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<blockquote data-quote="finrudd341" data-source="post: 248135" data-attributes="member: 68408">After reading pages and pages on the internet about RAID setup on the ASUS board, and installing XP over 5 times, I managed to work out where I was going wrong. I tried all the usual tricks for fooling the PC that the USB A drive was a real 'A' drive, which did not work. I tried an n-lite method of installing XP so I did not need an 'A' drive. I tried using a thumb-drive instead of an 'A' drive..no luck. Every time I booted Windows with the RAID configured, it blue-screened on me.I finally realised my mistake - I was only configuring RAID in the BIOS after installing XP, and using the F6 option (eventually resorted to an IDE 'A' drive that someone found at work for me). This did not work. I simply configured RAID in the BIOS, then proceeded with the XP installation, with F6 option selected, loading my Intel RAID drivers as I went. It worked straight away after this, and my 2 x 1TB WD10EACS drives are now acting as a RAID 1 mirror quite happily.I have loaded Media Portal and given the setup a quick run, but still have a fair bit of work to do before I will be connecting this to the TV and AV receiver. My next task is to determine which TV tuner card to use. I was fairly set on the Hauppage WinTV 350 or 500 cards, but then along came the BlackGold 6-in-1 card...I just don't know.On another note: so far, the Zalman supplied remote is doing everything I want it to...and appears to be running with Windows XP in-built drivers...I will have to see what the limitations are, but so far so good. Similarly the 7&quot; screen - it works well as a stand alone screen, but I have yet to try the dal screen setup. Ideally, I wanted this screen to run on the motherboards VGA output, and the TV to run from the GPU card, but I think this won't be so easy...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="finrudd341, post: 248135, member: 68408"] After reading pages and pages on the internet about RAID setup on the ASUS board, and installing XP over 5 times, I managed to work out where I was going wrong. I tried all the usual tricks for fooling the PC that the USB A drive was a real 'A' drive, which did not work. I tried an n-lite method of installing XP so I did not need an 'A' drive. I tried using a thumb-drive instead of an 'A' drive..no luck. Every time I booted Windows with the RAID configured, it blue-screened on me. I finally realised my mistake - I was only configuring RAID in the BIOS [B]after[/B] installing XP, and using the F6 option (eventually resorted to an IDE 'A' drive that someone found at work for me). This did not work. I simply configured RAID in the BIOS, then proceeded with the XP installation, with F6 option selected, loading my Intel RAID drivers as I went. It worked straight away after this, and my 2 x 1TB WD10EACS drives are now acting as a RAID 1 mirror quite happily. I have loaded Media Portal and given the setup a quick run, but still have a fair bit of work to do before I will be connecting this to the TV and AV receiver. My next task is to determine which TV tuner card to use. I was fairly set on the Hauppage WinTV 350 or 500 cards, but then along came the BlackGold 6-in-1 card...I just don't know. On another note: so far, the Zalman supplied remote is doing everything I want it to...and appears to be running with Windows XP in-built drivers...I will have to see what the limitations are, but so far so good. Similarly the 7" screen - it works well as a stand alone screen, but I have yet to try the dal screen setup. Ideally, I wanted this screen to run on the motherboards VGA output, and the TV to run from the GPU card, but I think this won't be so easy... [/QUOTE]

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