hi vpower and all! i have nero 5 5 10 42 latest i think before this nero 6 comes out? vpower do you have the latest via drivers? or are you on an nForce board? also is your drive on its own cable eide channel? and are you saying that even on simulate it errors?????? THx... EDIT: vpower can you list your system specs? thx..._X_X_X_X_X_[small]XP 1700 TBred [o/c 2004mhz = 12X167/33 = FSB-334mhz] A7V8X SATA150/RAID 2x80 gig [Bios 1012] HERCULES 3D PROPHET [9700 Pro] XMS Corsair Platinum pc3500 2x512 1024 meg ENERMAX PSU 550watts [/small]
Aye... that it is. vpower: what OS are u using? If XP, do you have SP1/SP1a? How about the CD Burning update? Rotary: nice job on the SATA/RAID! What RAID controller? or did u use the onobard? If u used the onboard use must show me how its done, i never had any luck with onboard raid for both A7V333 and A7N8X-Delux mobos
ok... I GIVE UP! I'm going to call Pioneer Canada tomorrow...and send my pioneer for repair or what so ever. I went to my brother house, wich his setup a fresh windows XP Sp1a on AMD xp 2Ghz install. Same problem I got the "queueing fail" error while I do a simulation on nero. My main computer is PIII 1Ghz W2k pro, sp3 Nero 5.5.10.42 (queueing fail error) PM: WD 80GB PS: WD 80GB SMVR-A06 firmware 1.05 SS: WD 80GB I tried the writer also on 1.6 Ghz XP fresh Win2k Install SP3 via 4 in 1 4.48 Nero 5.5.10.42 (queueing fail error) Record Max 4.5 (the program just hang)
Hi all Vpower when you tested all these computers with this drive did you use the same media all the time? as ithink you aid that at 2x all was fine? if so it may be the media is the culprit? hey there, Praetor setting raid up is pretty simple, i had that a7v333 mobo before this one a7v8x, ok if you have the manual it all there! but if not then read on... ok, if i remember rightly you need the raid drivers on a floppy disc, take them from your mobo install disc! now make sure they are on there own i think? no folders on the floppy! bit like an old boot floppy job! i only have 3 files on mine! you of course fit your 2 drives to the raid eides or sata connections on the mobo, then its basically fresh intall time with winxp as normal till you see at the very start at the bottom of the screen this: PRESS F6 TO INSTALL THIRD PARTY RAID or alike? hit it then it carries on loading leave the floppy in the drive all the time... then at a certain stage along xp will ask you to ok to raid intall you click S i think? it all comes on screen so you cant go wrong! just choose the options!(only one of 2) as it goes along... and wammy done after xp install and format! NOW! you will need to set the bios boot first (raid bios)! so go into the raid bios and delete all configurations you have at present and reboot comp! then enter setup to choose settings either MIRROR or STRIPPING ? i use mirror the drives as this only sees 1 out of 2 80 drives! this is for security backu! if one drive fails the other boots up! NICE! no lost files! so then raid tells you there is a critical error and to replace the dead drive! then it asks to copy files from good drive to new drive (replacement nacker drive!) and your back on raid again saved! but this part is if one fails? not happened to me yet! but did take drive out once to boot another computer and it had to reload files to second when i put it back in! now after reading this you may think WOW DUDE TOO MUCH? but not! lets recap here its simple! 1, delete raid config! reboot and establish which raid you want and set it up (5 mins for this max!) then it will want to reboot itself! have floppy in drive and boot from cd-rom for xp disc! 2, Press F6 at start of load screen it will say at bottom of screen when too! it may format first you do that as normal xp load time! then later it ask you on screen to ok he seek raid drivers on floppy S i think you press.. so all the same as xp install with format except set raid in bios and press F6 and floppy in drive with raid drivers! stripping is for a fast PC 2x 80 gigs will be 160 gig of drive, yes faster but no safety with this if 1 drive fails all is dead? Thx...
OMG THAT'S WHERE THOSE DRIVERS WERE?! Geez.... how do people without other computers readily available (i.e., this would be their first computer)... how do they get the files onto a floppy? LOL that was my reasoning and so i never checked the cd! Thanks for the heads up! *silly me*
hi Exactly! i can tell by your answer you will have no problems now! go for it, its great! i was lucky i had manual and daughters comp upstairs first time i tried it! i had fromatted mine! no system on it and thoguht, SHIT man, then relaxed and whent upstairs! Let us knpow how it ges? Thx... old vpowers drive seems odd? EDIT: just a quicky i have just bought and watched TERMINATOR 3 on backup dvd it was wrote with data write yellows 4x on a pioneer 106 like ours! i got it off ebay! his drive is fine too, so this drive issue may have a fault? its got to be new get a replacement? Thx..
Two more questions Rotary: 1. This was my configurations at one point (the non-bold entries) PRI_MAS: 80GB 80GB PRI_SLA: 60GB CD BURNER SEC_MAS: 80GB 80GB SEC_SLA: 60GB DVD RAID_A_MAS: CD BURNER RAID_A_SLA: 60GB RAID_B_MAS: DVD RAID_B_SLA: 60GB Background info: my original configuration (bolded) worked because I could boot off the W2K/WXP cds, intall the basic OS and then install the RAID drivers in windows and everything worked. I used RAID-Striping and everything worked well. Except the RAID controller failed one day... out of the complete blue. There go 120GB.... bummer. So i redo everything but this time i stripe each drive to its own channel (hence not ONE 120GB drive by TWO 60GB drives). This works to a degree and so i format again (to avoid having harddrives on the RAID controller which i no longer trust). Now I use the second configuration (non-bolded). I boot up and the it detects a bootable CD in the drive.... so i am happy. But then it doesnt boot off the cds..... grrrr. So i ended up buying the parts for another machine and shoving the two 60GB drives there.... waste of a RAID. How does one boot off a RAID cd drive? (I refuse to put harddrives on the raid controller anymore.... i'm waiting till i have money for a RAID5 configuration before that even enters my mind. I no longer trust Striping and I hate mirroring... lol picky picky. In either case I'm gonna stay away from Promise (and onboard raid altogether)
