Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 Problem Gigaraid ITE Raid Western Digi..

This is WD so no jumpers and one drive per 80 conductor cable.
XP requires a lot of hand holding before it will install on RAID 0.
You have to give it the correct driver at F6 time.

I use the Gigaraid with WD drives on the same board and they run well.
XP is on the Serial Raid.

JPS

"Bcti" <rel8.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Just wondering if anyone has had this problem or knows a solution. I
 > have 2 Western Digital 180 GB 8 MB Cache IDE hard drives that I am
 > trying to get to work with the ite raid controller on my motherboard
 > (gigabyte 7n400 PRo2). When I connect them and try to load windows xp
 > the transfer rate somehow slows to a crawl and even leaving it 12
 > hours it only completes 50% of the file transfer. I know it is not
 > the motherboard as I have already replaced it. I also have used 2 60
 > GB Maxtor 2 MB Cache hard drives and they worked fine on the raid
 > controller. My only explanation is that there is a conflict between
 > these Western Digital Hard Drives and the Gigaraid (ITE) Controller.
 > Also if I use just one WD hard drive on the controller in a non raid 1
 > setup it behaves the same so it is not a raid/non raid issue.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Ok, I already tried it with jumpers off. I have used every driver I
could fine with the F6 Key. I am using 80 conductor cable and one
drive is on each ide controller. Are your WD Drives 8 MB Cache? How
big are they? I have been thinking to purchase 2 pata to serial ata
adapters just to get them running... Really bummed out cause on my
7vaxp everything was running fine but got the upgrade bug.

Thanks for your help hopefully(or not) someone has had a similar
experience.

Cheers.


"jpsga" <jpsga RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message news:<18dsb.123965$mZ5.834339@attbi_s54>...
 > This is WD so no jumpers and one drive per 80 conductor cable.
 > XP requires a lot of hand holding before it will install on RAID 0.
 > You have to give it the correct driver at F6 time.
 >
 > I use the Gigaraid with WD drives on the same board and they run well.
 > XP is on the Serial Raid.
 >
 > JPS
 >
 > "Bcti" <rel8 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:e03e4016.0311101811.48ed53c8@posting.google.com...
  > > Just wondering if anyone has had this problem or knows a solution. I
  > > have 2 Western Digital 180 GB 8 MB Cache IDE hard drives that I am
  > > trying to get to work with the ite raid controller on my motherboard
  > > (gigabyte 7n400 PRo2). When I connect them and try to load windows xp
  > > the transfer rate somehow slows to a crawl and even leaving it 12
  > > hours it only completes 50% of the file transfer. I know it is not
  > > the motherboard as I have already replaced it. I also have used 2 60
  > > GB Maxtor 2 MB Cache hard drives and they worked fine on the raid
  > > controller. My only explanation is that there is a conflict between
  > > these Western Digital Hard Drives and the Gigaraid (ITE) Controller.
  > > Also if I use just one WD hard drive on the controller in a non raid 1
  > > setup it behaves the same so it is not a raid/non raid issue.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 Problem Gigaraid ITE Raid Western Digi.. 

On 11 Nov 2003 22:00:53 -0800
rel8.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com (Bcti) wrote:

 > Ok, I already tried it with jumpers off. I have used every driver I
 > could fine with the F6 Key. I am using 80 conductor cable and one
 > drive is on each ide controller. Are your WD Drives 8 MB Cache? How
 > big are they? I have been thinking to purchase 2 pata to serial ata
 > adapters just to get them running... Really bummed out cause on my
 > 7vaxp everything was running fine but got the upgrade bug.
 >
 > Thanks for your help hopefully(or not) someone has had a similar
 > experience.

Have you run diagnostics on the drives? Sounds like one of them may be
damaged.

 > Cheers.
 >
 >
 > "jpsga" <jpsga.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
 > news:<18dsb.123965$mZ5.834339@attbi_s54>...
  > > This is WD so no jumpers and one drive per 80 conductor cable.
  > > XP requires a lot of hand holding before it will install on RAID 0.
  > > You have to give it the correct driver at F6 time.
  > >
  > > I use the Gigaraid with WD drives on the same board and they run
  > > well. XP is on the Serial Raid.
  > >
  > > JPS
  > >
  > > "Bcti" <rel8.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
  > > news:e03e4016.0311101811.48ed53c8@posting.google.com...
   > > > Just wondering if anyone has had this problem or knows a solution.
   > > > I
   > > > have 2 Western Digital 180 GB 8 MB Cache IDE hard drives that I am
   > > > trying to get to work with the ite raid controller on my
   > > > motherboard(gigabyte 7n400 PRo2). When I connect them and try to
   > > > load windows xp the transfer rate somehow slows to a crawl and
   > > > even leaving it 12 hours it only completes 50% of the file
   > > > transfer. I know it is not the motherboard as I have already
   > > > replaced it. I also have used 2 60 GB Maxtor 2 MB Cache hard
   > > > drives and they worked fine on the raid controller. My only
   > > > explanation is that there is a conflict between these Western
   > > > Digital Hard Drives and the Gigaraid (ITE) Controller. Also if I
   > > > use just one WD hard drive on the controller in a non raid 1 setup
   > > > it behaves the same so it is not a raid/non raid issue.


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CoCo <andreas.nowen RemoveThis @swipnet.se> wrote in message
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 > only got one wd (80g) on my board (gigabyte 7n400 Pro2)
 > with no problems. but cpu load in hdtach seems to be high!

hdtach doesnt measure cpu load very well.


 > "Bcti" <rel8 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
 > news:e03e4016.0311101811.48ed53c8@posting.google.com...
  > > Just wondering if anyone has had this problem or knows a solution. I
  > > have 2 Western Digital 180 GB 8 MB Cache IDE hard drives that I am
  > > trying to get to work with the ite raid controller on my motherboard
  > > (gigabyte 7n400 PRo2). When I connect them and try to load windows xp
  > > the transfer rate somehow slows to a crawl and even leaving it 12
  > > hours it only completes 50% of the file transfer. I know it is not
  > > the motherboard as I have already replaced it. I also have used 2 60
  > > GB Maxtor 2 MB Cache hard drives and they worked fine on the raid
  > > controller. My only explanation is that there is a conflict between
  > > these Western Digital Hard Drives and the Gigaraid (ITE) Controller.
  > > Also if I use just one WD hard drive on the controller in a non raid 1
  > > setup it behaves the same so it is not a raid/non raid issue.
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Don't go down to hard too fast. Steps review:
Ctrl G to set RAID array. Took RAID 0 and auto setup then exit.
This makes it look like a new drive to the system, So:
booted with a floppy that has FDISK.EXE. Used menu item 5 to find the
array. Make primary partition that is the size of the drive. Boot to
windows. Windows finds the drive because it has a FAT32 table and an MBR.
Now that you have the drive; ask windows to format it. This is the same
procedure I use on a any new drive.
This is a LBA procedure.

The device manager will ask for driver, it ( the RAID system ) is treated
like SCSI .

To your questions:
Using WD200BB's . ATA100, 20 GB, 2m buffer.

Have used Highpoint Rocket Raid 100 and HighPoint 1540 SATA. Using adaptors
requires the same set up.

JPS



"Bcti" <rel8.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e03e4016.0311112200.3ad65a12@posting.google.com...
 > Ok, I already tried it with jumpers off. I have used every driver I
 > could fine with the F6 Key. I am using 80 conductor cable and one
 > drive is on each ide controller. Are your WD Drives 8 MB Cache? How
 > big are they? I have been thinking to purchase 2 pata to serial ata
 > adapters just to get them running... Really bummed out cause on my
 > 7vaxp everything was running fine but got the upgrade bug.
 >
 > Thanks for your help hopefully(or not) someone has had a similar
 > experience.
 >
 > Cheers.
 >
 >
 > "jpsga" <jpsga.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:<18dsb.123965$mZ5.834339@attbi_s54>...
  > > This is WD so no jumpers and one drive per 80 conductor cable.
  > > XP requires a lot of hand holding before it will install on RAID 0.
  > > You have to give it the correct driver at F6 time.
  > >
  > > I use the Gigaraid with WD drives on the same board and they run well.
  > > XP is on the Serial Raid.
  > >
  > > JPS
  > >
  > > "Bcti" <rel8.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
  > > news:e03e4016.0311101811.48ed53c8@posting.google.com...
   > > > Just wondering if anyone has had this problem or knows a solution. I
   > > > have 2 Western Digital 180 GB 8 MB Cache IDE hard drives that I am
   > > > trying to get to work with the ite raid controller on my motherboard
   > > > (gigabyte 7n400 PRo2). When I connect them and try to load windows xp
   > > > the transfer rate somehow slows to a crawl and even leaving it 12
   > > > hours it only completes 50% of the file transfer. I know it is not
   > > > the motherboard as I have already replaced it. I also have used 2 60
   > > > GB Maxtor 2 MB Cache hard drives and they worked fine on the raid
   > > > controller. My only explanation is that there is a conflict between
   > > > these Western Digital Hard Drives and the Gigaraid (ITE) Controller.
   > > > Also if I use just one WD hard drive on the controller in a non raid 1
   > > > setup it behaves the same so it is not a raid/non raid issue.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Hi-
Did you set the WD drives to cable select in staed of master/slave? I think
the RAID works best that way

Walt
"Bcti" <rel8 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Just wondering if anyone has had this problem or knows a solution. I
 > have 2 Western Digital 180 GB 8 MB Cache IDE hard drives that I am
 > trying to get to work with the ite raid controller on my motherboard
 > (gigabyte 7n400 PRo2). When I connect them and try to load windows xp
 > the transfer rate somehow slows to a crawl and even leaving it 12
 > hours it only completes 50% of the file transfer. I know it is not
 > the motherboard as I have already replaced it. I also have used 2 60
 > GB Maxtor 2 MB Cache hard drives and they worked fine on the raid
 > controller. My only explanation is that there is a conflict between
 > these Western Digital Hard Drives and the Gigaraid (ITE) Controller.
 > Also if I use just one WD hard drive on the controller in a non raid 1
 > setup it behaves the same so it is not a raid/non raid issue.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 Problem Gigaraid ITE Raid Western Digi.. 

"Walt" <walt1118 RemoveThis @san.rr.com> wrote in message news:bMvsb.149333$ZH4.85359@twister.socal.rr.com...
 > Hi-
 > Did you set the WD drives to cable select in staed of master/slave?

 > I think

Stop that, immediately!

 > the RAID works best that way
 >
 > Walt
 > "Bcti" <rel8 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e03e4016.0311101811.48ed53c8@posting.google.com...
  > > Just wondering if anyone has had this problem or knows a solution. I
  > > have 2 Western Digital 180 GB 8 MB Cache IDE hard drives that I am
  > > trying to get to work with the ite raid controller on my motherboard
  > > (gigabyte 7n400 PRo2). When I connect them and try to load windows
  > > XP the transfer rate somehow slows to a crawl and even leaving it 12
  > > hours it only completes 50% of the file transfer. I know it is not
  > > the motherboard as I have already replaced it. I also have used 2 60
  > > GB Maxtor 2 MB Cache hard drives and they worked fine on the raid
  > > controller. My only explanation is that there is a conflict between
  > > these Western Digital Hard Drives and the Gigaraid (ITE) Controller.
  > > Also if I use just one WD hard drive on the controller in a non raid 1
  > > setup it behaves the same so it is not a raid/non raid issue.
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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