Ahh i was afraid of that... maybe i'm not so ignorant. Much like the person in the second link, i figured its a driver issue because i can install the OS on both disks fine in IDE mode but once i switch to RAID thats when i get stuck in the endless driver debacle. I really didn't want to change OS but i will give it a shot! IDK if it matters but i set my stripe block to 128k. OT: I see that its leaked to torrent... would you recommend i wait for the official 7100 RC? (may 5?) thx, Zak