"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[JHS]

That's exactly what I did. I even used the one's from Intel's site as well. All I would find on the floppy was ICH10R SATA AHCI drivers... no mention of RAID. Consequently, when I went to install XP, Windows would never recognize my drives. Vista with the drivers installed already, installed first time without a hitch.

I'm fine with Vista, I just need some RAM. I think my first DOA P5Q-Deluxe toasted one of my sticks of Ballistix.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager (6904KB)
8.5.0.1032 8/15/2008
Supports SATA RAID 5/10 on specific desktop platforms, SATA RAID 0/1, AHCI, and matrix RAID on specific desktop and mobile platforms







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* 1. OVERVIEW
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The Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager is designed to provide
functionality for the following Storage Controllers:
RAID Controllers:
- Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E SATA RAID Controller
- Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller
- Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller
- Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller
- Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller

AHCI Controllers:
- Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) EP80579 SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller
- Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller


EDIT: You sure you had raid selected in bios? Maybe it wont see raid drivers with F6 if achi is selected?
I always slipstream my drivers to install cd because of I don't have floppy drive so cant really test myself :/