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No array defined error on boot
Name: pezz Date: December 13, 2002 at 12:10:24 Pacific OS: winxp pro CPU/Ram: 512 ddr
Comment:
hello,
just built a new system around a a7v333 mobo with althlonxp 2.4 and 2 maxtor hdd's 40 and 120 resectivly.
when booting it takes a while while scanning the hard drives and then an error message 'no array defined' is shown.
they are set to master and slave respectivley and are not connected to the promise raid ide's on the mobo
Name: Badboy Date: December 13, 2002 at 12:26:24 Pacific
Reply:
Check your RAID settings in BIOS.
Your computer is looking for a HDD array on your RAID IDEs and not finding any.
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Response Number 2
Name: johnny rico Date: December 13, 2002 at 16:17:01 Pacific
Reply:
I have the same mobo and there is a raid jumper about two inches from the end of the agp slot. The factory default is enabled so you'll need to set that, I had the same problem
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