First set the BIOS for SATA,& set to cdrom/dvdrom as 1st boot device,hd
2nd in boot priority.Also,if Fatality has RAID capability,or even if it
doesnt,try
loading the ICH5 or ICH6 SATA/RAID drivers at the F6 option,when booting to
xp cd.Get the floppy drivers/software from ABIT or INTEL,for that controller,
usually with that installed before xp gets installed youre 500GB hd will be
recog-
nized entirely....Also,at xp set up screen,delete partition(s),create one
before
it formats the hd.
"3schnauzers" wrote:
> I recently got a new motherboard and HD, due to a head crash. The mother
> board is Abit Fatal1ty F-190HD and the HD is WD 500G SATA. I have the
> original XP home with no service packs. After booting from the SATA Philips
> DVD writer, the HD is formatted the usual 130G partition and the initial file
> load is accomplished with no problems. After the install boots to the HD to
> continue the install, the banner XP Home screen is displayed, but without the
> oblong window in the middle of the screen showing the horizontally scrolling
> 3 squares. I left the install at that point all night, but it never did
> another thing.
>
> I thought there might be a problem recognizing the SATA devices, so I hooked
> up an old DVD-ROM and 250G HD to the IDE port and the same exact thing
> occurred again, hanging at the initial banner screen after the boot. I have
> 1gB memory, Pentium 4 Prescott (3Gh). I tried to boot up in Safe Mode but
> loaded it's driver files and just sat there. Any suggestions?
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