ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[~aoe~]

You will most likely get better performance if you were to run your memory at 1:1, and a higher FSB will help you to achieve that. However, better performance is not guaranteed, and the only way to know is to try both configurations and benchmark them.

5.9 is the current maximum score in Vista.

[turtle05]

I am having problems properly connecting the following 5 sata drives to this motherboard...

(2) 75GB 8MB Cache WD Raptors [ RAID 0 Boot Drives ]
(1) 300GB WD 16MB Cach Hard drive [ data drive ]
(2) Optical drives [ one asus dvdrw drive and another sony oem dvd drive ]

System Specs:
q6600 Cpu / Asus P5W DH Deluxe
4GB DDR2 800 Crucial Ballistix Tracers
Evga 8800gt
Xifi Soundcard
Corsair 500W Power Supply
vista 64 bit

This is my first time trying to set up RAID drives and i'm totally lost. It was running ok when I was just using 1 raptor as a system boot drive but now i have another identital raptor and would like to set up raid 0.

Can someone please tell me the best way to connect these drives to the mobo. ( which sata port for each drive ) I see there's 6 sata connectors on the board.

I have tried hitting Cntrl I during bootup in which I configured the 2 raptors as raid but when i try to install vista....it does not see any hard drives. I have set the RAID Jumper to the Leftmost side for Raid 0 per the manual. I am not sure what the proper settings to change in the bios as well.


I have read some older posts here...am I suppose to use the two orange EZ raid ports for raid and the others for my 3rd hard drive and optical drives after switching the jumper to "big"?