Motherboard socket 939 vs Sata

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Frank

I'm looking into upgrading. Currently I have a AN7 which has 2 sata ports.
Everytime I have to install windows xp, I need the damn sata diskette. I
would like to know if S939 motherboards with sata ports still need this
diskette to install windows .
thanks
 
Frank said:
I'm looking into upgrading. Currently I have a AN7 which has 2 sata ports.
Everytime I have to install windows xp, I need the damn sata diskette. I
would like to know if S939 motherboards with sata ports still need this
diskette to install windows .
thanks
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I assume the HDD you're installing Windows on is SATA. Are you trying
to install following a complete reformat? Which board do you have?

Some (if not most) mobos with SATA/IDE do not have the SATA drivers
natively and you do need a floppy to install the drivers to allow the
board to recognize the drive. Newer boards will probably have native
drivers in the future, but I'm not completely sure.
 
Frank,

Although I didn't bother with SATA/Raid, my MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum mobo does
need an install from floppy. There is a newer version of this board and you
could check the MSI site.

Wayne
 
Frank said:
I'm looking into upgrading. Currently I have a AN7 which has 2 sata ports.
Everytime I have to install windows xp, I need the damn sata diskette. I
would like to know if S939 motherboards with sata ports still need this
diskette to install windows .
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No and I'm surprised the AN7 does unless you've not got the BIOS
options set up properly for the SATA.
 
Frank said:
I'm looking into upgrading. Currently I have a AN7 which has 2 sata ports.
Everytime I have to install windows xp, I need the damn sata diskette. I
would like to know if S939 motherboards with sata ports still need this
diskette to install windows .
thanks
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My Gigabyte K8NSC-939 does not require separate drivers to install Win XP.
If I want to install on a RAID array [using either SATA or PATA], I do have
to load drivers during WinXP setup.
 
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