SP2 and ASUS * Please help

I've got the same motherboard running on the (lousy) 1017
BIOS---and I'm running SP2 with no trouble at all on a
RAID 0 setup. My current installation is a clean
slipstreamed installation, but I had downloaded and
installed SP2 RC2 over an existing installation no
problem (but that was not on a RAID setup).

My guess is that when you flashed the BIOS, it reset your
BIOS settings, and you just don't have it set up right
for RAID. Are you running RAID off of ICH5R or the
Promise controller? That could be your problem right
there.

In any case, here's what I recommend for your BIOS
settings (assuming you are running RAID):

MAIN-->IDE CONFIGURATION-->

ONBOARD IDE OPERATE MODE-->ENHANCED

ENHANCED MODE SUPPORT ON-->S-ATA

CONFIGURE SATA AS RAID-->YES

SERIAL ATA BOOTROM-->ENABLED

ADVANCED-->JUMPERREE CONFIGURATION-->STANDARD (on both,
overclocking is a bad idea while
installing/troubleshooting, and the default is an
overclocked setting)

ADVANCED-->ONBOARD DEVICES CONFIGURATION-->ONBOARD
PROMISE CONTROLLER-->enabled or disabled depending on
whether you are using PROMISE or ICH5R

BOOT-->BOOT SETTINGS CONFIGURATION-->FULL SCREEN LOGO--
>DISABLED (so you can see if something else might be
causing you trouble)

Also, make sure your boot device priority is set
correctly---reboot after making sure all SATA settings
are correct, then check this again.

Let me know how it goes.



>-----Original Message-----
>I have installed SP2 and my machine crashed. It freezes
at the splash
>screen. No matter what I have tried the last couple of
days, it's fruitless.
>
>
>Help !! After several hours of intense research ...
found out that my
>motherboard was not compatible with SP2 (asus P4C800-E
Deluxe) I then
>reflashed my bios with success and now I cannot get the
bios to recognize
>the "raid 0 system" ... I have installed the fastrak378
utility through
>booting from the XP disk, but it still doesn't recognize
the hard disks and
>I cannot continue from there. Do I need to update the
nvidia chipset drivers
>too. I just want to get into windows and uninstall the
SP2.
>
>Please help...it is most important that I get this
machine up and running.
>If I could just get into windows and uninstall the SP2.
>
>I really mean it when I say thanks for any help you can
give !!
>
>
>.
>

One other thing....I assume you are running a legal copy
of WinXP and not a pirated copy? It's my understanding
that SP2 may cause pirated copies of XP not to work.

As for the NTLDR message.....try booting with your XP CD
in your CD-ROM---but don't boot from it. Just make sure
it is in the drive when you attempt to boot the computer.

Let me know.


>-----Original Message-----
>I can't express enough thanks for you taking the time to
help me. It seems I
>am getting in deeper trouble than when I first started
this situation. I had
>my BIOS settings pretty much what you had advised. I did
cut out the LOGO
>screen. However, in the "boot sequence" the only
available drives shown is
>my floppy and CD-rom. When I have tried to boot in the
past, at least I
>could boot through the XP cd, but eventually I would get
nowhere.
>
>I have tried installing the promise controller for raid
(made a disk fromt
>the CD that came with the MOBO) to no avail.
>
>Now it seems that when I try to boot a message
appears "NTLDR is missing",
>press any key to restart.
>
>When I do that, it just reboots to the same message. I
can't even boot from
>my cd-rom.
>
>At this point, I wouldn't mind even completely
reinstalling windows and just
>lose everything that I need. But I can't even get the
computer to see my
>hard drives.
>
>I really thank you for helping. I hope you can get me
through this raid
>mess. It was working beautifully before I messed with
it. Don't ask me why I
>did.
>
>In the meantime, I will keep trying.
>
>I do some word processing things for school and church
and they are due next
>week-end. I am at my wits end trying to get this
resolved.
>
>Thanks again........!!!!!!!!
>
>Mark
>
>
>
>.
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