I've just purchased a K8V Deluxe and Athlon 64 3000+ processor. I also
purchased a single 160GB SATA HD which I intend to use as my primary boot
drive. I have no interest in a RAID configuration at this time. Will any
of the 4 SATA connectors on this mobo (2 VIA and 2 Promise) be able to be
used as the primary boot connection or do I need to connect the drive to a
particular SATA connector? As I understand it, SATA drivers need to be
installed in order to use the SATA interfaces. If so, how do I do a format
of the new HD prior to installing the SATA drivers provided with the mobo?

Thank You in advance for any replies,

Boff

"Boff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've just purchased a K8V Deluxe and Athlon 64 3000+ processor. I also
> purchased a single 160GB SATA HD which I intend to use as my primary boot
> drive. I have no interest in a RAID configuration at this time. Will any
> of the 4 SATA connectors on this mobo (2 VIA and 2 Promise) be able to be
> used as the primary boot connection or do I need to connect the drive to a
> particular SATA connector? As I understand it, SATA drivers need to be
> installed in order to use the SATA interfaces. If so, how do I do a
format
> of the new HD prior to installing the SATA drivers provided with the mobo?
>
> Thank You in advance for any replies,
>
> Boff
>

For a single drive, connect it to the connector labeled SATA1 next to the
VIA southbridge. This is the primary connector on the VIA southbridge and
should provide the best throughput. It is where mine is connected. You
will need to make a driver floppy from the files on the CD that came with
the board if you want to install your OS directly to the SATA drive. You
don't say which OS you are going to install, but if it is Windows 2000/XP,
boot off the install cd and press F6 when prompted. Follow the directions
to install the third party drivers. After loading this driver, you will be
able to format and install as usual. I didn't get my SATA drive until after
I had all the other parts, so I installed on a standard IDE drive, installed
the drivers once in XP/2000 and then ghosted my IDE drive to my SATA drive
when it arrived. After ghosting, since the drivers were already on the
drive, I could boot in the same manner as if I had installed XP/2000 on the
SATA drive to begin with.

Sick Willie

"Sick Willie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Boff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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<snip>, so I installed on a standard IDE drive, installed
> the drivers once in XP/2000 and then ghosted my IDE drive to my SATA drive
> when it arrived. After ghosting, since the drivers were already on the
> drive, I could boot in the same manner as if I had installed XP/2000 on
the
> SATA drive to begin with.
>
> Sick Willie

Sorry to digress here, I'm planning on switching to SATA at somepoint, and
wondered could I get away with copying the partition (Partition Magic) after
installing SATA drivers from IDE to SATA drive, or would I have to do the
repair install trick to get XP to recognise the different HDD Controller?

Cheers

Dave Catchpole wrote:
> "Sick Willie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>"Boff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> <snip>, so I installed on a standard IDE drive, installed
>
>>the drivers once in XP/2000 and then ghosted my IDE drive to my SATA drive
>>when it arrived. After ghosting, since the drivers were already on the
>>drive, I could boot in the same manner as if I had installed XP/2000 on
>
> the
>
>>SATA drive to begin with.
>>
>>Sick Willie
>
>
> Sorry to digress here, I'm planning on switching to SATA at somepoint, and
> wondered could I get away with copying the partition (Partition Magic) after
> installing SATA drivers from IDE to SATA drive, or would I have to do the
> repair install trick to get XP to recognise the different HDD Controller?
>
> Cheers
>
>
No repair install should be needed if all your doing is switching from
PATA to SATA. Just install the Drivers on the IDE disk before Ghosting
to the SATA. Change BIOS to boot off the SATA and away you go. I did
this with 3 drives, so I'm sure it will work.

Rob

"Dave Catchpole" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Sick Willie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Boff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> <snip>, so I installed on a standard IDE drive, installed
> > the drivers once in XP/2000 and then ghosted my IDE drive to my SATA
drive
> > when it arrived. After ghosting, since the drivers were already on the
> > drive, I could boot in the same manner as if I had installed XP/2000 on
> the
> > SATA drive to begin with.
> >
> > Sick Willie
>
> Sorry to digress here, I'm planning on switching to SATA at somepoint, and
> wondered could I get away with copying the partition (Partition Magic)
after
> installing SATA drivers from IDE to SATA drive, or would I have to do the
> repair install trick to get XP to recognise the different HDD Controller?
>
> Cheers
>

As long as Partition Magic does as complete a job as Ghost does, you will
have no problem. If you attempted the repair install, you would have to
supply the drivers on floppy since XP would not find them on the CD as thus
would not find your SATA hard drive.

Sick Willie

"Sick Willie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Boff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > I've just purchased a K8V Deluxe and Athlon 64 3000+ processor. I also
> > purchased a single 160GB SATA HD which I intend to use as my primary
boot
> > drive. I have no interest in a RAID configuration at this time. Will
any
> > of the 4 SATA connectors on this mobo (2 VIA and 2 Promise) be able to
be
> > used as the primary boot connection or do I need to connect the drive to
a
> > particular SATA connector? As I understand it, SATA drivers need to be
> > installed in order to use the SATA interfaces. If so, how do I do a
> format
> > of the new HD prior to installing the SATA drivers provided with the
mobo?
> >
> > Thank You in advance for any replies,
> >
> > Boff
> >
>
> For a single drive, connect it to the connector labeled SATA1 next to the
> VIA southbridge. This is the primary connector on the VIA southbridge and
> should provide the best throughput. It is where mine is connected. You
> will need to make a driver floppy from the files on the CD that came with
> the board if you want to install your OS directly to the SATA drive. You
> don't say which OS you are going to install, but if it is Windows 2000/XP,
> boot off the install cd and press F6 when prompted. Follow the
directions
> to install the third party drivers. After loading this driver, you will
be
> able to format and install as usual. I didn't get my SATA drive until
after
> I had all the other parts, so I installed on a standard IDE drive,
installed
> the drivers once in XP/2000 and then ghosted my IDE drive to my SATA drive
> when it arrived. After ghosting, since the drivers were already on the
> drive, I could boot in the same manner as if I had installed XP/2000 on
the
> SATA drive to begin with.
>
> Sick Willie
>
>

Thanks for the reply. I will be installing Win XP Pro on the drive. I'll
follow your instructions and see how it goes.

Thanks Again,

Boff

"Sick Willie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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<snip>
> As long as Partition Magic does as complete a job as Ghost does, you will
> have no problem. If you attempted the repair install, you would have to
> supply the drivers on floppy since XP would not find them on the CD as
thus
> would not find your SATA hard drive.
>
> Sick Willie

Ghost was the other option that I was thinking of.

Note, the SATA interface is not onboard, on an external PCI card, will that
still be usable as a boot device, would it be treated as a SCSI card in the
bios similar to how XP shows the controller in the Device manager?

Regards and many thanks so far!

Dave

"Dave Catchpole" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Sick Willie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >
> <snip>
> > As long as Partition Magic does as complete a job as Ghost does, you
will
> > have no problem. If you attempted the repair install, you would have to
> > supply the drivers on floppy since XP would not find them on the CD as
> thus
> > would not find your SATA hard drive.
> >
> > Sick Willie
>
> Ghost was the other option that I was thinking of.
>
> Note, the SATA interface is not onboard, on an external PCI card, will
that
> still be usable as a boot device, would it be treated as a SCSI card in
the
> bios similar to how XP shows the controller in the Device manager?
>
> Regards and many thanks so far!
>
> Dave
>

You would treat it as SCSI in setup, and as long as it has a boot BIOS
(which I am sure it does) you will be good to go.

Sick Willie