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i've installed sata OS disks with winXP before, but this is a new kind
of sata problem.
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI [Sil 3114 sata raid controller], 36GB
raptor boot disk (no other hard drives), XP pro with SP2.
ok, the cd booted ok, installed the SATA controller (from Sil3114
folder) after hitting F6... XP install found the disk (yay)....
formatted the drive.... all files copied ok....remove floppy and CD for
reboot... then:
DISK BOOT FAILURE.
so basically i think the problem is not with the driver or windows
install but in the bios. as a first, second or third boot device i can't
select "sata" or "scsi", just "hard disk". i remember from past installs
having to set it to SCSI but that's not anywhere in the BIOS. there's no
other SATA options in the bios except for enabling and disabling
SATA-RAID, i've tried both and they give the same result.
the Gigabyte website outlines this procedure to set sata boot disk:
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1. Advanced BIOS features--> SATA/RAID/SCSI boot order: "SATA"
2. Advanced BIOS features--> First boot device: "SCSI"
3. Integrated Peripherals--> Onboard H/W Serial ATA: "enable"
Then it depends on the SATA mode that you need to set "RAID" to RAID
mode or "BASE" to normal ATA mode in the item named Serial ATA function.
---
none of that even remotely resembles the bios of this mobo. the word
"sata" isn't even mentioned in advanced bios features.
either the bios is a piece of crap (likely) or the disk itself is
stuffed. any ideas...?
of sata problem.
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI [Sil 3114 sata raid controller], 36GB
raptor boot disk (no other hard drives), XP pro with SP2.
ok, the cd booted ok, installed the SATA controller (from Sil3114
folder) after hitting F6... XP install found the disk (yay)....
formatted the drive.... all files copied ok....remove floppy and CD for
reboot... then:
DISK BOOT FAILURE.
so basically i think the problem is not with the driver or windows
install but in the bios. as a first, second or third boot device i can't
select "sata" or "scsi", just "hard disk". i remember from past installs
having to set it to SCSI but that's not anywhere in the BIOS. there's no
other SATA options in the bios except for enabling and disabling
SATA-RAID, i've tried both and they give the same result.
the Gigabyte website outlines this procedure to set sata boot disk:
---
1. Advanced BIOS features--> SATA/RAID/SCSI boot order: "SATA"
2. Advanced BIOS features--> First boot device: "SCSI"
3. Integrated Peripherals--> Onboard H/W Serial ATA: "enable"
Then it depends on the SATA mode that you need to set "RAID" to RAID
mode or "BASE" to normal ATA mode in the item named Serial ATA function.
---
none of that even remotely resembles the bios of this mobo. the word
"sata" isn't even mentioned in advanced bios features.
either the bios is a piece of crap (likely) or the disk itself is
stuffed. any ideas...?