Installing RAID on Intel motherboard

I am having a great deal of difficulty installing RAID on a new
computer I have just completed. The motherboard is a Intel GD965WH. I
have two WD SATA drives that seem to show up in the bios, as well as
two SATA optical drives and a floppy.

I can access the bios OK, and have set the drive configuration to RAID
and the mode to Native. Actually this was the way it was set the
first time I accessed the BIOS.

The problem starts with the next step: entering the "option ROM user
interface. The instructions indicate I should press <ctrl> and <i>
when the storage manager screen appears. The screen appears for a
fraction of a second and I hit <ctrl> and <i>, but this fails to enter
the interface. BIOS goes on to attempt to boot.

I have attempted this perhaps 25 times, and would think that I would
hit it in that number of attempts. I found a trouble shooting
suggestion, on the Intel site, that said in this eventuality I should
"enable Addon ROM Display Mode" in the boot menu, but my BIOS does not
have that option.

Any help would be appreciated.
Dave

On Apr 19, 3:39 pm, "1beer...@gmail.com" <1beer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having a great deal of difficulty installing RAID on a new
> computer I have just completed. The motherboard is a Intel GD965WH. I
> have two WD SATA drives that seem to show up in the bios, as well as
> two SATA optical drives and a floppy.
>
> I can access the bios OK, and have set the drive configuration to RAID
> and the mode to Native. Actually this was the way it was set the
> first time I accessed the BIOS.
>
> The problem starts with the next step: entering the "option ROM user
> interface. The instructions indicate I should press <ctrl> and <i>
> when the storage manager screen appears. The screen appears for a
> fraction of a second and I hit <ctrl> and <i>, but this fails to enter
> the interface. BIOS goes on to attempt to boot.
>
> I have attempted this perhaps 25 times, and would think that I would
> hit it in that number of attempts. I found a trouble shooting
> suggestion, on the Intel site, that said in this eventuality I should
> "enable Addon ROM Display Mode" in the boot menu, but my BIOS does not
> have that option.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Dave

wht level of raid u creating and i assume u have a raid controller

On Apr 19, 8:11 pm, mohamed.samsud...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 19, 3:39 pm, "1beer...@gmail.com" <1beer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I am having a great deal of difficulty installing RAID on a new
> > computer I have just completed. The motherboard is a Intel GD965WH. I
> > have two WD SATA drives that seem to show up in the bios, as well as
> > two SATA optical drives and a floppy.
>
> > I can access the bios OK, and have set the drive configuration to RAID
> > and the mode to Native. Actually this was the way it was set the
> > first time I accessed the BIOS.
>
> > The problem starts with the next step: entering the "option ROM user
> > interface. The instructions indicate I should press <ctrl> and <i>
> > when the storage manager screen appears. The screen appears for a
> > fraction of a second and I hit <ctrl> and <i>, but this fails to enter
> > the interface. BIOS goes on to attempt to boot.
>
> > I have attempted this perhaps 25 times, and would think that I would
> > hit it in that number of attempts. I found a trouble shooting
> > suggestion, on the Intel site, that said in this eventuality I should
> > "enable Addon ROM Display Mode" in the boot menu, but my BIOS does not
> > have that option.
>
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > Dave
>
> wht level of raid u creating and i assume u have a raid controller- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I intend on using RAID 1. This board has a on-board raid controller.

Try to press <ctrl><shift> <i>

boba vankufer
<1beer2go@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 19, 8:11 pm, mohamed.samsud...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Apr 19, 3:39 pm, "1beer...@gmail.com" <1beer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > I am having a great deal of difficulty installing RAID on a new
>> > computer I have just completed. The motherboard is a Intel GD965WH. I
>> > have two WD SATA drives that seem to show up in the bios, as well as
>> > two SATA optical drives and a floppy.
>>
>> > I can access the bios OK, and have set the drive configuration to RAID
>> > and the mode to Native. Actually this was the way it was set the
>> > first time I accessed the BIOS.
>>
>> > The problem starts with the next step: entering the "option ROM user
>> > interface. The instructions indicate I should press <ctrl> and <i>
>> > when the storage manager screen appears. The screen appears for a
>> > fraction of a second and I hit <ctrl> and <i>, but this fails to enter
>> > the interface. BIOS goes on to attempt to boot.
>>
>> > I have attempted this perhaps 25 times, and would think that I would
>> > hit it in that number of attempts. I found a trouble shooting
>> > suggestion, on the Intel site, that said in this eventuality I should
>> > "enable Addon ROM Display Mode" in the boot menu, but my BIOS does not
>> > have that option.
>>
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> > Dave
>>
>> wht level of raid u creating and i assume u have a raid controller- Hide
>> quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I intend on using RAID 1. This board has a on-board raid controller.
>