Need Uber techie help! problem settin up comp

[Windwalka1]

Operating System : WinXP 64bit

[Problem Description]
I have installed 3 SATA hard drives onto this board.
1 into SATA connector 1 , red.( for the operating system)
2 into Marvell SATA connectors at the bottom of the board as a RAID.
These two work fine as a RAID.

I need to check the correct setting in the BIOS for the OS SATA drive!!!
It will only see the drive if I have the BIOS configured to 'Standard IDE'.
Is this correct? Is it working at IDE speed ,or 1.5Gbps or 3Gbps?
Presumably it will work faster if it is set to IHCR.
How do I do this ?
Is it set through the operating system? ( Windows XP64)
Do I need to install additional specific drivers for this SATA connector as well?
I have installed Marvell drivers for the RAID, they work fine
and the OS drive in connector 1 is working at the moment configured to standard IDE mode?

if u know about all of this any help would be much appreciated

Thank you.

 

[Saggy]

Suppose "Standard IDE" means non-RAID and you can set drive to IHCR (or is it called CHR?) from BIOS settings (auto/LBA/large/CHR are probably the options). Without knowing your specs I cant be arsed to check it out ;p

 

[Windwalka1]

thanks ill try it, and will post my specs on here later, but im pretty sure ive already tried this, more help is always welcome

+rep Saggy

 

[Saggy]

Ok, ICHR5 is the SATA-controller you have plugged your OS drive into (= you can't set it on/off) and to get most out of it enable "32-bit data transfer" from BIOS.

 

[Windwalka1]

Motherboard Asus P5W64 wsPro
3 x Western digital SATA II Hard drives WD2500KS
4 Gigs RAM
Intel 2.4Mhz core 2 duo

Do I need to instal drivers for it to run the OS Hard drive?

 

[Saggy]

Do I need to instal drivers for it to run the OS Hard drive?

No.

 

[Saggy]

Oh, that Marvell-controller is slower than ICH7R you have on that mobo. Read manual pages 58 and 59

 

[Windwalka1]

which manual? my ASUS one? ill have a look

and err no, it's an ICH7R SATA controller and surely it works at 64 bit

msn? pm me and plz anyone else can keep the help coming because i wanna play daoc again!! and till this works i cannae! PLEASE FEED THE ADDICT

 

[Saggy]

Standard Ide = non-RAID -> you dont need drivers. To get most out of it enable "32-bit data transfer" from BIOS if possible.

Marvell RAID = you have made it work but its slower than ICH7R-RAID so you may want to set the RAID on ICH7R.

I dont see the problem but feel free to add me on MSN if you want to.