RAID bios settings_ raid newb

[wells fargo45]

Hi i am trying to run raid0/with 2 one- tarabyte drives
according to manual i went into bios under integrated peripherals
set sata raid to AHCI mode,then i rebooted like manual states
while booting press <ctrl>+<i> ?
I cant get this to go into configuring a raid array,please help
 using  GA- EP45-ds3L rev bios f11  date sept 2009'
2-seagate 1-TB drives intel q9400 8-gigs ram
win vista 64

[MichaelNC]

You want to select RAID on the first pull down menu in the Interface menu, not AHCI. Since you were able to configure the Raid you should be good to install the OS and have the drives recognized after that.  If they still aren't then you may need to load a driver in windows for them to be recognized.  Win7 and Vista shouldn't require it though.

[wells fargo45]

I understand what your saying donot  use ACHI
but the only choices are ACHI or ide not raid.
Using the most up to date  bios flash F11
Also there is not a Raid bios set up to configure
or i am not sure how to get there
This manual is for GA-EP45-DS3LR/and DS3L is what i have
not sure what difference is?
Followed instructions per manual,unable to find RAID configuration area
thank you for the adivse,mean time i will look around in the bios
I wonder if this MB has raid
i could try calling gigabyte cust. support

[MichaelNC]

Well that explains it the difference is the R has Raid, the non-R doesn't. You'll have to pickup a raid controller or grab a new MB.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2844&ost=windows+vista+x86+(32-bit)#anchor_os