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Thanks Matthias99, finally got the HD detected on the SATA_RAID1, just a matter of turning off the RAID controller! Lesson learned!

Thanks for the info, hopefully changing that setting will solve my problem.

Sorry for being unclear, here's all i want to do, I just want to run both my WD Sata HD's off the SATA_RAID1 and SATA_RAID2, one for the OS and one for just storage without setting up any kind of RAID because if I use the SATA1 and SATA2 connectors, then i can't use my SATA DVD writer coz it...

Is it possible to run my WD Raptor off the SATA_RAID1 connector? I also want to run my other WD Sata HD off the SATA_RAID2 connector just as storage. What am I doing wrong coz i can't get my mb to reconize my HD's when they are connected there but when i connect them to the SATA1 connector...

So let me get this correct, plug my HD's into SATA_RAID1 and SATA_RAID2? Then i can plug my SATA DVD-Writer into SATA1? thanks!

Ok, looking at the mb, I have 2 connectors SATA1 and SATA2 which the manual says is for storage. Then there's 2 other connectors SATA_RAID1 and SATA_RAID2 but the note says "Promise PDC20378 RAID controller does not support ATAPI devices such as CD, DVD-ROMS, so if i plug my HD's into SATA1 and...

:confused: Ok, looking at the mb, I have 2 connectors SATA1 and SATA2 which the manual says is for storage. Then there's 2 other connectors SATA_RAID1 and SATA_RAID2 but the note says "Promise PDC20378 RAID controller does not support ATAPI devices such as CD, DVD-ROMS, so if i plug my HD's...

So, do I plug the HD's into the South Bridge or the Promise Controller? Thanks!

Yes, I will be using the built-in SATA controller. I want to use the Raptor as my main drive and use the other as storage. Thanks!

Hi, I'm about to build a new computer and I need help on how to install 2 SATA Western Digital HD to my Asus A8V Deluxe. There's like 4 plugs for SATA I think on the motherboard, which ones do i plug them into? I want to install a SATA DVD-Writer too. Never tried installing SATA drives before...