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A8N-SLI Deluxe | Raid | SATA | Help!

  • 07-06-2005 6:27pm
    #1
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    I have a A8N-SLI Deluxe board. Those familiar with it will know that there are 4 black colored SATA ports and 4 red colored SATA ports. The black are just normal SATA ones while the red are SATA RAID ones.

    I'm currently using the black ones without any troubles.

    My problem is that I want ot use the red ones as just normal ports, i.e. no raid. This doesn't seem to be working.

    I've tried with both "Silicon SATA Controller" in my bios enabled and disabled.

    I get the following error when I have a HDD plugged into one of the red SATA Ports:
    "No valide deivce! Press any key to continue... or Press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter RAID utility" (complete with spelling mistakes)

    I've also tried the Silicon 3114 SATA drivers but to no avail. THe problem appears to be with the settings on the hardware itself and *seem* to manifest before Windows begins loading.

    Anyone have any suggestions ?


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  • #2
    ressem
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    Just guessing...

    You've pressed f4 to confirm that it's the silicon raid, not the nvidia raid throwing the message

    What happens when you go into the silicon raid bios?
    Can you see the disks connected to the raid ports?
    Can you set each drive up as an independent JBOD set?
    Are the drives blank, you're free to experiment?

    I thought that enabling the raid by adding drives might change the order of the cards and hide the MBR, but you'd expect a different error message.


  • #3
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    JBOD ?

    I've been told the Silicon Raid is the Red ports.

    The drives are not empty, they have data on them.

    The drive shows up just before the error message during bootup.


  • #4
    Random
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    Problems seem to stem from this at the moment ?

    I've tried various versions of the Silicon Image drivers from both www.siliconimage.com and www.asus.com

    The SATARAID5 tool that comes with the drivers seems to be able to see my drive, but obviously Windows can't find it. This is what Windows tells me through the Add New Hardware wizard.

    silicon_raid_errors.jpg


  • #5
    odie
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    Try updating Bios in case there is a glitch of some sort....the latest one is here....http://www.asuscom.de/pub/ASUS/mb/socket939/A8N-SLI%20Deluxe/1011-002.zip
    Date 2005/06/06

    Also ensure - The Nvidia chipset driver is the latest one - http://support.asus.com/

    All the above just ensure that it is not a driver issue


  • #6
    Dr_MalPractice
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    ciaranfo wrote:
    The SATARAID5 tool that comes with the drivers seems to be able to see my drive, but obviously Windows can't find it.

    during XP installation you have to press F6 at the start to load drivers etc for SCSI/RAID devices. i had a similar problem with an A7N8X-Deluxe, only 2 SATA ports, but it seems to be the same problem. drive(s) are being picked up during POST/startup, but not in windows. a reinstall of windows with the driver disk to hand, i had to transfer them to floppy first tho, (as it won't let you load from anywhere else, or maybe that's just me :D). hopefully that helps.


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