nVidia F6 floppy drivers?

[Richard Dower]

Can anyone tell me where i could download the drivers need to install SATA
RAID using the F6 option under Windows XP?

I know motherboard CD's come with the drivers and you extract them off the
disc and make a F6 floppy install disc, but can they be downloaded from the
net?

For nVidia nForce 3 Ultra motherboards.......

 

[David Maynard]

Can anyone tell me where i could download the drivers need to install SATA
RAID using the F6 option under Windows XP?

I know motherboard CD's come with the drivers and you extract them off the
disc and make a F6 floppy install disc, but can they be downloaded from the
net?

For nVidia nForce 3 Ultra motherboards.......

What's wrong with the manufacturer's web site?

 

[Richard Dower]

What's wrong with the manufacturer's web site?

I can't find them!, they are not part of the nForce driver package from
Nvidia.

 

[Fitz]

Read the motherboard manual. It should tell you what make SATA RAID you
have. Silicon Image is probably a good bet. Promise is the other popular
brand.

You could look on the motherboard CD using Windows Explorer to browse the
CD, and see who's they are. Example: Sil_3XXX is Silicon Image. That way you
would also see the version you have.

Fitz

 

[David Maynard]

I can't find them!,

Can't find who? Where?

they are not part of the nForce driver package from
Nvidia.

Why don't you SAY what the motherboard is and who made the thing?

 

[Richard Dower]

Why don't you SAY what the motherboard is and who made the thing?

Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939, nForce 3 Ultra chipset;

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_GA-K8NSNXP-939.htm

The driver download page does not have a link to download the nesscary
drivers to create a floppy disc for the F6 stage of a fresh install of
Windows XP.

Thus, can anyone point me to a link whereby i could download these latest
drivers?

 

[Fitz]

The SATA RAID is Silicon Image, the PATA is GigaRAID (This is if it is the
same as the K8NNXP that I am running).

Fitz

 

[Richard Dower]

The SATA RAID is Silicon Image, the PATA is GigaRAID (This is if it is the
same as the K8NNXP that I am running).

Fitz

No, there is no GigaRAID controller. It has a Sil3512 controller and you can
download the nesscary drivers from the Silicon Image website;

http://12.24.47.40/display/2/index....512Q04X5i0UupP4SveI6dt2WJi7&cid=2&r=0.1637689


What i am looking for is the drivers for the NVIDIA SATA controller, to
setup RAID under a fresh install of Windows XP Professional SP2.

 

[Fitz]

Can you extract the NVidia SATA driver from the installation CD to a floppy,
set up your RAID, install the OS and the full chipset drivers. Then update
those from the Gigabyte download site?

I couldn't find any specific (separate) NForce 3 Ultra SATA drivers either.
They have to be embedded in the chipset driver package.

Fitz

 

[JAD]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10.html

 

[Richard Dower]

I lost my disc!

 

[Richard Dower]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10.html

Right, so where are the F6 floppy drivers within this package??

 

[JAD]

I was hoping you would understand that there is none,,,, its an ALL IN
ONE install it seems. after you download it, maybe there are folders
created that contain the sata drivers or it has a batch file that
creates a floppy. Your the one that has the manual on that board
right?, if I remember , there was an 'insert' given that
discussed sata install.

 

[Richard Dower]

I was hoping you would understand that there is none,,,, its an ALL IN
ONE install it seems. after you download it, maybe there are folders
created that contain the sata drivers or it has a batch file that
creates a floppy. Your the one that has the manual on that board
right?, if I remember , there was an 'insert' given that
discussed sata install.

Manual says the F6 floppy drivers are on the CD, you can create a floppy
disk using the CD or at bootup.

 

[JAD]

ok.. that sounds right but you have no cd....so download the drivers
and run the install. You read the page right, so your aware of certain
criteria has to be met. It looks as though they expect a full install
already present of the OS WITH SPx already done BTW. So this, as a
first time clean install, isn't user friendly to say the least.
Doesn't seem right, but you can get the driver files by downloading
the file.

 

[David Maynard]

Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939, nForce 3 Ultra chipset;

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_GA-K8NSNXP-939.htm

The driver download page does not have a link to download the nesscary
drivers to create a floppy disc for the F6 stage of a fresh install of
Windows XP.

Thus, can anyone point me to a link whereby i could download these latest
drivers?

Download the unified driver and extract it with winzip or winrar.

 

[Andy]

Right, so where are the F6 floppy drivers within this package??

It's a self-extracting archive. Alternatively, you can use WinRAR to
extract only what you want.

 

[Richard Dower]

It's a self-extracting archive. Alternatively, you can use WinRAR to
extract only what you want.

Still dosen't answer my questions as this file is 26megs and the specific
files nesscary to create a floppy are not listed within said file.

 

[JAD]

and the specific

files nesscary to create a floppy are not listed within said file.

where do you see this?

You keep resisting an attempt at our suggestions....carry on

 

[Richard Dower]

and the specific


where do you see this?

You keep resisting an attempt at our suggestions....carry on

I downloaded the nForce 5.10 file, extracted and looked...they are not
present. Can you tell me what specific files are within nForce 5.10 and what
names of the files are?