobo has a fan speed monitor, does it not have the faclity to monitor the temperature of the Northbridge as well??
It's a new board and the bios is v11.2.
The board locked out on me a couple of days ago after I tried running an XP2600+ Thoroubred at 400FSB - I looked for ages on the web to find a cure then found the way to reset the board to default settings here using the start button/insert key method. Thanks for that!!
I'm now running an XP2500 Barton at 400FSB and my cpu temps are around 29 degrees C using the std retail heatsink. (moitored via CoreCentre). I'm a bit miffed that I can't monitor the Northbridge though....
Any ideas??
cheers
D.

Welcome to the forum. The bios only monitors cpu and system temperatures so Core Center reports accordingly. I am not familiar with bios version 11.2. My board was delivered with version 11.1 but until recently I have been using the B30 or 11.3 bios. You may well find that Live Update will offer you an upgrade to bios version B40 (aka 11.4) until version B50 is released. Resist the temptation as the B40 version has caused stability problems for a number of users.

[nForce] K7N2 Delta Platinum built in firewall, advice?

Ok... well how many of you are using this built in firewall?
I have obtained two versions
Network management tools version 4.57 from the 6.11 package
and
Network management tools version 4.66 from the 6.37 package
currently I am using zone alarm and I am satisfied but some of the programs I use (dc++) do not like zone alaram
so some od the downloaded files are corrupt (skipping mp3s and corrupted zip files)
to conclude I would like to know are you people that are using this (nforce) firewall satisifed?
and which one should I install?

The firewall uses a technology called SPI, stateful packet inspection.
Every packet that comes in is checked for a few things,
Like your IP address inside the packet. (destination of the packet)
If you IP address is not there then the packet is blocked.
This type of firewall is very secure but unlike software firewalls you do not have
application filtering.
The SPI firewall allows a program through the firewall or blocks it.
A good software firewall allows the program + you specify the ports for that program.
With the SPI one if you specify a port it will open a hole in the firewall and allow
anything to come in/out.
Do you see how the software one is more flexible?
Apart from that the firewall does work, I use it with a NAT based firewall in my router.
If you are downloading / using P2p programs the software firewall is much better, The firewall can cause some P2P programs to freeze.
A few people experience terrible problems with the firewall, random crashes/BSODs.
No one knows why yet.
The nvidia website has a lot of info about the firewall too.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_activearmor.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_16451.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_13034.html
Your one does not have active armour but the firewall is exactly the same.
Now you should check your memory.
The best advice in the world and you choose to ignore it.

MSI K7N2 Delta RAID question

Hi guys,
Again with the stupid questions. At least my questions are easy.
I've been dieing to hook up a couple o' SATA drives and run RAID, striping, on my MSI K7N2 Delta. I ordered a couple 200Giger Seagate Barracuda's tonight. Couldn't pass up the deal even though I shouldn't have spent the $.
OK, here's my stupid question: Can you partition a drive(s) in RAID 0? I would like to partition like 10GB for the OS and the rest for like apps and download storage. If I ever have to reformat the OS I only have to redo the 10GB partition. Thanks for bearing through my stupid questions, I'm just excited to do this and can't wait to find out.

Ok guys, thanks again.
I kinda figured it would be business as usual, but I wasn't sure.
I am very curious about speed performance. I'm not sure it would be worth it from what I've read about RAID 0. Apparently it will be good for like video editing operations which I will be doing a little bit of for my web site. I will find out for myself though, and I do need more room. So, regardless the space is needed and I wouldn't mind a bit more performance.
I have the RAID drivers on floppy disk that came with the mobo. I think I'm all set except for drives that will arrive this week some time.

System Freeze Microstar MS-K7N2-DELTA

Hello!
I Resently abandoned ny "ol' faithfull' PIII600 for a more gaming-friendly system (full spec. below). I assembled the system myself so here I am
THE PROBLEM:
System freezes from time to time:
* System froze a couple of times during installaion of Windows. I had to run the installation program a few times before complete installation.
* Almost never when surfing (as am i doing right now).
* System always freezes during ADAWARE- or NORTON AV-scans, but never at the same spot.
* It also always freezes during 3DMARK 2001 Very seldom during Counter-strike but often in Jedi Knight or Judge Dredd.
* System every now and then when watching AVI-movies
THE SOLUTION:
Oh please provide me with one. I'd hate to scrap my new 1500$-system and go back to Ol' Faithfull.
Best regards
Peter
SYSTEM-----------------------------------------------------------------------
General:   Operating system, BIOS, Mainboard driver and GFX drivers
are uppdated to the latest versions.
OP:       Windows XP Professional En-OEM SP1 (Boots from SATA RAID 0)
Mainboard:    Microstar MS-K7N2-DELTA
CPU:       AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 400 MHz
Memory:     DIMM 1: 512 Mb Apacer DDRAM PC3200 CL3
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      DIMM 3: 512 Mb Apacer DDRAM PC3200 CL3
GFX:       Terratec Mystify Geforce FX 5900 Ultra (256 Mb)
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IDE 1:       Master: 120 Gb Maxtor DiamondMax9 (ATA/133)
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IDE 2:      Master: CDRW Sony CRX210E
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x CPu Interface: Normal
x FSB/DRAM Ratio: By SPD
Current DRAM Clock: 200 MHz
x Memory Timings: By SPD
x T-(RAS): 8
x T-(RCD): 4
x T-(RP): 4
x CAS Latency: 3.0
FSB Spread Spectrum: Disabled
AGP Spread Spectrum: Disabled
AGP 8x Support: Enabled
AGP Fast Write Support: Enabled
System BIOS Cacheable: Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable: Disabled
AGP Aperture Size: 128 M
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Originally posted by Bonz
Dunno Raven...they support this one for now but they don't house the servers that it runs on anymore and their "Webmaster/Forum Tinkerer" has no access to it either...that's why it seems to work these days...heheheh It still does have the occasional glitch at times tho...not nearly as bad as it was *shudders at the memories of days past*
LMAO
i get to an error page in 1 on 500 or something.
only press reload button and i get the page.
only wish i had a better internet connection as it takes me 10-180 seconds to load a page.

Sata on K7n2 delta (2nd time)

I have once asked this question but I need it explained for the second time.
does K7n2 delta platinum has nforce or promise sata controller?
I have reinstaled my computer too many times and have changed too much
of hardware... but one thing that was allways fast was my SATA Maxtor.
I have recently burned my radeon so i bought a new one and did a format of hdd to do a clean install of xp.
Currently in my device manager I have nVidia MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Contoller (v2.6). Is there a better driver for this board than nVidias?
I think I have used Promise fasttrak controller earlier or I am imagining I'm not sure but
I think that my hdd was faster.
Suggestions?

have u gottten the current Nforce drivers 5.10 for XP 32bit
The Unified Driver supports all nForce platform processors. The UDP contains support for all nForce components in a single driver download and installation, making it simple to upgrade to the latest nForce drivers.
Products Supported:
nForce3 Ultra
nForce3 Pro 250
nForce3 Pro
nForce3 250
nForce3 250Gb
nForce3
nForce2-S
nForce2
nForce

[nVidia] k7n2 delta2 platinum FSB

I have just bought the following to replace my dead Athlon 1200@1533mhz
Amd xp 2800+
MSI k7n2 delta platinum (downgraded the bios to v3)
Corsair value dual channel 2*512 DDR
I have overclocked the cpu to 10,5*220 = 2310mhz, but vould rather like to run at a higher FSB eg.: 10*230mhz. This setting is, alasm not stable.
Therefore, how high can you push this motherboard?
What settings have you used to achieve this fsb?
Any advice on running higher fsb?

Hi
Each overclock is dependent on many variables and not every component will have the capacity of other identical components.
That disclaimer said, the processor may not be able to reach 230mhz since it is a 166fsb processor or you might have to raise the vcore of the processor a notch or two to help it get there.
I have one of those processors running at 12.5 times 188 with 1.675 vcore and folding 24/7. The motherboard is capable of doing the speed that you want, the components in it may not be able.
Try lowering the fsb and raising the multiplier to see what the limit of the system is.

Problem with K7N2 Delta ILSR?

Hi
Not sure if there is a problem or not but I have:
K7N2 Delta ILSR
Athlon XP 2.8GHz
512Meg Ram
Win XP SR2
When I check in System Properites, on the General Tab, at the bottom though it reports I have a AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+, correctly, however underneath it says "2.08 GHz, 512 Mb RAM".
What happened to the other 0.7 Ghz !
In the BIOS, the FSB is set to 166 Mhz as recommeded. If set to 100 MHz, in the BIOS the clock speed appears as 1250Mhz! Surely that's not right.
I know it wont run at the full 2.8 GHz but I thought it should only be a little less than that? Is this normal?
Many Thanks
Salvo
[email protected]

Salvo,
Here are some CPUs and their speeds:
2100+ 1.73GHz (TBred)
2200+ 1.8GHz (TBred)
2500+ 1.83GHz (Barton)
2600+ 1.9GHz (Barton)
2700+ 2.17GHz (TBred)
2800+ 2.08GHz (Barton)
3000+ 2.16GHz (Barton 333Mhz FSB)
3000+ 2.1GHz (Barton 400Mhz FSB)
3200+ 2.2GHz (Barton)
Take Care,
Richard

Another help request for K7N2-delta

I was trying to overclock my memory and when my system rebooted after saving my settings in the bios, I just get a black screen. On the D-bracket, the top two are red and hangs there, which, according to the manual, means that either my processor is damaged or not installed properly.
I tried rebooting in safe mode by changing my J10 jumper and clearing the cmos but to no avail. Could I have damaged my CPU just by changing a setting?
Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon Barton 2500+
Motherboard: K7N2 Delta-ILSR
Video card: Saphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256 mb AGP
RAM: Corsair Value Select, PC2700, 256mb, 512 mb, and 1 gb of RAM.
Hard drive 1 & 2: Seagate, 120gb, ATA100
Hard drive 3: Western Digital, 500gb, ATA100
Windows XP SP2
Powersupply: Antec TruePower, 430w (3.3v/28a, 5v/36a, 12v/20a)

Quote from: Stu on 18-February-08, 02:21:22
Guys, the Insert key reset was for the K7N2-Delta2 series, which didn't have the safemode FSB jumper, it does not apply to the K7N2 Delta
You're asking for trouble by a) using cheap value-branded RAM, and b) mixing sticks of different sizes
Also you always get best results by running memory clock at same speed as CPU FSB clock.
Take out all the sticks of RAM and have just one installed, then see if it will start up again
I read a review of how well this memory overclocks, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Also, the value-brand for Corsair is rated just under their XMS series; it's solid as far as I can tell.
Anywho, I've always had the 256mb one in the slot ever since the incident anyways. Thanks for the warning, I never knew mixing different sizes had negative effects.
Quote from: Maxwell Smart on 18-February-08, 02:18:35
I own this board... it's not the insert key, but rather the delete key... so yes, as soon as your pc boots up, hit the delete key repeatedly (or hold it down) and then it will let you go into the BIOS.
I'll try that once I get home. Thanks for the info!
Quote from: HenryW on 18-February-08, 03:01:23
"I was trying to overclock my memory..."
There is a miss-print in your manual for the CPU D-LED, I had the same in my K7N2G-ILSR manual.
So it's stuck at the hard drive or at the system power on? I'm assuming the latter since my hard drive shouldn't be having any problems.
Yea, I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to try this. This is what I get for it, I guess.

MSI K7N2 Delta 2 - nvraid drivers will not install

I have recently upgraded my mobo to MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum. I use Athlon 2700+ running at 2.157 GHZ, 512 MB Samsung PC3200, 128 MB ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, 3 WD Hard Drives (Main bootable HD 60 GB and 2 identical 80 GB HDs configured as nonbootable RAID 0). I am running Windows XP PRO (OEM) with SP 1A. I did not have any problems with configuring RAID 0, however I cannot install drivers for it. Windows keep refusing to accept drivers and computer keeps rebooting itself when I try to install those drivers. I emailed MSI, but I got no reply as yet. Does anybody have any experiences similar to mine? Any solutions? Help will be greatly appreciated.

Some additional information. I did not reinstall Windows after replacing the old motherboard. My previous mobo was also from MSI. It was MSI K7N2 Delta - ILSR. When I installed my new motherboard, Windows would come up without any problems. I had a problem with driver installation disc. Setup would not run, well, I take it back it did, but in some kind of invisible mode. What I mean is that the MSI Driver and Utilities Setup window would disappear after a few secionds and when I clicked on setup icon again another window would pop up telling me that the set up was already running. I went around that problem and installed all drivers from within individual folders as I was able to explore the Setup disc. The only driver I was not able to install was nvraid. I hate to reinstall Windows anew, because Microsoft treats one like a criminal, if you call them too often, asking all kinds of questions befor they decide to activate the OS. I did a lot of upgrading within last 2 months and this would be my 4th call to Microsoft if I had to run fresh installation. I am wondering if I could just remove old drivers using either Driver Cleaner or going to INF file and deleting the old drivers from there?

MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR - RAID BIOS Option ???

hi ho,
i have my 2 storage devices pluged into the promise 376 onboard controller. they are not connected as a real raid (not mirror nor real stripe). my OS is win2k on the first sata device and everything was fine for a long time.
but now when my system boots, it detects the ide drives and then i see the irq board.
right after that the system stops and tells me 'disk boot failure'. so i don`t get the chance to configure my raidcontroller or my sata devices.
it is as the controller is deactivated. i remember a bios version where you could activate and deactivate the sata controller. but in my bios (right now it is v7.8) there is no such option.
i have tested so far:
- reset cmos
- flash bios v7.5 to 7.8
- disconnected sata drives
anyone with similar problems or any suggestion?
> MoBo : K7N2 Delta-ILSR Bios v7.8
> CPU : AMD Barton 2500+ (not overclocked)
> Ram : TwinMos 1GB 3200 400Mhz
> Sata : 2 x Maxtor 120GB Sata (as single Devices on Raid-Controller)
> Ide : 60GB IBM DeckStar
> Gra : ATI 9600 pro 128MB
> Aud : SB Audigy 2 ZS
> Pow : SilverPower 350W, +3,3V/+5V@25A and 12V@18A
> OS : win 2000 SP4 + Security Updates 31.07.04 + DirectX 9.0c

watch the bottom of the screen after pressing Enter on the "Welcome to Setup" screen. There will be some moments of files being loaded, and then you should see a message appear which says "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver". This message will only stay on the screen for a couple of seconds, so press F6 as soon as you see it appear. After this is done, you will see other messages appear, and it will act as though nothing is happening, but eventually a screen will appear which will allow you to install the drivers for the sata controller.
specify a device press S, select "win 2000 promise fasttrak 376 controller" it will read floppy and load, dot not remove floppy yet, continue win2000 install it may nead to access floppy to finish installing raid driver, did you do it like this.
try making some floppy boot disks and boot to floppy instead of cd.
http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml
when you say there not listed, where did you see this? they wont be listed, windows will search for fasttrak controller so it will see sata's conected to it with out you knowing, so long as you load the controller from floppy that came with mobo as above.

MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR Questions & RAID Promise FastTrak Controller Issue

I have recently rebuilt my system replacing the MSI KT3 with an MSI K7N2 Delta. I have been impressed with the features and stability of the system, however, I have some questions that I hope some of you that have more experience of this board can answer:
1. I am using the AMD Athlon XP 2200 (and all the other components including the Lian Li case) which I was using on the KT3 board. The CPU temperature is around 45 degrees C but on the KT3 it was only 35 degrees C when idle. Any ideas ? The heatsink is definetly mounted properly. The temperature did drop by 10 degrees C when I flashed the
BIOS to fix the known CPU temperature issue but I think its still high.
2. I do not have any serial ATA devices or anything connected to IDE3 channel and during the BIOS boot up I get the message:
"No drives attached to FastTrak Controller. Bios Not installed."
Is this correct ? Should I be getting this message ?
I would like to disable the onboard Promise Controller since it is taking up resources and it slows down the boot speed (although only slightly). The MSI website says that the onboard RAID controller can't be disabled. I think this is poor design. Does anyone know if this is going to be addressed in future BIOS releases ?
3. Which of the USB ports are USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. I thought it was rather strange that only 2 of the 4 ports on the header actually active.
Many thanks for your help.
Rupesh

First off your temp is ok on that board. If you have not loaded the onboard raid driver do so and it is something you have to suffer with on the MSI board. All of your USB ports should run at USB 2.0 and you also should be able enable all of them in the bios.

[nForce] Problems with K7N2 Delta 2 Platinum and SATA

Hi All
I have a MSI K7N2 Delta 2 Platinum with an AMD 3200+ Barton.
I have 2 x 512mb Crucial PC3200 DDR400 RAM.
I have a Samsung 80gb SATA hard drive.
I am trying to install Windows XP Pro onto a blank SATA drive. The trouble is that I get into the Win XP Pro setup and it just doesn't recognise the drive. I have tried installing the drivers on the Flopy, but the drive just isnt recognised for me to install Win XP to the SATA drive to use as a boot drive.
I've read the advice thread, but couldn't find my problem.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks

Thank for that. I haven't done that but I have got XP to recognise the drive to install to it.
XP went as far as going to the lovely bright XP installation screen and has installed hardware. When it got to installing the network it just froze up and stopped working.
Now I think the problem may be that I set the one SATA drive up to be RAID (striped) in the RAID config. I will disable this tonight and have another look. The thing that I would like to know is what setting in the BIOS of this mobo means that the SATA drive can be used as IDE? I don't have two SATA drives to use in RAID, so I figured that I have to get the one SATA to act as an IDE drive. I have SATA spreading disabled, but am unsure as to which of the other settings to change. Soz to keep asking!
EDIT: I sorted the RAID config thing. Fomatted the drive and re-installed XP. Once again, it just stops once it gets to the windowsesque creen. It stops at various points during the installation, sometimes at the "installing networks" bit, sometimes at the "completing installation" (after coying data). I just don't know what to do realy. Might RMA the board and go back to my trusted old Aopen AK77-600GN :-(
Anyone any ideas?

RAID not fault tolerant on K7N2 Delta 2 Platinum?

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