For those with the ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe MOBO

[d_source]

OK, just got my new PC at the end of last week. Everytime I boot up i get this screen that says somewthing like press CTRL+S (or R) or F8 to go into RAID settings. How can i force the PC to boot up and skip this screen? I only have 1 SATA hdd so theres no need for Raid (is there?...i dont really know what RAID is)

Anything else i need to knwo to configure for this mobo? Hints, tips are welcome...Thanks!

 

[Apokalipse]

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independant Disks

it means using 2 or more hard drives to get faster and/or more reliable disk access.
it can read or write half the data to 2 drives at the same time to reduce transfer times, or it can mirror data between 2 drives so you have 2 copies of every file (1 on each hard drive) so if one drive fails......

 

[d_source]

OK, so since i only have one drive, how can i shut it off? Theres no need for me to get that screen at bootup.

 

[gaara]

Disable the RAID controllers, this can probably be done either through the BIOS, the device manager, or by pressing ctrl+s at startup as you've mentioned to configure the RAID settings.

 

[d_source]

Do u have the same mobo? Where in the BIOS would you find this setting? I will check out device manager and try to disable it from there, hopefully it works like that, nice and simple.