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correct me if i am wrong but currently i had to mess with drivers when installing xp so that my sata drives were detected, asI had toselect AHCI option in bios so all this talk about creating a floppy for raid/AHCI isnt this the same problem I have been highlighting with my current MSI board :(
 
Franco_cov said:
correct me if i am wrong but currently i had to mess with drivers when installing xp so that my sata drives were detected, asI had toselect AHCI option in bios so all this talk about creating a floppy for raid/AHCI isnt this the same problem I have been highlighting with my current MSI board :(
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you shouldn't have to select AHCI though (unless you want to run it & I can't see the point myself unless for eSATA use) as in IDE mode you have native SATA support. On the abit eSATA is on the JMicron rather than the ICH9 anyway.
To summarise - if you want to run AHCI/RAID you need to F6 a driver in XP but ICH8/9 etc. have native SATA support in IDE emulation mode so you don't need to then.
 
Been trying to set up Raid0 with my Abit pro but with big headaches to go with it.

Unless im doing something completely wrong I might have trouble with one of my Raptors.

This is what I have been doing from the start. . . First I would go into the bios and enable the Raid function then reboot. Then I would go into the Raid setup, select the disks (I only have the Raptors connected to make things simple) go through the options for creating the array which goes smoothly. Then I let it boot from the Vista64 dvd til you get to the section where you select the hard drives, and the raptor array is there ready and waiting. I click the more options tab (that gives you options for formatting/load driver etc). This is where I'm a little bit confused as the raid array is listed as 'Unallocated space' so to change that I have to press the 'new' tab and once that is done you can format the drive if you want also (would not give me the option for formatting before as it was grayed out). Whether or not I have to do this I'm unsure, so if someone can clarify this that would help.
Anyway after I have done that I then click next when it tries to install, and this is where it goes funny. Its quite random on where it stops, it always does that small bit or writing to the hard drive, then it goes on to the next step where it's expanding, and you get the (12% . . . etc progress thing) but I have never gotten past this stage. It will either get so far and just come up with a message saying that the 'drive was lost' or something like that, or I have had lock ups and sometimes even a blue screen.

As far as I'm aware doing the above should get me going, unless I'm missing something here.

I even installed Vista on one of my 7200.10 Barracudas last night, and it worked fine first time.

This is really frustrating. What I am doing at the moment is testing each Raptor, I am writing zeros to both drives so they are completely wiped, and I will run the other diagnostics to see if the drives are ok. Then if they both pass the tests I will install Vista on each Raptor just so I know they definitely work. If I get this far with the Raptors then I really dont know, but my gut feeling is one of the drives is failing. Only time will tell. . .

Anyone else had any experiences like this?
 
Scoobie Dave said:
Been trying to set up Raid0 with my Abit pro but with big headaches to go with it.

Unless im doing something completely wrong I might have trouble with one of my Raptors.

This is what I have been doing from the start. . . First I would go into the bios and enable the Raid function then reboot. Then I would go into the Raid setup, select the disks (I only have the Raptors connected to make things simple) go through the options for creating the array which goes smoothly. Then I let it boot from the Vista64 dvd til you get to the section where you select the hard drives, and the raptor array is there ready and waiting. I click the more options tab (that gives you options for formatting/load driver etc). This is where I'm a little bit confused as the raid array is listed as 'Unallocated space' so to change that I have to press the 'new' tab and once that is done you can format the drive if you want also (would not give me the option for formatting before as it was grayed out). Whether or not I have to do this I'm unsure, so if someone can clarify this that would help.
Anyway after I have done that I then click next when it tries to install, and this is where it goes funny. Its quite random on where it stops, it always does that small bit or writing to the hard drive, then it goes on to the next step where it's expanding, and you get the (12% . . . etc progress thing) but I have never gotten past this stage. It will either get so far and just come up with a message saying that the 'drive was lost' or something like that, or I have had lock ups and sometimes even a blue screen.

As far as I'm aware doing the above should get me going, unless I'm missing something here.

I even installed Vista on one of my 7200.10 Barracudas last night, and it worked fine first time.

This is really frustrating. What I am doing at the moment is testing each Raptor, I am writing zeros to both drives so they are completely wiped, and I will run the other diagnostics to see if the drives are ok. Then if they both pass the tests I will install Vista on each Raptor just so I know they definitely work. If I get this far with the Raptors then I really dont know, but my gut feeling is one of the drives is failing. Only time will tell. . .

Anyone else had any experiences like this?
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have you made sure the array is bootable?
 
Scoobie Dave said:
How do I do that mate. You mean boot up on one of my Barracuda's and see if the array mounts up?

could have done with your help last night mate, why you not on msn?
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First I would go into the bios and enable the Raid function then reboot. Then I would go into the Raid setup, select the disks (I only have the Raptors connected to make things simple) go through the options for creating the array which goes smoothly
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once u have done the 1st part u said in bios ect, then set up drives, make sure the new raid setup is your 1st boot option in hard drive section.

just went raid yesterday on this board, had a good few probs like you're having, would not get full os install, disabled my spare drive, then it loaded vista fine, then added back my 200gb spare drive, all fine now.

must say raid0, shows big improvemnt :)
 
BUFF said:
you shouldn't have to select AHCI though (unless you want to run it & I can't see the point myself unless for eSATA use) as in IDE mode you have native SATA support. On the abit eSATA is on the JMicron rather than the ICH9 anyway.
To summarise - if you want to run AHCI/RAID you need to F6 a driver in XP but ICH8/9 etc. have native SATA support in IDE emulation mode so you don't need to then.
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Well I use a raptor 150gb drive so will that still be used and not as a basic ide after all it would be a bloody expensive ide device if thats the case and I want to run it to its potential so if i follow your notes will it reconise it as a sata etc and any other sata drives i add? and obviously my writers will be ide ?
 
Anyone using these with a CNPS9700 Zalman and a HR-05 Thermalright chipset cooler? Trying to work out if they'll both fit before I buy this board. Pretty confident that the cooler will fit, but not sure on the Thermalright AND the Zalman.
 
i cannot install xp ?? i have just installed the ip35 pro board and the first part of windows copies files across then it reboot (as normal) but then instead of the windows installing screen it just reboots? any idea ??
 
Franco_cov said:
Well I use a raptor 150gb drive so will that still be used and not as a basic ide after all it would be a bloody expensive ide device if thats the case and I want to run it to its potential
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What, if any, advantage do you think that you will get in running it in AHCI mode?
Afaik it's still a SATA150 drive (so the usual gain in burst speed for SATA300 drives probably isn't particularly applicable) & NCQ etc. usually if anything blunts performance on a normal desktop.
Which leaves hot-plugging & if it's your OS drive that isn't going to happen.

Franco_cov said:
i cannot install xp ?? i have just installed the ip35 pro board and the first part of windows copies files across then it reboot (as normal) but then instead of the windows installing screen it just reboots? any idea ??
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RAM used & voltage set?
Actually a full spec. never goes wrong.
 
There's a little more to AHCI vs Legacy than that, but nothing earth shattering. Apart from the extra functions, AHCI is supposed to reduce cpu/software overheads, doubt its anything noticeable day to day.

http://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/31697202.pdf
http://download.intel.com/technology/serialata/pdf/rev1_2.pdf




Two Raptors in Raid on the ICH9R/IP35, pretty good.

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can i ask whether this motherboard has onboard buzzer?

i know this has a LED display, but i see in the BIOS, you can set it to beep when it reaches a warning level, so a buzzer may be very useful.

my p182 case don't have a chassis speaker :(
 
wuyanxu said:
can i ask whether this motherboard has onboard buzzer?

i know this has a LED display, but i see in the BIOS, you can set it to beep when it reaches a warning level, so a buzzer may be very useful.

my p182 case don't have a chassis speaker :(
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I don't think so mate, i certainly haven' come across one, would be easier to get a cheap case speaker off the bay.

Also to the question above, the zalman 9700 does definately fit not sure about the other cooler though.

sid
 
I just tried to OC my Q6600.I tried at 3Ghz 1.3050Vcore,and the PWM went up to 80C and the board started beeping!!Is this normal?PWM idle temps are 55C with everything at stock.Can it be a faulty board?
 
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