If you do not have a floppy drive you will need to get a CD for this motherboard. Perhaps ASUS will offer one although I do not find a quick link on their site other than contact:

http://support.asus.com/contact/cont...Language=en-us

Again: just to verify: are you using a Microsoft XP CD to install XP?

If you do not see the F6 prompt the drivers would be moot.

Oh yeah sorry. Yes, it is a fully registered original copy of Microsoft XP. Alright I will see what I can do. I will let you know

Right after you boot that CD you should see a prompt (briefly) to load RAID drivers by pressing F6.

I am pretty sure that you need to do this as a conventional ATA setup only allows for 4 drives overall.

If you have 2 DVD and 2 HDD the third (and or all) HDD's must be in a RAID configuration which requires these drivers.

Just with an after thought: unless you have a PCI IDE controller card which could support additional drives.

Again you might want to post this scan:

http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

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OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
PropertyValue
Current Clock Speed 2002
Description x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Bank Label BANK0
Capacity 536870912

Bank Label BANK1
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 1023MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model SAMSUNG SP4002H
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 40057113600 (~37 GB)
Number of Partitions 1

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST360020A
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 60019868160 (~56 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name EPSON Stylus Photo R220 Series
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name EPSON Stylus Photo R220 Series


Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product A8V
Serial Number MB-1234567890
Version Rev 1.xx


BIOS:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Name BIOS Date: 08/22/05 15:12:58 Ver: 08.00.09
Release Date 20050822000000.000000+000
Version A M I - 8000522


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024

Description Default Monitor
Name Default Monitor
Screen Height
Screen Width


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer (Standard system devices)
Name USB Human Interface Device


Sound Card:
PropertyValue

Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies Inc.
Adapter RAM 268435456
Description Tul Corporation, RADEON 9250
Installed Display Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6614
Driver Date 5/3/2006 4:50:42 PM
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors

Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies Inc.
Adapter RAM 268435456
Description Tul Corporation, RADEON 9250 Secondary
Installed Display Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6614
Driver Date 5/3/2006 4:50:42 PM
Video Mode Description


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0146


Modem:
PropertyValue

Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport

External Ports:
PropertyValue
External Reference Designator PS/2 Mouse
External Reference Designator PS/2 Keyboard
External Reference Designator USB1
External Reference Designator USB2
External Reference Designator USB3
External Reference Designator USB4
External Reference Designator USB5
External Reference Designator USB6
External Reference Designator USB7
External Reference Designator USB8
External Reference Designator LPT 1
External Reference Designator Audio Mic In
External Reference Designator Audio Line In
External Reference Designator Audio Line Out
External Reference Designator Audio Center
External Reference Designator Audio Side surround
External Reference Designator Audio Back surround
External Reference Designator LAN
External Reference Designator COM 1
External Reference Designator MIDI
External Reference Designator Joy Stick
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator

Expansion Slots:
PropertyValue
Slot Designation AGP
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
Slot Designation PCI4
Slot Designation PCI5
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Sorry, I did not realize what you meant earlier about posting the hardware scan. So, there you go. I do not have a PCI controller card installed.

So your Samsung and Seagate drives are showing there.

Assuming that all three HDD's are internal (not the third an USB external) then the third must be connected to a SATA slot in a RAID configuration.

I do have SP2 installed but am trying to have a friend of mine extract the RAID controller to a floppy then burn an image to a CD so that I can use it. I hope that will work