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HI,
When I installed Windows XP I had to load drivers to enable XP to use my RAID setup during instalation. Is this still a requirement with VISTA?
Thks
killadoob
05-10-2007, 12:41 PM
yes but its much easier with vista
put the drivers on a usb stick
yay no more stiffy drives :)
Toxin
05-10-2007, 12:44 PM
No. No more loading drivers onto a stiffy (spit!). No more pressing F6 (or was it F8?) and selecting the drivers.
Yes, you may start crying with joy. :)
Just get the RAID sorted in your BIOS put in your Vista disc and it'll pick up the drive automatically. Well, at least it did so for me. Might depend on you mobo as well.
yes but its much easier with vista
put the drivers on a usb stick
yay no more stiffy drives :)
Where can I download them from? Can't remember. I run a Nvidia Stripe.
No. No more loading drivers onto a stiffy (spit!). No more pressing F6 (or was it F8?) and selecting the drivers.
Yes, you may start crying with joy. :)
Just get the RAID sorted in your BIOS put in your Vista disc and it'll pick up the drive automatically. Well, at least it did so for me. Might depend on you mobo as well.
F6 it was.
killadoob
05-10-2007, 12:53 PM
scart it does not work with all mobo's i have to load drivers or it wont see it
what mobo u using pjs, go look it up on the asus website and download the raid drivers
be careful not to download the raid program
ASUS Model A8N32-SLI-Deluxe.
Will go and download the drivers there. THKS
The ASUS website does not have the Nvidia Raid Drivers for Vista?
killadoob
05-10-2007, 02:19 PM
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
Yes I know that one can download drivers etc there but it does not have the Nvidia Raid drivers.
killadoob
05-10-2007, 05:08 PM
im lost now, are those raid drivers not correct? i dont see why they would have raid drivers under your mobo that are not meant for your mobo
killadoob
05-10-2007, 08:05 PM
yup but which one would the mobo use?
can u choose?
killadoob
06-10-2007, 08:49 AM
strange i have a p965 and i need the drivers
Thanks for all the help. I am only getting my Vista on Monday. From what you have said I should not need to load the drivers as I am using Nvidia Raid - Stripe.
Ekhaatvensters
06-10-2007, 02:00 PM
That was probably amongst the best features in Vista :D
Also had to load the RAID drivers for an Asus A8N mobo, but it was painless.
killadoob
06-10-2007, 03:46 PM
gigabyte gbb
yea ekhaat nothing like having to reconnect a stiffy drive :(
So I installed Vista Home Premium x64 yesterday on my PC. No problems with my Raid setup at all.
I do, however, have one or two problems:
1) I installed 4 x 1gig dims - Vista only picks up 3gig?? I have a ASUS Model A8N32-SLI-Deluxe mother board. Is there a setting that I should change?
2) I have a standalone SATA HD - Vista does not pick this up.
Any help/ suggestions welcomed
killadoob
09-10-2007, 12:59 PM
well how sure are you that it is windows vista home premium 64 bit firstly
secondly asus boards do have a problem when trying to install 4 gig memory
update the bios if this does not work get the board replaced
have u tested each stick of ram insuring each one is work
Looks like it's a BIOS issue. Need to upgrade/ flash the BIOS. Just one question - How do I do it as there is no windows flash tool for vista?
(And I dont own a Stiffy drive to do a dos flash)
killadoob
09-10-2007, 07:52 PM
ok this may be a longer way around but load up xp
update bios
asus suck big time, i cannot believe there is no tool for vista to update bios
another reason why im starting to really dislike them
ok thought this could not be true
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/Others/Asus-Update-70904.shtml
On your memory size issue, see if you board has the ability to enable or disable Memory Remapping. Enabling that should give you access to the additional memory address space over 3 GB on 64-bit Windows operating systems or on 32-Bit Server 2003 Enterprise editions. I have no issues with more than 3 GB of RAM on two ASUS boards I have provided that is enabled.
Thanks! Sorted!