dfi nf4 ultra-d raid problem

[Synt@x]

am having troubles setting up an raid array with 2 maxtor 80 gigs sata disks, the problem goes as follows:
i can go into the raid bios and select the 2 hd's ,but when am trying to install an OS on it the system hangs and reboots, and yes i pressed F6 during install and installed the 2 drivers that came with the motherboard on a floppy.In the bios the raid contoller is enabled.
i have been searching forums to find a solution ,but havent found one yet, i also see there are alot of other people having a hard time setting up a raid array on dfi nf4.
did i overlook something here?
or is this a common failure on dfi nf4?

i hope u can help me out here.

[kiwi]

At what exact point does it hang? Is just after you press f6 or somewhere in setup. Does Windows setup recognize the drive as 160Gb?

I had no problems setting up raid.

[The Mofo]

What i do and it works good is this...

Before i bother with windows, i use the maxblast software and format EACH drive without partitions... After thats accomplished, i reboot into bios, create the array, save and shut down.. upon power up, i insert the win cd and boot off it.. once i get to the screen to install raid drivers, i promptly hit F6, install the drivers and im on my way.. how long are you waiting after it loads the drivers?

[gillll]

emmmmmmmm u don't need to install the raid driver............. that's the whole point of hardware raid.................

[Jomiy]

I had a problem of reinstalling windows on a new board in RAID. System would blue screen right when beginning to load windows.

I had to up RAM from 2.6V to 2.8V and it went smoothly. I had no problems setting up the RAID. Not sure if they're related but see if that works?

[The Mofo]

emmmmmmmm u don't need to install the raid driver............. that's the whole point of hardware raid.................

:confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :confused:

So let me get this straight. Windows is supposed to automatically call up the NF chipset and say " hey dude, im HARDWARE raid, i dont need a driver for you to communicate with me... "

Interesting. So i dont need a driver for my hardware based video, sound, ethernet, etc... :slap:

[Bonedog]

:confused: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :confused:

So let me get this straight. Windows is supposed to automatically call up the NF chipset and say " hey dude, im HARDWARE raid, i dont need a driver for you to communicate with me... "

Interesting. So i dont need a driver for my hardware based video, sound, ethernet, etc... :slap:
Lol - Even the quality of the disinformation is going down - hehe.