RE: SATA DRIVE

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From: BAR (BAR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:35:01 -0700

I beg to differ with Andrew, however on the Gigabyte based systems that I have used, also with a single SATA drive it was necessary for a driver file.

In those that I have configured, one required to setup the SATA / RAID in BIOS, in this case choosing BASE configuration [not using any RAID functionality]. Also there are two RAID controller options, one for using true RAID functions and another where BASE is used.

I created a floppy driver disk for the specicif function that was setup in BIOS.

No problems with XP installation or reboot.

Check the manual to see if indeed you have given the correct driver for Windows at the F6 prompt.

Also SiS has some documentation on the driver you specified:

http://www.sis.com.tw/newsletter/release_note/raid_105.pdf

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Two DVD drives on IDE 2 same result,what result was it...
> If youre simply installing a SATA drive solo,no drivers are needed,the
> only reason for installing drivers from a floppy is when 2 SATA drives
> are set as a mirrored,or stripped configuration,then install from floppy,
> then proceed to install xp.1 maxtor 120 SATA drive is only going to be
> good for storage the way youre headed.
>
> "Jb" wrote:
>
> > Anyone had probs with installing a Maxtor 120 SATA drive?
> >
> > A new build using Asrock K7S8XE+A/ASR board. AMD3000+ 512DDR333
> >
> > 2 DVD drives set as master and slave on IDE2(tried them on IDE1 same result)
> >
> > Boot from XP Pro and press F6 to install drivers from floppy as per
> > instructions and everything progresses as it should. Windows copies files to
> > hard drive (it is recognized as 'C') but then at the first reboot reports it
> > can't find SiSRaid.sys. The option to press ESC is there to ignore (the only
> > other option is F3 to end set-up) and it then goes to on report it can't
> > find several more files that are on the floppy, it doesn't attempt to read
> > the floppy but asks about installing from the CD.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Brewin
> >
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