SATA A7N8Xdeluxe main board problems

[S.O.S.D.D.]

Just picked up a Maxtor 160gig SATA hard drive.
I have been trying to load it up. The bios and windows do not recognize it.
The question I have is: The drivers for the SATA controller on the disk are
supposed to be on a floppy
I didn't get a floppy with my board. So I down loaded the drivers from the
Nvidia site. My problem is when I tried to install it, it says it's for SATA
Raid. Is that the same thing as the SATA controller or is it just for the
Raid Controller?
I tried to load it through the Windows setup press F6 go add device (i
can't remember exactly) press S
it asks for the floppy. (I copied files from the driver file I downloaded
from Nvidia on to it) It show's two choices both of them were Raid SATA.
TIA folks

 

[S.O.S.D.D.]

Just picked up a Maxtor 160gig SATA hard drive.
I have been trying to load it up. The bios and windows do not recognize it.
The question I have is: The drivers for the SATA controller on the disk are
supposed to be on a floppy
I didn't get a floppy with my board. So I down loaded the drivers from the
Nvidia site. My problem is when I tried to install it, it says it's for SATA
Raid. Is that the same thing as the SATA controller or is it just for the
Raid Controller?
I tried to load it through the Windows setup press F6 go add device (i
can't remember exactly) press S
it asks for the floppy. (I copied files from the driver file I downloaded
from Nvidia on to it) It show's two choices both of them were Raid SATA.
TIA folks

This is What it said when I was to pick the driver ((( Select the SCSI
Adapter you want
from the following list ( silicon image SIL 3x12 SATARAID for Windows XP
/ Server 2003
( silicon image SIL 3x12 SATARAID for
Windows NT 4.0 and 2000

Are these the right ones and if so which one do I use on Windows XP pro SP1
Again TIA

 

[Dr Teeth]

Are these the right ones and if so which one do I use on Windows XP pro SP1
Again TIA

Could it possibly be the one that says Windows XP? As you have not
actually told us what your OS is, I'm guessing.

Cheers,

Guy

** I may not be perfect, but I'm
** English, and that's the next best thing!

 

[D R Tester]

Email me - I'll send you all a zip file with the latest drivers and detailed
instructions, it catches a few people out. Watch the spam trap in my email
address...

Dom

 

[Ben Pope]

nVidia do not supply drivers for Silicon Image controllers on Asus boards.

My problem is when I tried to install it, it says it's

Your SATA controller is a SATA RAID controller. They are one and the same
thing. You do not HAVE to use RAID, but since your controller is a RAID
controller, you must use the driver for the RAID controller.

Yes, but only one of them is for your OS... it's the one that says it's for
your OS.

This is What it said when I was to pick the driver ((( Select the SCSI
Adapter you want
from the following list ( silicon image SIL 3x12 SATARAID for Windows
XP / Server 2003

This one is for Windows XP, thats why it says "for Windows XP". It's not a
trick.

Ben

 

[Dr Teeth]

Could it possibly be the one that says Windows XP? As you have not
actually told us what your OS is, I'm guessing.

Brain failure spotted.

Brain rebooted.

Cheers,

Guy

** I may not be perfect, but I'm
** English, and that's the next best thing!

 

[S.O.S.D.D.]

I was able to get the right ones Yes it's XP I keep forgetting there are
other better OS's out there
Yes brain freeze I've been at this silly thing for 8 hours now.

Email me - I'll send you all a zip file with the latest drivers and detailed
instructions, it catches a few people out. Watch the spam trap in my email
address...

Dom

I was able to get the right ones Yes it's XP I keep forgetting there are
other better OS's out there
Yes brain freeze I've been at this silly thing for 8 hours now.
Now from where I left off: Like I said I loaded the drivers the right way.
loaded windows from
CD hit F6 waited hit S Loaded the windows XP controller driver. Continued
got to the part after
press F8 to load windows on drive. At this point is says there is no HD
connnected and asks me to exit

I'm at a loss now Any Ideas I've been reading a lot and haven't seen
anything on this happening.
TIA
One more thing in the boot up it shows the HD there Maxtor Y160MO 160GIG