[TROUBLE] RAID on GA-7DXR w/Promise PDC20265

[yfradkin]

This is what I did:

1) I fresh-installed WinXP SP2 on a HDD#1 connected to the regular motherboard's IDE channel (not Promise RAID controller).

2) Windows "Device Manager" showed a big "?" on the "RAID controller" line.

3) Then I installed the Promise WinXP RAID drivers from motherboard manufacturer's web site ( http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Motherboard/Sup...ver_GA-7DXR.htm ).

4) Now, "Device Manager" happily shows a branch

''SCSI and RAID controllers''

--> ''Windows XP Promise Fast Trak100 Controller (PDC20265)''

saying ''This device is working properly''.

5) The HDD#2 is connected to one of the Promise RAID controller's channels.

But "Disk Management" does NOT display the HDD#2 data. HDD#2 is invisible to the system.

Any ideas how to force WinXP to recognize a drive connected to Promise RAID controller channel? Maybe I missed an important step?......

Data:

HDD#1, HDD#2 are: WDC 160GB

Motherboard GA-7DXR

with integral Promise Fast Trak100 Controller (PDC20265)

WinXP SP2 fresh-installed

Edited September 17, 2005 by yfradkin