ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[crazyea]

Here is some discussion from ASUS forum:

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

[REwell]

crazyea,

As you suggested, I replaced the scsi = iaStor_ICH8DH with scsi = iaStor_ICH7DH. After trying that it actually loaded instead of giving me an error when I pressed F6!!!!

However, In the list of drivers it lists:

"Intel(R) 82801GH/GM SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

Instead of what the Motherboard manual tells you to choose:

"Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

Ultimately it picks up my full "array" later in the install but is that ok to pick that one or should I try to find a different version of the drivers???

[crazyea]

crazyea,

As you suggested, I replaced the scsi = iaStor_ICH8DH with scsi = iaStor_ICH7DH. After trying that it actually loaded instead of giving me an error when I pressed F6!!!!

However, In the list of drivers it lists:

"Intel(R) 82801GH/GM SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

Instead of what the Motherboard manual tells you to choose:

"Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

Ultimately it picks up my full "array" later in the install but is that ok to pick that one or should I try to find a different version of the drivers???

Well, I'm guessing the 82801GH part is the is the same??

[REwell]

Man I hope so!! Because thats the one I went with!!

It picked up my Array just fine and is running my OS and Programs pretty good.
However I really can't tell a HUGE difference with the 2 raptors in RAID 0 compared to just one. Then again I really haven't tested it yet...

Soooo I guys in the end i guess the RAID driver I picked was the right one because windows recognizes my RAID or what???? Or will it show up in really crappy performance or something?.....