Vista 64-bit & Raid-0 issue

[-MikeHawk-]

I have current build in sig ... the only thing new is the HDDs ... I upgraded from 2x160gig/16meg cache drives to 2x500gig/32meg cache drives(All W-D). Now Vista wont install, after initial install & reboot it comes back to complete installation & then hangs, sometimes BSODs ... I've done all the Vista tricks ... CPU/Mem & FSB all @ stock ... pulled one of the 2gig sticks of memory(even tho my Vista is SP1)... newest raid driver ... everything I can think of ...

My real question is if there are any known issues w/the ICH9R south bridge & these drives? Also, if anyone else has/has had this chipset/south bridge/motherboard & been able to get Vista64-bit installed on 32meg buffer drives in raid-0?

I was @ it for 6 hours trying every configuration I could think of w/out any luck. I'm going to RMA the drives since I couldnt get them to install vista on either drive by themselves either. SO either newegg sent my 2 dead drives on one shipment or the boards screwed.

 

[Brahmzy]

Did you load the proper drivers for your controller?

 

[rabident]

There were issues with SATA raid stability in general with ICH9R when used with the drivers that are bundled with Vista. Did you do the 'press F6 to load drivers' or whatever the prompt is in Vista... basically load new RAID drivers (ISM 7.5+) before the install starts?

Also, some of the ports may be handled by an additional "bolt-on" motherboard controller, like JMicron. I've had the best luck keeping my drives off them and disabling the extra controller in the BIOS. Last thing you could try is change the SATA ports the drive(s) are plugged into. I know they should all work the same, but there have been numerous issues where moving the ports supposedly solved the problem - not your specific problem, but in general.

Also, you may want to try 1 drive to see if the only problem you're having is with RAID.

Sorry, I don't have a definitive answer for you, but after researching SATA HD problems of my own, those are some of the issues/resolutions I've found.