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Déjà vu
"Virgin +1 build so be gentle"
Just built one of these yesterday
1x Asus P5AD2-E-Premium PCIE i925XE S7
1x 550 Intel Pentium® 4 LGA 775 CPU
2x 1Gb DDR2 PC4200, 533 MHz, non-ECC
2x 200Gb Western Digital WD2000JD Cavi
1x 250Gb Western Digital Caviar 2500JD - NOT WORKING
1x 128Mb ATI FireGL V3200 128MB DDR PC
1x SilverStone "TEMJIN" J05B (BLACK)
1x NEC ND-3540A Black 16x16 DVD±RW
1x Mitsumi FA404M 1.44 Black FDD+Int
1x 480W Tagan 2Force SLi Ultra Quiet 2
1x Logitech Pilot Optical Mouse Ivory
1x 19" Hyundai ImageQuest L90D+ TFT Mo
The 200Gb WD's are connected as RAID0 through Intel ICH6R - on SATA plugs 1 and 2 (masters)
- worked fine-ish after I discovered that "ctrl l" manual page 5-31 was "ctrl I" and NOT "ctrl L"
- don’t forget the ATX 12V1 small power supply just behind the rear panel supply
- my case is junk - Chinese $#!£ - sorry just had to say this!
- don’t forget to press F6 during windows installation and install the RIAD drives (obtained from supplied drive disc - insert the CD into newly built pc and follow instructions - have floppy ready)
- installing your P4 CPU - its a bit daunting, pushing that leaver down and watching the clamp bracket BEND around the chip - I was convinced that I'd bent every connecting pin on the board, well at least until it machine worked for the first time
- The machine works fine-ish - have manage to remove all the little driver errors from device manager
- oh yes I'm letting windows manage the wireless bit - its a dam sight easier!
!!!!!!!!!!!----THE PROBLEM'S----!!!!!!!!!!!
1) How can I connect my third hard drive as a slave? (backup HDD)
- When I plug it into SATA plug 3 (slave) - the machine just hangs!
- Or is it not possible to connect another stand alone SATA drive to a RAID system?
- Would I be better off buying another HD and setting up a RAID0 +1?
2) During start-up I get a message "Primary Slave Drive - ATAPTI Incompatible” - I assume this to be the DVD - however I ignore it by pressing F1 and it works fine - I could remove the message by disabling the BIOS "F1" function.
- Could I have used the wrong cable or plugged it into the wrong socket or upside down maybe?
3) Have not got ASUS bios UPDATE to work yet!
LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR BUILD GOES
Cameron
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