New System Setup - P4P800-Dlx

[Freddie Clark]

Finally decided to upgrade from my old P3-866/CUSL2-C. Here is what I have:

P4P800 deluxe
P4 2.8 Prescott CPU
Antec TruePower 550P
1Gb Corsair TwinX 3200LL-Pro
2 X Maxtor 80Gb SATA HDD
2 X Maxtor 120Gb IDE HDD
Asus 402P DVD Burner
Lite-On 5232K CD-RW/DVD Dive
Sapphire 9800Pro Atlantis Radeon
SB Audigy LS

I do not plan to RAID anything
It will be a clean XP Pro Install.
A few Questions.

Can I just put the SATA drives in and boot without loading any drivers ( the
SATA will be my Boot and Data Drives).

Should I use the IDE for the two Optical drives and put the IDE HDD on the
Via controller??
If so do I need to load any drivers for the Via controller.

Anything else which can bite me, before I start on this.

regards
Freddie

 

[Darkfalz]

1Gb Corsair TwinX 3200LL-Pro

You got this as a pair for Dual Channel mode, right?

SB Audigy LS

You don't really need this (if you haven't already bought it), as the
onboard sound is fine.

Can I just put the SATA drives in and boot without loading any drivers ( the
SATA will be my Boot and Data Drives).

XP SP1 supports SATA.

Should I use the IDE for the two Optical drives and put the IDE HDD on the
Via controller??
Yes.

If so do I need to load any drivers for the Via controller.

Yes, to enable ATA133 mode.

 

[Freddie Clark]

Thanks for the Info Guys

Freddie