NVIDIA ULI M1575 RAID Controller on a ASUS P5RD2-VM motherboard

I have a ASUS P5RD2-VM motherboard and it uses the ULI M1575 Southbridge RAID
controller (An onboard controller). There is not option to turn it on and off
in the BIOS (I assume because it is a SATA RAID solution that it is just
always on and can find nothing to the contrary).

But, when I go to the ASUS web site and try to acquire the RAID controller
drivers, they are listed in Windows 2003, XP, etc. Nothing available for
Vista (And when I launch the installers, it stops saying no OS supported).

So I went to the ULI site and it downloads a .RAR file. I have no idea what
to do with the file and there is no documentation?

On the ASUS site, they do not acknowledge this motherboard as supported yet
and in the device manager I do not get an error saying device not found (i.e.
Was hoping it would identify the RAID card and not be able to find it, so
that I could point it to the driver files that I have in the .ZIP file that I
cannot run from ASUS).

So, I am a bit lost. Don't know how to get this RAID card working. Any
advice is appreciated. I put in a support request from ASUS, but I have not
found their support all that great and expect a 'We do not support that with
Vista yet' response.

Any ideas appreciated.

Michael,

On the CD from the MB you should have a option to copy those drivers to disk
(or USB stick). Or use the 2003 server drivers form the website

When starting device manager from Vista you can use the update driver and
point to the disk or USB stick and let the driver be found that way.

That should get the device working. I assume you have a version of Vista
installed.

BTW, the option to disable the SATA (Raid) controllers are found in the BIOS
under advanced, SATA controllers, if you disable the SATA controllers the
raid is also disabled, or choose the "Emulate PATA" if you have a drive
connected on a SATA controller.

Ko.

"Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:42C258BD-95DA-4604-891A-DE6416ED8E0E@microsoft.com...
>I have a ASUS P5RD2-VM motherboard and it uses the ULI M1575 Southbridge
>RAID
> controller (An onboard controller). There is not option to turn it on and
> off
> in the BIOS (I assume because it is a SATA RAID solution that it is just
> always on and can find nothing to the contrary).
>
> But, when I go to the ASUS web site and try to acquire the RAID controller
> drivers, they are listed in Windows 2003, XP, etc. Nothing available for
> Vista (And when I launch the installers, it stops saying no OS supported).
>
> So I went to the ULI site and it downloads a .RAR file. I have no idea
> what
> to do with the file and there is no documentation?
>
> On the ASUS site, they do not acknowledge this motherboard as supported
> yet
> and in the device manager I do not get an error saying device not found
> (i.e.
> Was hoping it would identify the RAID card and not be able to find it, so
> that I could point it to the driver files that I have in the .ZIP file
> that I
> cannot run from ASUS).
>
> So, I am a bit lost. Don't know how to get this RAID card working. Any
> advice is appreciated. I put in a support request from ASUS, but I have
> not
> found their support all that great and expect a 'We do not support that
> with
> Vista yet' response.
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>

Thanks Ko.

But the problem is that when in the device manager, I dont see a device with
a ! which suggests that it needs a driver. I also dont see a RAID driver or
device in the list.

I tried downloading the Win2003 drivers, no luck.

In the BIOS, it sounds like as long as it is on, it works (Which is good).
There is one setting I am not sure of - SATA mode selection - PATA mode
(emulated) which is the default or AHCI mode (sorting).

Those are the only things to change, and I stil cant find a RAID option ...

"Ko" wrote:

> Michael,
>
> On the CD from the MB you should have a option to copy those drivers to disk
> (or USB stick). Or use the 2003 server drivers form the website
>
> When starting device manager from Vista you can use the update driver and
> point to the disk or USB stick and let the driver be found that way.
>
> That should get the device working. I assume you have a version of Vista
> installed.
>
> BTW, the option to disable the SATA (Raid) controllers are found in the BIOS
> under advanced, SATA controllers, if you disable the SATA controllers the
> raid is also disabled, or choose the "Emulate PATA" if you have a drive
> connected on a SATA controller.
>
> Ko.
>
> "Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> news:42C258BD-95DA-4604-891A-DE6416ED8E0E@microsoft.com...
> >I have a ASUS P5RD2-VM motherboard and it uses the ULI M1575 Southbridge
> >RAID
> > controller (An onboard controller). There is not option to turn it on and
> > off
> > in the BIOS (I assume because it is a SATA RAID solution that it is just
> > always on and can find nothing to the contrary).
> >
> > But, when I go to the ASUS web site and try to acquire the RAID controller
> > drivers, they are listed in Windows 2003, XP, etc. Nothing available for
> > Vista (And when I launch the installers, it stops saying no OS supported).
> >
> > So I went to the ULI site and it downloads a .RAR file. I have no idea
> > what
> > to do with the file and there is no documentation?
> >
> > On the ASUS site, they do not acknowledge this motherboard as supported
> > yet
> > and in the device manager I do not get an error saying device not found
> > (i.e.
> > Was hoping it would identify the RAID card and not be able to find it, so
> > that I could point it to the driver files that I have in the .ZIP file
> > that I
> > cannot run from ASUS).
> >
> > So, I am a bit lost. Don't know how to get this RAID card working. Any
> > advice is appreciated. I put in a support request from ASUS, but I have
> > not
> > found their support all that great and expect a 'We do not support that
> > with
> > Vista yet' response.
> >
> > Any ideas appreciated.
> >
>
>
>