Hi,
I'm having MAJOR problems. I have just installed my new mobo (Asus A7V 333 RAID) and set it up for RAID O config. The MB Fasttrack check utility reveals that it has been set up correctlly i.e. "functonal" is stated. The 2 HDD have been formatted but when it comes to installing Win 98 I can get a little way into loading it up , to the the Win 98 setup stage of choosing setup type i.e. typical, custom etc and when I click enter the following shortly appears:
SUWIN caused an illegal instruction in module NETDI.DLL at 002D:ICBI
or
APPLICATION ERROR : SUWIN caused a general protection fault in module RNASETUP.DLL at 0001:03B7

When I reboot Scandisk cuts in showing problems found with FAT's not matching. If I allow it to fix these it then says 'X bytes of data might be lost files or directories etc'. If these are fixed the Win 98 setup wizard starts and then I am told to remove any floppy disks from floppy drive and restart (There are NO disks in the floppy !!!).
Could someone give any indication of any possible
things I should have set up in the BIOS that could cause this problem.
I have checked both HDD which are both set to Master and are connected to the black connector of 80 wire IDE cables.These are correctly connected up to their RAID slots on MOBO. I currently only have only a floppy and a DVD-ROM drive hooked up . It would appear from the instructions for my new Liteon 16X DVD- ROM that it recommends the unit to be set on Secondary Master should no other devices be present on the IDE cables (I take it that in my setup no other devices are connected for both HDD are on the RAID ports ). However, from ALL it's images on the packaging ,installation guide and web site manual it shows the secondary master connector to be the middle one and the slave to be the end connector of the IDE cable !!!!
Are there any obvious things that I might have overlooked?
I must admit that this is my first try at RAID ( as you can probably tell..lol) and I seem to be going around in circles.
Any help would be REALLY appreciated :'(

[This message has been edited by widgewedge (edited 04-06-2002).]

In the BIOS setup, make sure you have disabled the Boot Sector virus protection.
Also, while in BIOS, is L1 and L2 cache enabled ?


Your first error message is dealing with the Network driver-related files. These CAB files are optional and are copied to the hard drive only if you are installing over the network. Setup and INF files.


not sure if your missing theses dll files but book mark this just in case http://www.dllstorage.com.ua/dll/R.html


Kind of sounds like There are incorrect basic input/output system (BIOS) settings for a built-in peripheral device on your motherboard (for example, cache settings, CPU timing, hard disks, and so on).
or The motherboard is not working properly.
Did you F-disk before doing all this? What operating system was on here before?




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YODA74@windows-sucks.com

Liteon needs to change its guide.


Luck.

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