I am doing a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate 64bit. I have a Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P Motherboard and a LG GGW-h20L Blu ray writer. I can install Windows 7 fine on a single SATA disk setup with the bios settings set to IDE. But when I set the bios settings to RAID and plug the 2 hard disks in and run the windows setup it asks for the CD\DVD rom driver. It does not do this when setting it up on a single disk. I have tried the AHCI option, SATA, option, IDE options :shock:
I have the latest bios and have tried locating the drivers for the LG writer but was unable to find them. The LG writer already has the latest firmware installed.
My motherboard has a SB750 chipset RAID controller.
Any help would be most appreciated as this problem is driving me
My Computer
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
CPU
AMD x4 II 955 @ 3.6Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P
Memory
Patriot 2 x 2Gb DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte ATI 4890 @ 900/1000Mhz
Monitor(s) Displays
samsung T260R 26" LCD
Hard Drives
2x500Gb Sata Seagate in RAID 0
PSU
Seasonic M12-700 80 Plus Certified 700
Case
Coolermaster CM690 w/ Side Window
Cooling
Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX CPU, Case Fans 5x120CFM Red LED
Abz, I dont think it needs the DVD driver. I think it needs the Raid driver to access the DVD after you start the install, if it is hooked up to one of the SATA ports that are now behind the raid controller.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
XP pro 32bit, 64bit, Windows 7 64bit Home Premium
CPU
AMD Fx62
Motherboard
Asus M3A
Memory
Corsair Twin2x4096-6400c4dhx g DDR2 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
gForce 8800GT 512m
Sound Card
on board - Realtek AL883
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 226BW and 763MB
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050 and 1280 x 960
Hard Drives
Maxtor 6L250R0, WD250KS, 2 WD5001AALS
PSU
RaidMax 530SS
Case
not sure
Cooling
dont remember - big - is has 2 120 fans and fills the case
Seems like you want to run the disks in some type of array. You will have to "join" them with your motherboard bios into the RAID first. Then when you go to install Windows to the RAID, you need the RAID driver for your motherboard controller. Have it ready on a floppy, usb or hard drive not attached to the RAID.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Windows 7 has a lot of RAID drivers pre-installed. I came across a problem similar to this. I kept getting the error "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing partition."
Make sure you set your raid array as the FIRST boot device
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Core i7-920 @ 2.66GHz
Motherboard
JetWay JBI-600-LF LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel
Memory
12GB SDRAM DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked Edition 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays
SAMSUNG ToC T220 Rose-Black 22" times two
Screen Resolution
big
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" X2 w/ raid 0
I figured it out. On the GA-MA790fx_UD5P mobo you are supposed to use SATA ports 4/5. Then after you plug the new Drives you need to run the RAID controller and set the array (ctrl + f), allocate the drives to raid 0. Then you can install the OS. Then you get to use the RAID driver and it picks up your CD-ROM also.
Much appreciated for the replies guys
Thank you so much.
My Computer
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
CPU
AMD x4 II 955 @ 3.6Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P
Memory
Patriot 2 x 2Gb DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte ATI 4890 @ 900/1000Mhz
Monitor(s) Displays
samsung T260R 26" LCD
Hard Drives
2x500Gb Sata Seagate in RAID 0
PSU
Seasonic M12-700 80 Plus Certified 700
Case
Coolermaster CM690 w/ Side Window
Cooling
Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX CPU, Case Fans 5x120CFM Red LED
