Re: XP In-Place Upgrade, Repair, or some other trick? (replaced motherboard)

From: Ron Martell (ron_at_onlinehelp.bc.ca)
Date: 05/11/04

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    Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 04:55:19 GMT

    v8625@hotmail.com (v8625) wrote:

    >Replaced Chaintech Chaintech 7NJS motherboard with Abit NF7-S.
    >Chaintech uses Promise PDC20376 SATA RAID controller, Abit uses
    >Silicon Image SIL-3112.
    >Did "in-place" upgrade as required, installed SATA drivers during
    >boot, and added them during Windows XP Professional re-install.
    >Everything went smoothly, machine works, no performance issues.
    >However, Silicon Image SATA RAID driver in Device Manager appears in
    >"Other Devices" under the yellow question mark. All my attempts to
    >upgrade/reinstall/uninstall it have failed, or more precisely, Windows
    >never goes past its first splash screen after all such attempts - the
    >little thingie that runs from left to right before XP actually starts
    >to boot just stops and sits there. So it forces me to use "last good
    >menu".
    >Any and all suggestions, ideas, and recommendations would be highly
    >appreciated.

    Check your BIOS version number and go to
    http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/bios/bios_revision.php?categories=1&model=6
    and see if there is an update available.

    Good luck

    Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada 

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