X58 Raid - boot failure

I have an MSI 7522 X58 Platinum mainboard with ATi 4830 video card and 3GB of memory, additionally I have 4 x 500GB (WD Caviar Blue) drives that I want to configure as follows:
Disk 0 - operating system (including Windows Vista Recovery Environment) - this works, but with small (i believe unrelated) script problem for OEMFactoryRestore process.
Disks 1, 2 & 3 to be configured as RAID 5. (these drives are initialised and formated, but I don't think that that is part of the problem).
The operating system was installed with the BIOS Setting 'Integrated Peripherals' - ' On-Chip ATA devices' - 'RAID Mode' set to 'IDE'.
When the setting is changed to 'RAID' the computer fails to boot. I can however configure the drives into the RAID as required, but it maked no difference whether I do that or not - regardless of their configuration the computer fails to boot. I suspected that this might be because VISTA was installed with the settings at IDE so I attempted to re-install the operating system from the DVD, but it then reported that there was no boot manager. I then reverted the BIOS to IDE mode and the computer booted correctly, additionally, I tried booting from the DVD and it worked correctly.
It appears that the problem is related to the BIOS once RAID is selected - so I then tried to install the 'Intel IAA RAID for ICH10R' from the MSI X58 Platinum driver page, I downloaded the file 'Intel_ICH10R_RAID_all_MB.zip' then unzipped it and executed the file 'iata_enu' this seemed to be heading down the right path, until it stopped and said 'This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing this software'. I thought to try this download with RAID selected in the BIOS, but since I can't boot with that selected I am now lost for what to do next.
Any ideas gratefully received.
Regards,
Peter Morris

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I will do that, but I believe it is a repeat of what I have already attempted though I dont have a floppy drive so attempted to us USB drive instead (I need to use the USB as this contains the configuration set and autounattend answer file.
I was not sure about the precise steps you took as you did not mention every one of them. That is why I mentioned them. Also, you did not mentioned anything about integrating drivers and I am not sure if you used the right one for Vista either.
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Perhaps more importantly, when I attempted this last time it said it couldn't find a 'bootmgr', even though I checked that it was attempting to boot from th DVD. any thoughts on this aspect?
That means you never got to the Vista Setup Routine?

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Try clearing the CMOS.
Try this procedure:
Unplug the PC and open it up. Clean out all the dust. Carefully remove and replace all the cables going to the motherboard one at a time. Do the same for the memory dimms and the video and sound cards if you have any. You might want to buy a can of compressed air to blow the dust out of the CPU heat sink. Plug your PC back in and give it a go.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
Custom i7-4770k,Z-87, 8GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650,GTX 760
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Yoga 2 Pro: boot failure and touchscreen unresponsive

I've had my Yoga 2 for about a week and a half and for the most part I love it. First problem has been occasional (maybe 4-5 times) "Boot Failure", or something along those lines, on startup. Every time after restarting it it has worked fine. Also just earlier today I had a problem where the touchscreen went unresponsive for around 20 minutes before working fine again. I was in class so didn't do anything to try to fix it (taking notes so couldn't restart or anything), and it just starting working again by itself. Other than this, I have had no other problems. I have a few days left on my return/exchange with Best Buy, so wondering if these are problems that I should be seriously concerned about. Thanks.

If it were me, I would definitely exchange it. Boot failure may indicate some permanent failure about to happen, not to mention a flakey touch screen. Neither sounds like a software issue on a brand new computer.

Boot failure: Digital signature not found

Just bought a Toshiba Satellite C885D-S5320 and it was working great. Packed it up this morning, unpacked it a few seconds later and tried to turn it on. Got a message that reads "Boot failure: a proper digital signature was not found. One of the files on the selected boot device was rejected by the Secure Boot feature."
I didn't make a recovery disk but tried to use the hidden recovery feature I'd found out here. Worked great to abou 76%, then that message came up again. Help???

Re: SATELLITE C855D-S5320 Help me please!
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I bought the same computer from Walmart for my daughter for Christmas. I have had to send it in three times to have the hard drive fixed as it showed the same error that you were getting. I was very mad as the first time I had to pay $25 to have them ship me the box to send it in to them. I also tried at first to return it back to Walmart but was told it was to late and I would have to go through Toshiba. I just received it back again today. They have had to replace the hard drive three times. This is ridiculous as I have had several other computers and laptops and have never had to have a hard drive replaced before. I told them I was not paying the last two times to send it in for repair as it should never of had to go to them the first time. The girl did send me the box free the last two times but honestly I think they should just give me a whole new computer as I think these ones are lemons! I cannot believe a brand new computer would need to have a hard drive replaced 3 times in 5 months! The girl advised me if it had to go back again they would probably finally do something. I sure hope your is working better then mine.

Droid Razr AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure)

Hi everyone,
I have a Droid Razr (Not Maxx) and it is NOT rooted. I was taking pictures with it and it turned off on me. When I turned it back on, I got this message:
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure)
0A.74
eMC Info: Size 16GB
To return to normal mode-first press power key to power down
Device is LOCKED. Status Code: 0
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB
Data CAble
INvalid CC HAB (DD: nbr, status: 0X0056)
I want to know if it's possible to to get my pictures and videos out of my phone in this condition. I did not use an SD card. Any help would be great. Thank you in advance!

Press the power off button and reboot your phone. Should be back to normal after re-starting. Hope this helps.

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