2 raptors in raid + a 300gig maxtor Wont Work

[bandit390]

I have 2 raptors in raid and a 300gig maxtor SATA II drive I just added in. The problem is the bios and raid controller setup shows the maxtor but windows wont acknowledge it exists. Not even in disk management or hardware manager. What gives? arent they two seperate controllers? If I disable raid on one of em it disables it on the other. I have a choice between base and raid for the controllers, but its also both or none.
this is on a Gigabyte NF3 K8NSNXP-939. The raptors are on the controller in the middle of the board and the maxtor is on the lower one.

ps I just formated in on another computer and it picked up on that one.

 

[paparazi]

I was going to say has it been partitioned and formatted but obviously it has.
It goes without saying that both SATA controllers need enabling in the bios
Also XP? SP1 or later (service pack2 advised)
I guess the bios on a new board like this one, should recognise a large 300gig disk but you might want to check the bios update chart to see what revised bios updates have fixed (guess there could be a large disk fix)
Martin


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