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I HAVE JUST INSTALLED A VIA MB, P4PB400 AND A PROMISE RAID SX4000 BOARD, ALONG WITH TWO MAXTOR DL740 7200RPM ATA 133 DRIVES ON IT. IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO GET THE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING BUT IT WILL NOT COME UP PAST THE RAID UTILITY IF THE TWO DRIVES ARE ATTACHED. WITHOUT THEM IT WILL COME TO THE BUILD ARRAY WINDOW, BUT OF COURSE YOU CANT DO IT WITHOUT THE DRIVES. HOOK UP THE DRIVES AND IT GET TO THAT POINT AND SAYS IT DOES NOT DETECT PROPER INTERRUPTS, CHECK THE PCI IRQ SETUP AND MAKE SURE THE PCI SUPPORTS BUS MASTER OPERATIONS. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT BUS MASTER IN THE VIA BOOK BUT I WOULD THINK IT DOES SUPPORT IT. I HAVE AN ETHERNET CARD AND SOUND CARD ALSO. MOVING THESE CHANGES NOTHING. THE ONLY WAY I GOT TO WHERE I AM IS BY A LOT OF TIME AND TROUBLSHOOTING TO FIND OUT VERY LITTLE. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT.