Gamehendge Jazz
03-07-2007, 06:26 PM
In an effort to install four storage drives, I now cannot get the OS to startup. I am unable to advance beyond the "Welcome to Asus Motherboard Make Disk for DOS Menu" screen:
a) Make Intel ICH7 32 Bit RAID Driver Disk
b) Make Intel ICH7 64 Bit RAID Driver Disk
c) JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID Driver
d) JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID Driver
e) FreeDOS Command Prompt
Please Choose a~e:
I have a WD150 Raptor drive installed on the SATA1 connector as the main drive. I have been running Vista on it and at one point had three of the four drives initialized as simple volumes. The four WD500GB storage drives are on: SATA3, SATA4, EZ_RAID0, EZ_RAID1.
I power up, see the BIOS option screen, then a flash of the IMSM/Ctrl-I screen (w/o pressing Ctrl-I), next a "FreeDOS kernel version..." screen, finally landing on the "Asus Mobo Make Disk for DOS Menu" screen.
Following the instructions, inserted a floppy disk & created a floppy of the drivers (error free). But it still returns me to the "Asus Mobo Make Disk for DOS Menu" screen. Even if I remove any or all of the drives, it still sends me back to this screen.
Here's a glimpse at the BIOS:
Primary IDE Master: Pioneer DVD-RW DV
Primary IDE Slave: Not Detected
IDE Configuration -> [RAID] //have tried ACHI & Standard IDE
Boot -> Hard Disk Drives ->
1st Drive: RAID: WDC WD1500AAF
2nd Drive: RAID: Intel Storage
3rd Drive: RAID: External Disk
Touched on this topic in another thread, but I think it would make more sense in its own thread. Not sure if anyone around here can help on this one but thought it was worth a shot. Been fighting with it for a while (stumped). Please assist if you can...
a) Make Intel ICH7 32 Bit RAID Driver Disk
b) Make Intel ICH7 64 Bit RAID Driver Disk
c) JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID Driver
d) JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID Driver
e) FreeDOS Command Prompt
Please Choose a~e:
I have a WD150 Raptor drive installed on the SATA1 connector as the main drive. I have been running Vista on it and at one point had three of the four drives initialized as simple volumes. The four WD500GB storage drives are on: SATA3, SATA4, EZ_RAID0, EZ_RAID1.
I power up, see the BIOS option screen, then a flash of the IMSM/Ctrl-I screen (w/o pressing Ctrl-I), next a "FreeDOS kernel version..." screen, finally landing on the "Asus Mobo Make Disk for DOS Menu" screen.
Following the instructions, inserted a floppy disk & created a floppy of the drivers (error free). But it still returns me to the "Asus Mobo Make Disk for DOS Menu" screen. Even if I remove any or all of the drives, it still sends me back to this screen.
Here's a glimpse at the BIOS:
Primary IDE Master: Pioneer DVD-RW DV
Primary IDE Slave: Not Detected
IDE Configuration -> [RAID] //have tried ACHI & Standard IDE
Boot -> Hard Disk Drives ->
1st Drive: RAID: WDC WD1500AAF
2nd Drive: RAID: Intel Storage
3rd Drive: RAID: External Disk
Touched on this topic in another thread, but I think it would make more sense in its own thread. Not sure if anyone around here can help on this one but thought it was worth a shot. Been fighting with it for a while (stumped). Please assist if you can...