Hello all my set up is as follows..
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~3105 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F2, 11/11/2002
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name MISC-AE89901937
System Manufacturer GBT___
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~3105 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F2, 11/11/2002
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name MISC-AE89901937\Owner
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 34.28 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.93 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X (Microsoft Corporation)
Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV/E Processor to AGP Controller - 2561
GA 8PE667 Ultra 2 / pro motherboard.
intel 82540em ethernet controller.
promise 20276 raid controller chip.
2 seagate st380021a barracuda ATA IV (80 Gig)
My preference would be performance, not necessarily data safety..
The questions I have are as follows..
I have read the promise 20276 RAID controller manual and GA 8PE667 Ultra 2 mobo
manual and have sucessfully created a RAiD 0 array across the pair. The problem I am having
is that when I try to reinstall XP os, I press F6 to specify device and load the driver for
the controller which I got from Giabyte website and, MBFASTTRACK133 LITE and SETUP comes
back with the error "file\winxp\fasttrak.sys caused an unexpected error (18) at line 2113 in
D:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c"
At the moment I am stuck with this?? There are two promise drivers listed in the
download, one is ATA 133 drivers and the other RAID. In the Raid folders there are two xp
drivers, one under the windows xp folder and one under WHQL 2KXP folder, where it "new
driver". I have tried both but get the same result.
having spent a considerable time researching this error on the net it seems it is
quite common?
Could anybody please offer me some help in finding a solution. Mostly I read "make
sure you get the right driver and then press F6"..
promise website doesn't seem to list the driver and states that it doesn't offer
support for on board promise raid controllers, refer to mobo manufacturer...
Gigabyte is where I downloaded the drivers from so that's not really helping..
** I have the jumpers on the drives both set to master.. as per the manual..(using fastbuild
to set up array I am only offered "performance" i.e. striped.. "security" i.e. mirrored is
not available? Thought this might be worth noting although I am not sure if it would create
a problem loading the driver???
cheers :-)