cannot boot from cd when onboard RAID 1 is enabled

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brokenarrow03

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Ok...so ive got a gigabye mobo with a Highpoint RR 2320 for my 5x1TB RAID 5 setup. Currently my OS sits on a single 250GB western digital SATA. I would like to set up a RAID 1 with a pair of 160s that I have sitting around. My problem is that when I set up the RAID 1 in the BIOS and through the onboard controller I cannot get my IDE cd drive to boot the windows disk. The onboard controller lets me set up the RAID 1 just fine, but will not boot from cd. If I change the SATA type to IDE or AHCI in the BIOS then the cd boot just fine.

heres the mobo:

GIGABYTE

Any ideas??

 
I would look for options in BIOS to change the individual port designations. In other words, if you turn on RAID mode, hopefully, you won't be required to run all of the ports in RAID mode. I have a 780G for the HTPC, so hopefully mine is similar enough to your to draw a comparison.

When I set up my RAID array on the 780G, I had to enable RAID mode in the main system BIOS, then create the array in the RAID BIOS, set it bootable, and then reboot the system. When I completed this step, my boot devices sequence was completely jacked, and it messed up the order. Hopefully, that's all this is, and you need to ensure that in your bootable devices settings, that your IDE CD-ROM is first, then the RAID-1 from the onboard ports. Disable all others. I might even say to go as far as unplugginf your controller from the system (for the RAID-5 array) just to make sure that isn't pissing it off.
 
My Shuttle does this. AFAIK it can be fixed with a different BIOS, but I'm not running RAID anyway, so meh.
 
Try just booting from USB-CDROM
and add USB-CDROM to your 1st boot priority.
You may also need to turn on "Enable Legacy USB Detect"
or some option like that.

It might install a bit slower than direct connect by IDE/SATA
but you might be able to succesfully boot off of it to install.
 
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