Raptors won't format (Win XP) on Intel ICH5R

I have the 865PE Neo2 FIS2R board and 2 WD Raptors that I want to run in a raid0 stripe. I thought the Intel raid controller might be faster than the promise controller (does anyone have raid 0 specs for both controllers). I was able to create the array on the controller and start windows and supply the driver but when windows went to format the drives, it gave an error to check the cables or power. I thought this was a problem w/ the driver. I tried several different intel drivers with the same result.
I now have the raptors running in a raid0 stripe off the promise controller. Just wanted to know why they don't work off the Intel Raid controller....
thx!

Some people have simply NOT been able to get these drives working on the ICH5R controller. If you have the latest Bios and are certain everything is connected(sounds like you do) then I can't think of anything else to try. There were some problems with earlier versions of these drives. Look on the chip near the IDE to SATA bridge. The ones that had the string "...B3P.." and some of the B4P had trouble. The newer B5P's are supposed to be better but at least one person here posted that it made no difference for him.
As for performance, I think you'll get similar speed on the Promise controller. If you use Aida32 benchmark, I'd be interested in seeing a bench of those drives. You can see performance I get with 2-80GB seagate SATA drives on the Promise controller Here
The comparison drive in green on the graph is a single Raptor on the Intel controller.

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