raid

[Jimbo397]

Hi all
I am a newbie doing his first build, got the hardware all installed, and now want to configure the raid arry, do I have to go as far as the "Welcome To Windows XP", press enter to start the install process. Not having much success here, any help in appreciated. I think all the hardware is ok, I do have 2 hard drives.
Thanks........Jim

[Statica]

Please tell us your hardware, espcifically the mobo - RAID controller type/BIOS and whether you have set up your RAID on the BIOS

[Jimbo397]

Thanks for getting back to me.
MOBO.......Soltek 75FRN2-RL NForce2 Socketa Dual DDR Agp8x 5pci Satal Raid Sound Lan

HDD........2......WDRaptor 36GB Sata 10000rpm 5.2ms 3mb

Memory.......Kingston Hyperx 512MB Dual Channel Kit PC3700 2x256MB DDR 466MHZ 184pin

AMD Athlon xp 2500+ 512K 333fsb Socket A
I have windows xp home cd oem
also a Promise Fasttrack PDC 20376/378 Driver Diskette

Could you please tell me a bit more about setting Raid up in bios.
Thanks.........Jim

[Statica]

Hi Jim:

Have you gone through this and used the fastbuild utility?
Section 5.2.1-1 contains details of installation on a new system and 5.2.1-2 contains details of installation on an existing XP system.
http://217.160.208.211/soltek/downlo...5FRN2-RAID.pdf

[Jimbo397]

Thanks for the help, I had gone through the manuel (a lot).
But help when you zeroed in on one spot, I still was confused for a while, but after reading it 5 or 6 times, I started to understand what to do.
I seem to be ok now, have xp installed on one 10gb partition, my 2 hard drives are reconized as one.
So as far as I can tell, I am ok, not hook to the internet with it yet, want to hook a router so I can have 2 computers at home with just the one internet connection.
Thanks a bunch, it was much appreciated.

[Markoman01027]

One thing you really have to make sure is that the onboard RAID controller is enabled through a jumper. I was working on a system one time that had onboard RAID, the default was "Enable" for the RAID jumper. Turns out when ASUS sent me the motherboard, it was put on "Disable". I'm sure somebody provided you with instructions on how to setup RAID.

^^ only if you have onboard RAID and not a third party RAID controller.

Just have your RAID drivers handy and your good to go.