I have the same problem using an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with one SATA Maxtor 80GB.
The CD, Floppy, SCSI option works and gets it to try to boot. Also the jumper helps out tremendously (duh).
Yes, I did the F6 and I've done it both with the ASUS files and the Silicon Image files. The ASUS files have an R at the end of the filename indicating RAID while the silicone image files from their site do not.
For me, the problem is that I actually install WinXP Home and it runs. However, when I check to see if the driver is installed under Hardware it is not. There is a yellow ! RAID option so I updated that driver with the same diskette. It seems happy and puts the SCSI RAID symbol further down and does not have any conflicts asking me to restart so I do.
But no matter what, when I restart, turn off, or otherwise leave XP the first time it gets mad and tries to ask me to go into safe mode and all that.
Then, when I plug my other hard drive back in and boot off of it guess what!?! It gives me a dual boot option and the SATA drive I just installed can be booted from! Whoa! Too bad I don't want to dual boot and have to choose every time!
So, my only other option right now seems to be the FAT32 fix from the Microsoft Knowledge Base. However, that sounds scary and time consuming.
I also don't think I have the NVidia data problem because that is for multiple drive RAIDs and I'm just doing a single drive in SATA.
