DFI NF3 250GB "NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS"

doublejbass

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May 30, 2004
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I just put together this new system for my A64 with a DFI Lanparty UT NF3-250GB board. After wrestling with a bad IDE cable, I installed XP onto a WD 120GB SATA drive. This all went fine, and I installed the NVIDIA Chipset Drivers (including the IDE drivers). Then, after a reboot, I got this message immediately after post before any boot sequence began:

"NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS

Detecting Array....."

This message remains for a few seconds, and then the system reboots. CMOS reset....nothing. And it was impossible to leave the drive in the system and boot from any device, you couldn't even make it to the boot menu. I can't figure out how to remove this driver either. Has anybody encountered this problem before? I had to yank the drive and install XP on an IDE drive. When the drive is out, the system boots fine, but the minute you put it back in, that message returns. No RAID functions are enabled in the BIOS, and F10 is useless. Ideas?