Can't install Windows XP on my SATA drives

[JC Martin]

More problems it seems.

I have my 2 SATA 120gb Seagate hard drives connected to the SATA RAID 1
& 2 connectors (configured as IDE on the Promise controller in
BIOS...not using as RAID). When installing XP, it won't recognize my
hard drives. So I press F6, then S and installed the Promise 378 ata
drivers. Windows then says that it has recognized the controller as a
storage device, but not the hard drives. I continue on and XP tells me
it doesn't recognize any storage devices again.

I've seen that people have had problems with SATA and XP but the
solution it seems was to install the drivers. What am I missing?

Best,
JC

 

[JC Martin]

BTW, my mobo is a P4C800-E.

-JC

 

[RonK]

You have your hard drives connected to the wrong Sata connections - You have
4 Sata connections.

You have :
ICH5R with Integrated SATA and RAID 0, 1
and
Promise SATA controller

 

[RonK]

South Bridge:
-2 x UltraDMA 100
-2 x Serial ATA with RAID 0, 1
Promise 20378 RAID controller:
-1 x UltraDMA 133 support two hard drives
-2 x Serial ATA -RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, Multiple RAID

 

[JC Martin]

Thanks Ron for the info. I guess was under the illusion that I could
use the Promise controller on the SATA RAID connectors. Isn't there a
way to use these connectors as merely SATA controllers though? Since I
have a SATA DVD-RW, where should I put this? Any advice would be
appreciated.

Best,
JC

 

[Courseyauto]

Thanks Ron for the info. I guess was under the illusion that I could
use the Promise controller on the SATA RAID connectors. Isn't there a
way to use these connectors as merely SATA controllers though? Since I
have a SATA DVD-RW, where should I put this? Any advice would be
appreciated.

Best,
JC""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
You can use the SATA controllers for a non raid SATA drive,but you still have
to install the raid driver at F6. you dont enable it as raid or set up a raid
array. I would use the ICH5R controller and get the latest raid drivers from
the INTEL web site. I think you can assign one of the IDE channels to the
onchip Sata controller but it it only work with SATA perhipials. I did this
with a Gigabyte MB,used IDE primary channels for IDE drives and secondary IDE
channels for SATA drives. On the Gigabyte board in the integrated
perihiperals in the bios,under sata port configuration i set IDE sec master to
remap sata port 0 to secondary master. DOUG

 

[JC Martin]

Thanks Ron for the info. I guess was under the illusion that I could
use the Promise controller on the SATA RAID connectors. Isn't there a
way to use these connectors as merely SATA controllers though? Since I
have a SATA DVD-RW, where should I put this? Any advice would be
appreciated.

Best,
JC""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
You can use the SATA controllers for a non raid SATA drive,but you still have
to install the raid driver at F6. you dont enable it as raid or set up a raid
array. I would use the ICH5R controller and get the latest raid drivers from
the INTEL web site. I think you can assign one of the IDE channels to the
onchip Sata controller but it it only work with SATA perhipials. I did this
with a Gigabyte MB,used IDE primary channels for IDE drives and secondary IDE
channels for SATA drives. On the Gigabyte board in the integrated
perihiperals in the bios,under sata port configuration i set IDE sec master to
remap sata port 0 to secondary master. DOUG

I think I'm following all of this...though am I correct in saying that
Windows won't install on the SATA controller but will on the ICH5R?
Should I put the drive that will have XP installed on SATA 1, DVD-RW on
SATA 2 (ICH5R controller I assume) and then put my storage drive on SATA
RAID 1. I'm at work and I don't have my manual on me, so forgive me if
I'm not getting it. This SATA thing is foreign to me.

Best,
-JC

 

[Courseyauto]

QUOTE:
I think I'm following all of this...though am I correct in saying that
Windows won't install on the SATA controller but will on the ICH5R?
Should I put the drive that will have XP installed on SATA 1, DVD-RW on
SATA 2 (ICH5R controller I assume) and then put my storage drive on SATA
RAID 1. I'm at work and I don't have my manual on me, so forgive me if
I'm not getting it. This SATA thing is foreign to me.

Best,
-JC
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The ICH5R is a SATA controller by INTEL,which bypasses the PCI buss and is the
better of the 2 SATA controllers. The other SATA controller is the promise
controller. I dont know how your ICH5R are numbered but mine are sata 0 SB and
sata 1 SB,SB meaning southbridge or intel southbridge chipset. The oth will be
SATA 0 and SATA 1. You can install XP on either SATA controller if you use the
correct raid driver for the controller. INTEL driver for the SB INTEL
SATAcontroller and the Promise raid driver for the Promise raid controller. the
drivers will need to be a on a floppy. i would install XP on the INTEL SB SATA
controller and remap the Promise controller to secondary master IDE channel.

heres the INTEL driver download:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?agr=Y&ProductID
=961&DwnldID=6364

Just enable the ICH5R SATA controller in the bios,you have to create a raid
array,but you do have to install the driver at F6.

 

[Courseyauto]

You will have to copy and paste the this whole http adress for the link to
work.
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?agr=Y&ProductID
=961&DwnldID=6364

 

[RonK]

JC - Doug is right on all - The Intel is faster than the Promise. On my A8V
the Via Sata is faster than the promise controller.

When you install XP - Hit F6 and have both floppies ready but none in the
floppy drive.
When it gets to the part asking for the Sata driver from the floppy, Put one
of the floppies in the drive and hit Enter.
After it has that driver, remove that floppy and hit S again at the
prompt. Put the other floppy in the drive at the promt then it will show
that XP will install both Sata Drivers. One for the Intel and one for the
Promise. Any drives connected to any Sata connections will be shown when you
make your selection of which drive to install XP on. You can also create
more than 1 partiton on any hard drive at this point or just leave it as 1
large partiton.

Ron

 

[JC Martin]

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The ICH5R is a SATA controller by INTEL,which bypasses the PCI buss and is the
better of the 2 SATA controllers. The other SATA controller is the promise
controller. I dont know how your ICH5R are numbered but mine are sata 0 SB and
sata 1 SB,SB meaning southbridge or intel southbridge chipset. The oth will be
SATA 0 and SATA 1. You can install XP on either SATA controller if you use the
correct raid driver for the controller. INTEL driver for the SB INTEL
SATAcontroller and the Promise raid driver for the Promise raid controller. the
drivers will need to be a on a floppy. i would install XP on the INTEL SB SATA
controller and remap the Promise controller to secondary master IDE channel.

heres the INTEL driver download:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?agr=Y&ProductID
=961&DwnldID=6364

Just enable the ICH5R SATA controller in the bios,you have to create a raid
array,but you do have to install the driver at F6.

I'm sorry...I meant to say the Promise controller rather than SATA.
Interestingly though, ICH5R must be a default because BIOS doesn't have
an enable or disable for it. It just is. If you attach a device to
SATA 1 or 2 (ICH5R controller), it's recognized. On the Promise
controller, you have the ability to switch between RAID and IDE
configuration. In the ASUS manual, it says that the Promise controller
won't recognize peripheral devices like a CD-ROM. Well, I have a SATA
DVD-RW, so I guess the Promise controller won't work with this? Anyway,
XP wouldn't install on the Promise controller...which I guess is a good
thing anyway. So I put one hard drive on the ICH5R to install XP on,
one hard drive on the Promise controller for storage (I've heard the
Promise controller is good for storage) and the SATA DVD-RW on the
ICH5R. It seems this was my only option. XP installed fine. I haven't
seen yet if the other hard drive or DVD-RW is functional. I'm crossing
my fingers.

Best,
JC

 

[JC Martin]

Thanks for all the info Ron..and everyone else.

I just have a couple questions then. It seems that the Promise
controller is only used for back-up (hard drive memory). No peripheral
devices like CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, etc. can run on this if I'm correct. So
is using one hard drive on the Promise controller as storage for
multi-media type of work okay? Does this slow down my computer? Should
I simply buy an IDE DVD-RW device instead?


Happy Thanksgiving,
JC

 

[Courseyauto]

I'm sorry...I meant to say the Promise controller rather than SATA.
Interestingly though, ICH5R must be a default because BIOS doesn't have
an enable or disable for it. It just is. If you attach a device to
SATA 1 or 2 (ICH5R controller), it's recognized. On the Promise
controller, you have the ability to switch between RAID and IDE
configuration. In the ASUS manual, it says that the Promise controller
won't recognize peripheral devices like a CD-ROM. Well, I have a SATA
DVD-RW, so I guess the Promise controller won't work with this? Anyway,
XP wouldn't install on the Promise controller...which I guess is a good
thing anyway. So I put one hard drive on the ICH5R to install XP on,
one hard drive on the Promise controller for storage (I've heard the
Promise controller is good for storage) and the SATA DVD-RW on the
ICH5R. It seems this was my only option. XP installed fine. I haven't
seen yet if the other hard drive or DVD-RW is functional. I'm crossing
my fingers.

Best,
JC
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You may have to format the sata drive on the promise controller before it will
be recognized in windows.

 

[Courseyauto]

Thanks for all the info Ron..and everyone else.

I just have a couple questions then. It seems that the Promise
controller is only used for back-up (hard drive memory). No peripheral
devices like CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, etc. can run on this if I'm correct. So
is using one hard drive on the Promise controller as storage for
multi-media type of work okay? Does this slow down my computer? Should
I simply buy an IDE DVD-RW device instead?


Happy Thanksgiving,
JC------------------------------------------------------------------------