New P5W DH Deluxe Problems, help!

First I am trying to set up a RAID0, I have a local backup as well as a NAS
backup so I am not worried about data loss.

I set up two WD Raptor 150s on EZ Backup ports 1 and 2, set the jumper to
just be on the first 2 pins as per the manual, booted into the BIOS setup
and went into advanced and set the RAID change in DH.

But when ever I go into the XP setup it only shows a single 130GB drive so I
must still be in mirror mode, what am I forgetting?

Thanks!

Reading some of the ASUS FAQs it looks like the "EZ RAID" is slow anyway...

If I am under standing things ok, I should use remove all the jumpers, Use
EZ port 1 and Intel RAID 1 and download the Intel RAID driver for IRCH7.

Just one question, I have two SATA DVD drivers (one reader and one burner,
would putting them on the Intel 3 and 4 ports cause any issues?

Thanks!
"steve" <> wrote in message
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> First I am trying to set up a RAID0, I have a local backup as well as a
> NAS backup so I am not worried about data loss.
>
> I set up two WD Raptor 150s on EZ Backup ports 1 and 2, set the jumper to
> just be on the first 2 pins as per the manual, booted into the BIOS setup
> and went into advanced and set the RAID change in DH.
>
> But when ever I go into the XP setup it only shows a single 130GB drive so
> I must still be in mirror mode, what am I forgetting?
>
> Thanks!
>

"steve" <> wrote in message
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> Reading some of the ASUS FAQs it looks like the "EZ RAID" is slow
> anyway...
>
> If I am under standing things ok, I should use remove all the jumpers, Use
> EZ port 1 and Intel RAID 1 and download the Intel RAID driver for IRCH7.


Yes do that. The ICH7R ports have faster burst speed times. I have checked
that for myself. The EZ_RAID ports run through port 2, and port 2 can be
reclaimed by doing as you say, as well as turning the option ROM for EZ_RAID
off in the BIOS (or soemthing, I forget - check the Asus forums)


> Just one question, I have two SATA DVD drivers (one reader and one burner,
> would putting them on the Intel 3 and 4 ports cause any issues?

No, shouldn't do.

ss.

Thanks Synapse!

Can someone please give instructions for setting up 4 SATA devices(2 HDs in
a RAID0 config with 1 DVD Reader and 1 DVD Writer) and one PATA HD?

The PATA is just going to be by itself, the only raid is the SATA HDs.



"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "steve" <> wrote in message
> news:4604d8a7$0$497$...
>> Reading some of the ASUS FAQs it looks like the "EZ RAID" is slow
>> anyway...
>>
>> If I am under standing things ok, I should use remove all the jumpers,
>> Use EZ port 1 and Intel RAID 1 and download the Intel RAID driver for
>> IRCH7.
>
>
> Yes do that. The ICH7R ports have faster burst speed times. I have
> checked that for myself. The EZ_RAID ports run through port 2, and port 2
> can be reclaimed by doing as you say, as well as turning the option ROM
> for EZ_RAID off in the BIOS (or soemthing, I forget - check the Asus
> forums)
>
>
>> Just one question, I have two SATA DVD drivers (one reader and one
>> burner, would putting them on the Intel 3 and 4 ports cause any issues?
>
> No, shouldn't do.
>
> ss.

"steve" <> wrote:

> Can someone please give instructions for setting up 4 SATA
> devices(2 HDs in a RAID0 config with 1 DVD Reader and 1 DVD
> Writer) and one PATA HD?
>
> The PATA is just going to be by itself, the only raid is the SATA
> HDs.

I run an all-SATA P5W so maybe I can help. Not sure if running one
PATA device might change anything.

First, get the latest drivers from Intel for the F6 setup disk you will
need to add RAID drivers to Windows. See
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...&SLanguage=en-
us&page=1&board_id=1&model=P5W%20DH%20Deluxe for pointers to all
current drivers. Drivers on the Asus CD that comes with the P5W are
reportedly not good.

You will need to have a diskette drive if installing Windows XP.
(Vista may have other options for loading drivers.)

Are you booting from the PATA device? These steps should work if you
do. Not sure what to do if you want to boot from RAID0 as I have not
done that. I am pretty sure you would need a Windes setup disk that
included SP2 to install to the RAID0 array. Any version will do if you
are installing to another drive.

Remove all jumpers from EZ-Backup jumpers. Be sure to set "EZ Backup
jumpers changed" in BIOS after you do that. Set IDE Configuration to
RAID. Attach your RAID0 drives to SATA1 and SATA3 (red and black
adjacent ports). Attach a DVD to SATA4 and another to EZ-RAID1 (which
becomes SATA2 with the jumpers off).

You could also ignore the EZ-RAID connectors and attach one of your DVD
drives to the JMicron SATA port.

Now, when you boot, the Intel RAID BIOS will briefly show a list of
drives. Press Ctrl-I during that display and a menu appears. Select
the options to create a RAID0 array and select your two drives. Or, if
you are not installing to the RAID0 array, you can postpone this step
until after installation is complete.

When setup starts, press F6 when the message says so across the bottom
to tell Windows you have a diskette containing additional drivers.
Windows will later prompt you, perhaps twice, to insert the diskette.
After inserting the diskette, be sure to scroll down the list of
drivers (there are 8 or so on the diskette) to select the one you want,
which is RAID for the ICH7R, and not one of the other drivers.

Install Windows. Add any additional Windows components. Upgrade to
SP2 if required. Get Windows patches up to date.

Install Marvell ethernet drivers.

Now, make sure you have the latest DirectX. If not, upgrade from
Microsoft.

Next, install the Intel inf chipset update (from list on Asus forum
mentioned above).

Install Intel Matrix Storage Manager (from list again).

Now you should be ready to go. You'll have to go into Disk Management
in the usual way to activate the RAID0 drive and partition and format
it.

Guy

Thanks a ton Guy!

The PATA is just a data drive but I am sure I can work my way around this...

I was more confused by which ports to use and you got me there!

Thanks again!


"Guy Scharf" <> wrote in message
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> "steve" <> wrote:
>
>> Can someone please give instructions for setting up 4 SATA
>> devices(2 HDs in a RAID0 config with 1 DVD Reader and 1 DVD
>> Writer) and one PATA HD?
>>
>> The PATA is just going to be by itself, the only raid is the SATA
>> HDs.
>
> I run an all-SATA P5W so maybe I can help. Not sure if running one
> PATA device might change anything.
>
> First, get the latest drivers from Intel for the F6 setup disk you will
> need to add RAID drivers to Windows. See
> http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...&SLanguage=en-
> us&page=1&board_id=1&model=P5W%20DH%20Deluxe for pointers to all
> current drivers. Drivers on the Asus CD that comes with the P5W are
> reportedly not good.
>
> You will need to have a diskette drive if installing Windows XP.
> (Vista may have other options for loading drivers.)
>
> Are you booting from the PATA device? These steps should work if you
> do. Not sure what to do if you want to boot from RAID0 as I have not
> done that. I am pretty sure you would need a Windes setup disk that
> included SP2 to install to the RAID0 array. Any version will do if you
> are installing to another drive.
>
> Remove all jumpers from EZ-Backup jumpers. Be sure to set "EZ Backup
> jumpers changed" in BIOS after you do that. Set IDE Configuration to
> RAID. Attach your RAID0 drives to SATA1 and SATA3 (red and black
> adjacent ports). Attach a DVD to SATA4 and another to EZ-RAID1 (which
> becomes SATA2 with the jumpers off).
>
> You could also ignore the EZ-RAID connectors and attach one of your DVD
> drives to the JMicron SATA port.
>
> Now, when you boot, the Intel RAID BIOS will briefly show a list of
> drives. Press Ctrl-I during that display and a menu appears. Select
> the options to create a RAID0 array and select your two drives. Or, if
> you are not installing to the RAID0 array, you can postpone this step
> until after installation is complete.
>
> When setup starts, press F6 when the message says so across the bottom
> to tell Windows you have a diskette containing additional drivers.
> Windows will later prompt you, perhaps twice, to insert the diskette.
> After inserting the diskette, be sure to scroll down the list of
> drivers (there are 8 or so on the diskette) to select the one you want,
> which is RAID for the ICH7R, and not one of the other drivers.
>
> Install Windows. Add any additional Windows components. Upgrade to
> SP2 if required. Get Windows patches up to date.
>
> Install Marvell ethernet drivers.
>
> Now, make sure you have the latest DirectX. If not, upgrade from
> Microsoft.
>
> Next, install the Intel inf chipset update (from list on Asus forum
> mentioned above).
>
> Install Intel Matrix Storage Manager (from list again).
>
> Now you should be ready to go. You'll have to go into Disk Management
> in the usual way to activate the RAID0 drive and partition and format
> it.
>
> Guy