P4C800 Deluxe RAID and Non-Raid Setup

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Running 2 WD Raptors in RAID 0 off the Promise 378 Controller using
SATA1_RAID and SATA2_RAID.

Have added additional MAXTOR SATA 160GB drive to SATA1 but not able to
get the system to recognize this SATA drive. BIOS set to 'enhanced'
and 'raid'.

Is it possible to run Promise as RAID 0 and have other drives setup as
non-RAID using the SATA1 and SATA2 non-RAID connectors?

Thanks in advance
Kit
 
As I understand the specs you have the option to run raid, if required,
simultaneously of both sets of connectors.
The Sata connectors are not raid connectors, simply sata connectors. The
raid option is configured by drivers.
In order to connect to sata connectors on the non Promise controler side you
need to have the sata drivers installed. Whether or not you utilise raid.
 
Understood...I have installed the latest SATA and RAID drivers from
ASUS site using F6 option in Windows XP setup and have successfully
configured the 2 SATA_RAID ports and running RAID 0 ok. I subsequenty
(and unsuccessfully)tried to attach a SATA MAXTOR CALYPSO 160gb hard
drive to the 'non-raid' SATA ports (there are 2 of them). I have
reviewed the BIOS settings and have selected the 'enhanced' option
(which is for XP) and the 'raid' option but BIOS fails to recognize
the SATA attached drive (I am assuming that if BIOS did recognize the
SATA attached drive it would show up somewhere in BIOS so I could
configure).

So I am wondering if the motherboard only allows EITHER a raid
configuration OR a non-raid configuration....which doesn't really make
sense but otherwise why would this be so unobvious?

I am thinking of just buying a separate Promise Raid card and using
the motherboard as SATA non-raid...unless you might have the answer I
am searching for? Thanks
 
It is my understanding from reading the manual (might be wrong) that you can
use EITHER pair of SATA connectors but not both. This is the Intel based
RAID. (two drives total)

There is a seperate IDE connector for the Promise based RAID. (two drives
total)

And then there is the secondary IDE channel for two more devices.
 
Hmmm ... Let me see if I understand you correctly.

On the promise RAID subsystem you have 2 HDD's in a RAID 0 configuration.
Now you've attached an additional single drive to one of the SATA ports
attached to the ICH5R controller.
Running Windows XP, so you've chosen enhanced mode for the ICH5.
All good so far.

Now since there is a single SATA drive on the ICH5 you can't choose RAID for
this controller, you must choose IDE mode. Can't have RAID with a single
drive!
And ... nope, you can't split the RAID across both subsystems. i.e. A single
RAID volume spanning drive on the Promise and Intel subsystems is not going
to happen. They may as well be in a separate PC.

A single drive on the Intel is just fine in IDE mode though, but not RAID
mode. As you've seen, without two SATA drives attached to the Intel chip
none show up in RAID mode. In IDE mode it's all good though.
 
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