Sil 3112R SATA raid setup prolems
Wise-guy
Cambridge
Help!
I am trying to set up a RAID0 SATA array on my girlfriend's computer. Set-up is ASUSP4R800-VM with PCI SATA RAID card Silicon Image Sil3112R. For the moment this is all I've installed.
Whenever I have the SATA card in, the Windows installer hangs after loading all the drivers
(with or without the SATA drivers loaded) when it reaches the "Welcome to Setup" screen at the "ENTER=Continue R=Repair F3=Quit" prompt. The only way out from here is hard reset. :banghead:
I tried removing the card and setting it all up with a normal IDE drive which all went smoothly.
The system then boots fine with the SATA in place; no problem to install the drivers and the RAID utility BUT - windows doesn't 'see' the RAID array as a drive (it shows it in device manager but says it isn't initialised and both drives report as fully functional from the RAID utility.) I must admit to being something of a novice when it comes to such matters but I was expecting a "format" option when I right click the array in device manager ..
** Follow up ** - OK, I found Diskmngr still exists in XP and once I tried to format it with that (it hung when it tried to write the FAT!) then uninstalled and reinstalled the drives (phew
urghhh!!!) then I could 'see' it in windows explorer and format it from there.
** SOoooo.... now I can see the array and write to it etc. etc. but when I try an install, even launching from the XP instllation on the other drive, it STILL hangs in the same place.. aaaarrrrgh! **
** So now I'll try and image the other drive onto the array and see if it'll boot up off the array when I'm done **
I read somewhere that SATA PCI cards can conflict with legacy USB drivers so I disabled legacy USB support in BIOS but to no avail.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Wise-guy
I am trying to set up a RAID0 SATA array on my girlfriend's computer. Set-up is ASUSP4R800-VM with PCI SATA RAID card Silicon Image Sil3112R. For the moment this is all I've installed.
Whenever I have the SATA card in, the Windows installer hangs after loading all the drivers
(with or without the SATA drivers loaded) when it reaches the "Welcome to Setup" screen at the "ENTER=Continue R=Repair F3=Quit" prompt. The only way out from here is hard reset. :banghead:I tried removing the card and setting it all up with a normal IDE drive which all went smoothly.
The system then boots fine with the SATA in place; no problem to install the drivers and the RAID utility BUT - windows doesn't 'see' the RAID array as a drive (it shows it in device manager but says it isn't initialised and both drives report as fully functional from the RAID utility.) I must admit to being something of a novice when it comes to such matters but I was expecting a "format" option when I right click the array in device manager ..** Follow up ** - OK, I found Diskmngr still exists in XP and once I tried to format it with that (it hung when it tried to write the FAT!) then uninstalled and reinstalled the drives (phew
urghhh!!!) then I could 'see' it in windows explorer and format it from there.** SOoooo.... now I can see the array and write to it etc. etc. but when I try an install, even launching from the XP instllation on the other drive, it STILL hangs in the same place.. aaaarrrrgh! **
** So now I'll try and image the other drive onto the array and see if it'll boot up off the array when I'm done **
I read somewhere that SATA PCI cards can conflict with legacy USB drivers so I disabled legacy USB support in BIOS but to no avail.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Wise-guy
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