SATA HDD

[Jimbo]

Hi,

I'm having problems installing a sata hard drive using a
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 mobo . When I try to install XP
after installing Sata drivers first I still get the
message no hard drives installed.

I've asked Gigabyte about this and got this reply :

---------------------------------------------------------
There is a limitation to Windows xp..it can only read from
IDE 0 and IDE1..you need to map the drive to one of these
ports. when you do this you can"t physically use the IDE
that you have mapped it to. So normally put your dvd/cd on
the first ide0 and then you will not put a physicall
conection on the IDE 1 as this will cause a conflict.

If you have only one SATA HDD or two SATA HDDs need to
work independently, it will need to set it to "BASE"
configuration.

In the BIOS - Make sure the "Onboard H/W Serial ATA " is
enable and set the "Serial ATA Function" to "BASE"under
the "Integrated Peripheral".

You need to prepare the RAID driver on the floppy disk.
1) Browse the M/B utility CD.
2) Open the "bootdrv" folder.
3) Double click "Menu".
4) Type the number for the needed driver (Sil). It will
copy the driver to the floppy disk automatically.

When you boot from the CD and the Windows setup screen
comes up, press "F6" to install the 3rd party driver and
follow the instruction to install the OS

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply.

I've followed the instructions excactly as given by
Gigabyte (ignoring the first paragraph) and still no joy.

I'll try again (for about the 20th time) creating a new
floppy with copies of the drivers.

 

[jimbo]

-----Original Message-----
Thanks for your reply.

I've followed the instructions excactly as given by
Gigabyte (ignoring the first paragraph) and still no joy.

I'll try again (for about the 20th time) creating a new
floppy with copies of the drivers.


Still wont work I'm begining to think there's a problem with the HDD.

.

 

[zibby]

Hi,

I'm having problems installing a sata hard drive using a
Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 mobo . When I try to install XP
after installing Sata drivers first I still get the
message no hard drives installed.

I've asked Gigabyte about this and got this reply :

---------------------------------------------------------
There is a limitation to Windows xp..it can only read from
IDE 0 and IDE1..you need to map the drive to one of these
ports. when you do this you can"t physically use the IDE
that you have mapped it to. So normally put your dvd/cd on
the first ide0 and then you will not put a physicall
conection on the IDE 1 as this will cause a conflict.

If you have only one SATA HDD or two SATA HDDs need to
work independently, it will need to set it to "BASE"
configuration.

In the BIOS - Make sure the "Onboard H/W Serial ATA " is
enable and set the "Serial ATA Function" to "BASE"under
the "Integrated Peripheral".

You need to prepare the RAID driver on the floppy disk.
1) Browse the M/B utility CD.
2) Open the "bootdrv" folder.
3) Double click "Menu".
4) Type the number for the needed driver (Sil). It will
copy the driver to the floppy disk automatically.

When you boot from the CD and the Windows setup screen
comes up, press "F6" to install the 3rd party driver and
follow the instruction to install the OS

what they told you is BS.
I have Asus mb P4C800-E with
SATA Maxtor 200Gb set as first to boot from with Boot Magic and primary
partition (FAT32) and second partition NTFS with WinXP
IDE Maxtor 8Gb connected to primary IDE port set as master
DVD-R/W Pioneer connected to secondary IDE port set as master.

BIOS settings
Boot sequence
first from HD, CD-ROM, Floppy drive

another menu for HD boot sequence.
SATA first
IDE second

With that settings I installed WinXP first from CD. It recognized SATA
drive, formatted and installed.
It used only 135Gb till I applied SP2 and used Partition magic to resize
drive to full volume.
Later on I resized SATA drive again to install Boot Magic, connected second
drive (IDE) installed Win98
Setup BM for both OSes, and sh... works.

So to keep story short you don't need to map anything. When you install RAID
drives then you need to install RAID driver during WinXP installation.

When you boot from the CD and the Windows setup screen
comes up, press "F6" to install the 3rd party driver and
follow the instruction to install the OS

Hope it will help you.

 

[jimbo]

what they told you is BS.
I have Asus mb P4C800-E with
SATA Maxtor 200Gb set as first to boot from with Boot Magic and primary
partition (FAT32) and second partition NTFS with WinXP
IDE Maxtor 8Gb connected to primary IDE port set as master
DVD-R/W Pioneer connected to secondary IDE port set as master.

BIOS settings
Boot sequence
first from HD, CD-ROM, Floppy drive

another menu for HD boot sequence.
SATA first
IDE second

With that settings I installed WinXP first from CD. It recognized SATA
drive, formatted and installed.
It used only 135Gb till I applied SP2 and used Partition magic to resize
drive to full volume.
Later on I resized SATA drive again to install Boot Magic, connected second
drive (IDE) installed Win98
Setup BM for both OSes, and sh... works.

So to keep story short you don't need to map anything. When you install RAID
drives then you need to install RAID driver during WinXP installation.

Hope it will help you.


Thanks I'll give it another try.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to all who replied.

I still haven't managed to get it setup, I reckon the
drive is faulty so taking it back pronto.

 

[six]

Are there any solutions to this? This is my exact problem and with th
same mobo. I am using 2 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250 GB HDDs and I can'
get them to be recognized. I don't think it is the drives, but th
RAID. Would an PCI expansion RAID card make the difference?
I have tried absolutly everything...including "hack" bios' from guy
merging updated bios' from the RAID developer.

This is a big dissapointment. I have installed about a dozen Gigabyt
G 7AXP Ultras' with RAID configs and I must say they all absolutl
rocked, but this sucks!

Thanks for any help possible
Wilson Hines
wilsonhinesA THotmail.com