Thanks Chukbam. Been on work travel and finally getting some time to build my system. I used the 4 (Red) SATA Intel ports (I found out that I can only hook up four drives for RAID 5) and went into BIOS and set SATA to RAID. I am at the point for additional questions before I continue. (1) Should I update my BIOS ? currently it is 0604. If so, do I need to start with 0701 and continue through 1101 ? The ASUS forum notes if you have a BIOS version greater than 0302 there is no need to perform an update.(2) Should I use any of the files on the ASUS provided CD ? (3) When and how should I use the Intel Matrix Storage Console software ? I have downloaded it. (4) I will installing WinXP Pro, Will this be the final step ? Many TIA