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

From: v8625 (v8625_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/12/04 

Date: 12 May 2004 08:06:21 -0700

I put the latest BIOS as soon as I replaced the board. Current version
is 1.23 (for board revision 2.0), which updates SATA BIOS to v4.2.47.
So everthying was up-to-date.
Regards.

Ron Martell <ron@onlinehelp.bc.ca> wrote in message news:<a0n0a05306s2vrni3tpq4a9bcerv4nctnf@4ax.com>...
> 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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