Problems setting up RAID 0

[MoDyna Profile]

I heard Bullhead had a RAID setup so I asked him to help me get mine going. After batting things back and forth with PM's and not much getting anywhere, he suggested I ask a few of the better hardware guru's that post here for some support. So I'll bounce this off you'all and if you have any suggestions I would be mighty pleased

My setup: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.04 (not 2) with Win XP Pro. I have not updated my Mobo bios since board was bought, oh two years ago or so. One 120GB ATA133 HDD.

So I see this great deal (okay pretty good deal) at NewEgg for a couple of WD Raptor 74GB SATA HDD's and I decide it's time. Check BIOS to be sure there is nothing there to change. I know I have to change boot order at some point to allow boot to my SATA, but have not changed that yet. Go into RAID Bios on boot up, follow simple instructions to set a RAID 0 configuration with 16k clusters and get the following edit when trying to save and exit. "Not enough single drives to setup RAID 0 configuration". Both drives are on their own SATA connector to SATA 1 and SATA 2 posts on the MOBO.

[Evan Profile Website]

Originally posted by MoDyna
I heard Bullhead had a RAID setup so I asked him to help me get mine going. After batting things back and forth with PM's and not much getting anywhere, he suggested I ask a few of the better hardware guru's that post here for some support. So I'll bounce this off you'all and if you have any suggestions I would be mighty pleased

My setup: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.04 (not 2) with Win XP Pro. I have not updated my Mobo bios since board was bought, oh two years ago or so. One 120GB ATA133 HDD.

So I see this great deal (okay pretty good deal) at NewEgg for a couple of WD Raptor 74GB SATA HDD's and I decide it's time. Check BIOS to be sure there is nothing there to change. I know I have to change boot order at some point to allow boot to my SATA, but have not changed that yet. Go into RAID Bios on boot up, follow simple instructions to set a RAID 0 configuration with 16k clusters and get the following edit when trying to save and exit. "Not enough single drives to setup RAID 0 configuration". Both drives are on their own SATA connector to SATA 1 and SATA 2 posts on the MOBO.

Make sure to update the BIOS. I had a problem where my Raptor's weren't being seen and I updated the BIOS. Worked from there. However, you really should have gotten the Deluxe Revision 2.0.

Also, make sure that you have an existing hard drive in the computer already (should be an IDE with Windows installed). You'll most likely have to install the RAID controller drivers too.

[deathBOB Profile]

Nice... I have a single 36gig and its screamin fast... I cant imagine the speed of 2 74gigs... I wish I had 100 bucks lying around to get a second 36, but I dont...

Good luck, I had trouble just getting one drive set up...

[MajorFatty]

Does the bios detect both SATA drives? If not flash the bios and see if they are there.

Also, if one of the SATA drives fail, your data on both drives will be lost.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Unfortunately I don't have any good advice on this, but I can offer inspiration in that I got my RAID to work eventually. My RAID controller seemed to recognize the drives without too much help from me.

[MoDyna Profile]

Thx guy's. Going to update my BIOS and see what happens. you know the old addage: "Don't fix what ain't broken".. Which is why I'm still running an older version of CAT drivers for instance. My gaming computer works like a charm, why chance it. But, sometimes you have to take some risks. Ask that good looking babe for a dance.