Asus A8N, SATA Raptor in Raid 0, & Plextor SATA DVD

[alkolkin]

:brokenheart:

Dream Machine turning into Nightmare Machine?

Lian Li V1200B-BOW w/ Antec 550 TrueControl - modded by Performance-PC
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Socket 939 Athalon 64 4000+
Corsair TWINX1024-3200XL - 1GB
ASUS nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card
Mitsumi FA404M 7-in-1 Card Reader and Floppy
Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU Heatsink & Fan
(2) Western Digital 74 GB Raptor Serial ATA Raid 0
(2) Western Digital 34 GB Raptor Serial ATA Raid 0
(2) Plextor 716SA R+- DVD
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
LogitechMX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse
Saitek X52 Digital Joy Stick
Saitek PC Gamer's Keyboard
Logitech Z-5500 Digital Speakers
Reactive sleeving, black light and Cold Cathode light


I have started with only one set of Raptors. The Raid configuration of the Raptor says that it is a healthy stripe. That is good.
I have started with one Plextor SATA. The boot shows that the Plextor is seen as a RW DVD. That is good.
During the install of the operating system I press F6 to load the SATA Raid controller driver and SATA Raid drivers, both required by Asus. After the install pauses and asks for the drivers I enter them and continue. Windows XP Pro loads a few more drivers and then says, "Windows will now start." So far so good.

Then I get BSOD STOP: 0x0000007b (0xF7C7D63C, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) Not good!
I changed the configuration to individual drives, changed to connection from the nforce SATA to the SIlicon Image SATA, and changed the Plextor connection around as well. Nothing helps. I always get the same message. Asus has not yet been helpful.

Anyoe out there have any brilliant ideas?

 

[alkolkin]

I love replying to my own cry for help! LOLOL
I borrowed a friend's plain old CD-ROM and whala, Windows installs like a champ. After I install Windows, I will try to install the DVD's and see if they now work.