Edit: problem solved ;) - Promise Ultra 100 TX 2 PCI, I get the error "invalid system disk.....insert valid disk"

[powerMarkymark]

Question.........whenever I connect my Master Boot drive to the newly installed Promise Ultra 100 TX 2 I get the error that invalid system disk.....insert valid disk.

Please help me to configure.

Link to Promise Ultra100 TX2




System Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1530MHz


Motherboard: ABIT KR7A 133 RAID


Memory: 1GB of MAJOR PC2100


Video Card: MSI, ATI GF3 TI 200 AGP, RADEON 7000DDR PCI (NVIDIA, ATI)


Hard Drive: WESTERN DIGITAL 60.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS Master Boot Disc connected to onboard RAID connector.


Additional Hard Drives: WESTERN DIGITAL IDE ATA 100 60GB, MAXTOR IDE ATA 133 80GB, MAXTOR IDE ATA 133
80GB, MAXTOR IDE ATA 133, WESTERN DIGITAL IDE ATA 100 120GB, WESTERN DIGITAL IDE ATA 100 120GB


Monitor: 2X Daytek 905 DF19


CDROM Manufacturer & Model: 2 X LITEON CD-RW


DVD Manufacturer & Model: PIONEER


CDR/CDRW Manufacturer & Model: LITE-ON 32X IDE CD-RW, LITE-ON 52X IDE CD-RW, PIONEER DVD-116T 16x


Storage Interface: IDE


Sound Card: SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY


Internet Connection: VIDEOTRON Cable @ 3000kbps


Operating System: Windows_XP Pro


Other Components: Antec 1030 Enermax SPI Case Black Med Server Tower
5 x 80mm case fans, 3 for case intake lower front, 2 for exhaust upper back.
Enermax EG 465 P-VE Whisper Series (Fan Control) 430w Atx Power Supply
Alpha socket 370/fc-pga Heatsink/Fan PAL6035MFC
Arctic Silver III Thermal paste
Leadtek Winfast TV2000XP PCI
1.44mb Floppy Drive
D-Link DFE-538tx 10/100 pci wol Ethernet Card
PS2 Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Freedom Optical Mouse
4 port D-Link Dl-701 Gateway/Firewall Router



Other Info: Drives connected to the onboard RAID connectors are not setup in a RAID configuration.

 

[Viper GTS]

Have you set your BIOS to boot from an external source (Most likely SCSI or something similar)?

Viper GTS

 

[letsgetsilly]

Your computer is looking for an operating system to boot off of. It is looking for that operating system wherever you have told it to. In the bios, if you have it setup to boot off of the RAID, or IDE channels, then it is looking there and not finding anything, therefore, INVALID SYSTEM DISK.

In your bios, set it to boot from an external device, i.e. scsi or anything external.

good luck,
Adam

 

[powerMarkymark]

Finally after three days of playing around with different configurations of cables, IDE/Raid/IDE controller card connectors and master/slave pinning on the hard drives and CD-RWs/DVD-Rom .......everything is up and running.................SUPER FAST.