X48T unable to load Vista onto HD!!!!!!!

[the edge]

I added a 2nd WD Veloci Raptor to my system and wanted to do a fresh re-install of Vista.

I now have two RAID-0 set up for performance 2 Raptors 2 WD 1TB Caviar Blacks.

The only change I made was to the connections to the SATA ports and did not make any adjustments to the BIOS

Raptors are in SATAII0-1

WD 1TB are in SATAII2-3

On previous installs Vista recognized the Raptor and the Raid with the 2 WD Caviar Blacks.

Now when I try to load Vista I get the following messages.

"This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."

When I click on next I get the following message

Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for instillation." ??

Vista sees both Raid disks and size, but when I click on "Drive options" all options are dimmed out!!!!! Then I click on NEW and drives are set as type primary but Vista still gives the same message as above???

Vista refuses to load in any configuration I have:

Deleted the RAID's and recreated the RAIDs

I have disconected all Hard Drives tried loading VISTA to just 1 HD in IDE.

I have tried different SATAII ports using only 1 HD in IDE.

All to no avail even with the RAID drivers loaded????

[the edge]

Re: X48T unable to load Vista onto HD!!!!!!!

Solved the problem, it's not twith the Board it's with Vista.

When loading onto a new drive or RAID need to:

Click [New] > [Format]

Reboot.

On reboot Vista sees drive as NTFS. On my previous instal the drives were formated which is why I did not have this problem before.

Made note of this in the Gigabyte manual saves hours of time!!

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: X48T unable to load Vista onto HD!!!!!!!

Ahh, nice to see you got it! Sorry No one posted to help you before you found out yourself.

If you need any more help, feel free to post back anytime!