Installing new drivers

[Dowop]

I am running a ASUS A8V Deluxe MB.
Currently have Raid 0 running.
All I did when I set the raid up was use a floppy I made from the CD with the MB to F6 the raid driver when installing XP.
Should I install the the latest VIA drivers?
Can I do that with out reinstalling XP?
I would like to have the VIA Raid tool for monitoring my drives.
I was told this would tell me the health of each drive.
SMART does not seem to work checking Raid 0.
Sorry for the noob questions.
I am just a old man trying to learn.

[SaphireX]

Originally posted by: Dowop
I am running a ASUS A8V Deluxe MB.
Currently have Raid 0 running.
All I did when I set the raid up was use a floppy I made from the CD with the MB to F6 the raid driver when installing XP.

Should I install the the latest VIA drivers?

YES---d/l the latest Hyperion Pro 5.10A and after Unzipping it to a temp directory simply RUN the SETUP from the main directory. The installer is smart and will basically have everything checked for install to include the VIA RAID Tool.

Can I do that with out reinstalling XP?

YES---You will not have to re-install XP because this is an upgrade of your previous Hyperion install as well as an upgrade to your VIA SATA/RAID drivers.

I would like to have the VIA Raid tool for monitoring my drives.
I was told this would tell me the health of each drive.
SMART does not seem to work checking Raid 0.

Most Onboard SATA/RAID controllers like the VIA VT8237/VT8251 as well as the Promise-378, INTEL ICHR4/5 and NForce 3/4 controllers can only report the SMART status of the drive thats in the Channel 0 arrangement due to hardware limitations and the nature of the Onboard chip's architecture as opposed to a standalone PCI based RAID Card

Does this help?

Saphire

[Dowop]

Thank you.
You were great at answering all my questions.
I installed the new drivers.
Everything seems to be running ok.
I did score a little better in HD Tach.
Thanks again.

[rejto]

Hi,

I have a related question. I would like to identify my VIA chipset. My cpuid.exe gives me the chipset device code. How do I whetehr it is a KT400A or possibly a KT600 ? I would really appreciate getting references to these codes.

I know the excelent article of Fiona Gatt about identifying chipsets. Somehow her examples just stopped short of the K7 series device numbers.


Thansk in advance.


-peter rejto

[SaphireX]

.....the FREE CPU-Z will provide that info and there are other FREE utilities there as well

http://www.cpuid.org/index.php

Happy Holidays

Saphire

[Mr. Chris]

Rejto, you can also get the free Everest Home Edition at Majorgeeks.com, one of my favorite sites. It should tell you all you want to know. Chris.