- Dec 15, 2005
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Have not had a single issue with my A8N32-SLI system...until I tried to get a Raid1/mirror drive pair running. No issues stability or otherwise with bios 903 or 1009 or Win XP running 24/7 for a couple of weeks...then I tried to get a raid1 array going. The only thing I set in the bios is 1) memory timing matching my DRAM (memtest w/ 0 errors > 100 hours continuous testing, superpi stable multiple days) and 2) enabling the raid.
Storage: (1) Single (boot) drive in Sata1, Mirror pair in Sata3,4 - I know this was an issue with earlier bios versions, but appears to work (Cisco2 and others) with 903 and 1009.
I attempted a fresh install XP Pro after enabling the nVidia Raid function and Sata2,3 for Raid operation in the bios, as well as setting up the nVidia raid bios for both drives as a Mirror pair - post reports array as healthy. I created a raid floppy driver disk using the Asus supplied CD (makedisk) and loaded the drivers via F6. Partitioned drives in WinXP install, etc no issues until the last 2 minutes of the install (last message before BSOD is removing tmp files).
I tried a 2nd install and got a BSOD with the ACPI error -- tried installing with "F7" to disable ACPI and got BSODs with pagefault and other errors on subsequent attempts (zeroed disks with WD tool, re-created partitions on disks, same results). When I disabled the raid in the bios, I still got BSODs at the end of the XP installation. When I disabled sata ports 3,4 in the bois, I was able to install XP.
What is the best possible course of action (getting tired of experimenting).
-go back to bios 903 ?
-clear cmos/restore defaults and continue with 1009
-Are there other settings i should be changing in the bios (saw one post on another forum where an individual indicating disabling the game port fixed a similar raid problem)?
-Install the chipset drivers and enable raid array in the bios, go for broke ?
-???
Storage: (1) Single (boot) drive in Sata1, Mirror pair in Sata3,4 - I know this was an issue with earlier bios versions, but appears to work (Cisco2 and others) with 903 and 1009.
I attempted a fresh install XP Pro after enabling the nVidia Raid function and Sata2,3 for Raid operation in the bios, as well as setting up the nVidia raid bios for both drives as a Mirror pair - post reports array as healthy. I created a raid floppy driver disk using the Asus supplied CD (makedisk) and loaded the drivers via F6. Partitioned drives in WinXP install, etc no issues until the last 2 minutes of the install (last message before BSOD is removing tmp files).
I tried a 2nd install and got a BSOD with the ACPI error -- tried installing with "F7" to disable ACPI and got BSODs with pagefault and other errors on subsequent attempts (zeroed disks with WD tool, re-created partitions on disks, same results). When I disabled the raid in the bios, I still got BSODs at the end of the XP installation. When I disabled sata ports 3,4 in the bois, I was able to install XP.
What is the best possible course of action (getting tired of experimenting).
-go back to bios 903 ?
-clear cmos/restore defaults and continue with 1009
-Are there other settings i should be changing in the bios (saw one post on another forum where an individual indicating disabling the game port fixed a similar raid problem)?
-Install the chipset drivers and enable raid array in the bios, go for broke ?
-???