View Full Version : RAID 0 MSI K8N NEO2, why does windows see 2 seperate drives even though it is RAID 0?
DevilsRejection
12-25-2004, 05:47 PM
It see's two disks.
My old promise controller on my asus motherboard made it so that windows only saw one HD named promise raid, wtf is nvidia's soultion?
Anyone using raid raptors? can I can some tips? a walk-thru?
aonic
12-25-2004, 05:52 PM
just taking a swing here, did you enable RAID in the bios on both SATA ports?
DevilsRejection
12-25-2004, 05:53 PM
yes
DevilsRejection
12-25-2004, 05:56 PM
when i load the two drivers off the floppy then where it says "setup is starting windows" gets stuck.
DevilsRejection
12-25-2004, 07:08 PM
bump, i really need help guys i can't figure this :banana::banana::banana::banana: out at all.
Onepagebook
12-25-2004, 07:35 PM
forgot to ask in PM, what's your PSU by the way
Tirlista
12-25-2004, 07:39 PM
bump, i really need help guys i can't figure this :banana::banana::banana::banana: out at all.
I have same problem. :( I've just got around to putting in my raptors and it gets to the "loading windows" point in the install and then sits there. I just left it and after about 15 mins, it said it could not find any hdds.
I got a guide off of the MSI forums.
http://forum.msi.com.tw/thread.php?threadid=54484&hilight=neo2+raid
Going to try it out now.
DevilsRejection
12-25-2004, 08:13 PM
I have 2 36gb raptors sata, 1 120gb wd ide, bios 1.4 official, silenx 450w.
thanks onepagebook
Onepagebook
12-25-2004, 08:50 PM
ok.. here is my experience with neo2 "raid 0 problem:
I burned 4 msi boards and 6 WD 740GD with silverstone and seasonic "400w"
after I got OCZ PS 520w and PC Power and cooling 510 DX(black)...everything was perfect even I have SLI(2x 6800 ultra).. Now my system got 4 HDs, 3 cd-rom , sounds strong enough?
another thought:
as you stated earlier, sounds like the driver problem.
when I first touched with NF4 chipset(ultra adn SLI) I have same problem just like you(windows is starting setup...then it just automatically reboot)
then I use different raid driver, the problem was gone.
What I would like to tell you is "don't use non-official NV raid driver like remix 6.3!
Always use the driver from 5.10
nForce_5.10_WinXP2K_WHQL_international\IDE\WinXP
drag all the files except the "raid tools" folder.
Any update please let me know.
OPB
Skimming through your post i don't see which OS you are planning on installing...
If it's Win2000 as Tirlista's link http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=645839#post645839 adressed you'll have to slipstream 2000's SP6 onto a CD for the install for the raid driver to work.
DevilsRejection
12-25-2004, 09:20 PM
hey onepagebook i got the latest driver files like you said, works fine, thanks a lot.
BMORIN
05-17-2005, 03:36 PM
I ran into exact same problem. Above link by Tirlista is dead so I am re-posting it should someone have the same issue. I will try to follow the instructions and hopefully have it going tonight.
http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?topic=76886.msg542679#msg542679
jikdoc
05-17-2005, 05:00 PM
i don't use the nvidia drivers at all, i use the microsoft drivers. i've found them to be faster. storagereview.com is actually the best place to get the answers to tough raid questions.
BMORIN
05-18-2005, 09:00 PM
Well, come to find out I had to do a bios flash to get it to work. Ended up being one of the weirdest problems I've ever had to fix.
This problem usually comes up with the Nforce Raid because you didnot set your hdd's to boot in the bios of the raid. If you dont do that windows will see 2 drives...
saaya
05-19-2005, 07:20 AM
hey gmod, welcome to XtremeSystems :toast:
thx a lot for the help kevin :toast:
Thanks man and no problem
Tirlista
05-19-2005, 02:23 PM
Just a heads up with this - I got my setup working fairly easily after all.
When you are installing windows - hit F6 to load the sata drivers - ensure you load both the mass storage driver and the 3112 sata driver. If you have the drives configured correctly in bios and raid bios, windows installer will see the single raided drive.
Has worked fine for me on a few msi neo2 boards now and with my DFI sli-dr.
Just a heads up with this - I got my setup working fairly easily after all.
When you are installing windows - hit F6 to load the sata drivers - ensure you load both the mass storage driver and the 3112 sata driver. If you have the drives configured correctly in bios and raid bios, windows installer will see the single raided drive.
Has worked fine for me on a few msi neo2 boards now and with my DFI sli-dr.
NEO 2 does not use Silicon Image Raid my friend so installing the 3112 Driver didnot do anything for you...