First, yes I'm a newb. I have read myself blind about instaling sata
drivers, (AT NEW INSTALL). What if I didn't no any better and have had
my OS up and running for nearly a year. How do I nstall the correct
driver. Tried the F6 thing, maybe I'm doing it incorrectly. The Device
Manager has the yellow exclamation for my scsi raid controller and
appears to be using a windows driver. Can anybody here help me
understand the install procedure for my sata driver? The website(MSI)
offers the driver for use with a floppy and is very vague on the
install procedure (I'm sure it works fine at new install) and could
use a little advice for my situation( NOT ANEW INSTALL).Your help is
very appreciated.TIA.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> First, yes I'm a newb. I have read myself blind about instaling sata
> drivers, (AT NEW INSTALL). What if I didn't no any better and have had
> my OS up and running for nearly a year. How do I nstall the correct
> driver. Tried the F6 thing, maybe I'm doing it incorrectly. The Device
> Manager has the yellow exclamation for my scsi raid controller and
> appears to be using a windows driver. Can anybody here help me
> understand the install procedure for my sata driver? The website(MSI)
> offers the driver for use with a floppy and is very vague on the
> install procedure (I'm sure it works fine at new install) and could
> use a little advice for my situation( NOT ANEW INSTALL).Your help is
> very appreciated.TIA.
>
In Device Manager uninstall/remove your SATA drive(s) and reboot. Hopefully
Windows will find the driver and install it right or if you know where the
driver is you can steer Windows to it.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> First, yes I'm a newb. I have read myself blind about instaling sata
> drivers, (AT NEW INSTALL). What if I didn't no any better and have had
> my OS up and running for nearly a year. How do I nstall the correct
> driver. Tried the F6 thing, maybe I'm doing it incorrectly. The Device
> Manager has the yellow exclamation for my scsi raid controller and
> appears to be using a windows driver. Can anybody here help me
> understand the install procedure for my sata driver? The website(MSI)
> offers the driver for use with a floppy and is very vague on the
> install procedure (I'm sure it works fine at new install) and could
> use a little advice for my situation( NOT ANEW INSTALL).Your help is
> very appreciated.TIA.

Please provide the Make/Model of your motherboard.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

My mainboard is a MSI P4N Diamond.





On Feb 12, 11:03 pm, "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote:
> <scoote...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > First, yes I'm a newb. I have read myself blind about instalingsata
> > drivers, (AT NEWINSTALL). What if I didn't know any better and have had
> > my OS up and running for nearly a year. How do I nstall the correct
> >driver. Tried the F6 thing, maybe I'm doing it incorrectly. The Device
> > Manager has the yellow exclamation for my scsi raidcontrollerand
> > appears to be using a windowsdriver. Can anybody here help me
> > understand theinstallprocedure for mysatadriver? The website(MSI)
> > offers thedriverfor use with a floppy and is very vague on the
> >installprocedure (I'm sure it works fine at newinstall) and could
> > use a little advice for my situation( NOT ANEWINSTALL).Your help is
> > very appreciated.TIA.
>
> Please provide the Make/Model of your motherboard.
>
> --
>
> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
> Conflicts start where information lacks.http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>
> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Sounds like your trying to save yourself from having to do this the right
way, aye..
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_sg_clean.asp
You might, ideally (in a perfect World) be able to add the driver(s) w/F6,
then quit at step 3, see above link.. If it doesn't work, have you tried
already..? Well, then you will need to do it the right way, see links below..
Creating a slipstream disk is a good way to add drivers, etc, too..
http://tweakhound.com/xp/installxp/installXP1.htm
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
The above links should give you plenty of info, with hours of reading and
investigative enjoyment.. lol..
If you are successful please by all means post your results, if not, then go
away, scoot, disappear, split, make like a tree and leaf, etc..
Cheers
j;-j

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> First, yes I'm a newb. I have read myself blind about instaling sata
> drivers, (AT NEW INSTALL). What if I didn't no any better and have had
> my OS up and running for nearly a year. How do I nstall the correct
> driver. Tried the F6 thing, maybe I'm doing it incorrectly. The Device
> Manager has the yellow exclamation for my scsi raid controller and
> appears to be using a windows driver. Can anybody here help me
> understand the install procedure for my sata driver? The website(MSI)
> offers the driver for use with a floppy and is very vague on the
> install procedure (I'm sure it works fine at new install) and could
> use a little advice for my situation( NOT ANEW INSTALL).Your help is
> very appreciated.TIA.
>
>

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> My mainboard is a MSI P4N Diamond.

If the chip is Silicon then this page has the P4N Diamond driver package you need.
Create a folder to extract the files into. Installation instructions are included in
all packages, read the section to install the drivers w/OS installed.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...=&Page=2&num=0


--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375




>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 12, 11:03 pm, "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote:
>> <scoote...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> > First, yes I'm a newb. I have read myself blind about instalingsata
>> > drivers, (AT NEWINSTALL). What if I didn't know any better and have had
>> > my OS up and running for nearly a year. How do I nstall the correct
>> >driver. Tried the F6 thing, maybe I'm doing it incorrectly. The Device
>> > Manager has the yellow exclamation for my scsi raidcontrollerand
>> > appears to be using a windowsdriver. Can anybody here help me
>> > understand theinstallprocedure for mysatadriver? The website(MSI)
>> > offers thedriverfor use with a floppy and is very vague on the
>> >installprocedure (I'm sure it works fine at newinstall) and could
>> > use a little advice for my situation( NOT ANEWINSTALL).Your help is
>> > very appreciated.TIA.
>>
>> Please provide the Make/Model of your motherboard.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
>> Conflicts start where information lacks.http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>>
>> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/newsre...ge.php?UID=402
Nice mobo..
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...UID=663&kind=1
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/suppor...UID=663&kind=1
If I were you, I would want this MSI mainboard setup properly..
I assume you have this Info, but just in case, pun intended.. ;D
Best of luck..
Cheers
j;-j

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

>
> My mainboard is a MSI P4N Diamond.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 12, 11:03 pm, "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote:
> > <scoote...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > > First, yes I'm a newb. I have read myself blind about instalingsata
> > > drivers, (AT NEWINSTALL). What if I didn't know any better and have had
> > > my OS up and running for nearly a year. How do I nstall the correct
> > >driver. Tried the F6 thing, maybe I'm doing it incorrectly. The Device
> > > Manager has the yellow exclamation for my scsi raidcontrollerand
> > > appears to be using a windowsdriver. Can anybody here help me
> > > understand theinstallprocedure for mysatadriver? The website(MSI)
> > > offers thedriverfor use with a floppy and is very vague on the
> > >installprocedure (I'm sure it works fine at newinstall) and could
> > > use a little advice for my situation( NOT ANEWINSTALL).Your help is
> > > very appreciated.TIA.
> >
> > Please provide the Make/Model of your motherboard.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
> > Conflicts start where information lacks.http://basconotw.mvps.org/
> >
> > Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> > How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>