RAID Setup Problem (Asus P5E)

[TwistedMetalGear]

Just finished building my new system, and I was happy to see it boot up and recognize my E8400 without having to update the BIOS.

Anyway, I'm having trouble setting up a RAID 0 array with my two Raptor drives. The instructions from the Asus manual are as follows:

You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). To do this:

1. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.

2. Go to the Main Menu, select IDE Configuration, then press <Enter>

3. Select the item Configure SATA As, then press <Enter> to display the configuration options.

4. Select RAID from the Configure SATA As item options, then press <Enter>.

5. Select the item Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM, press <Enter>, then select Enabled from the options.

6. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.

This is fine and all, except my BIOS has no "Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM" as mentioned in step 5. So all I can do is steps 1-4. I figured setting the IDE Configuration to RAID would be enough.

Then I press CTRL + I during boot as the manual instructs to enter the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility, in which both of my drives are listed under "Physical Disks." Then I choose the Create RAID Volume, enter a name for it, select RAID 0 (Striped). The next option is to select the disks to add to the RAID, only it is grayed out and disabled for me! I cannot get into the select disks category and therefore I cannot set up the RAID array. What gives? As I said, the two drives are recognized by the main screen of the RAID setup utility, but once I try to create a RAID array it's like they don't exist anymore.

Any ideas? Does this have to do with not having the "Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM" option in BIOS? I want to get Windows setup on this thing but this is holding me back. Please help if you can, I'd appreciate it.

 

[zerubabel]

I'm setting up a new system using Asus p5q deluxe and two 640GB harddrives and when I set up RAID in my BIOS and go to set up RAID 0 (ctrl+I) I cannot select the disks within Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility and the capacity that it shows (after I create the RAID anyway) is twice what it should be (it adds the two drive's capacity together). Did you ever solve your problem?

Any other ideas out there?