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| Thread ID: 49859 | 2004-10-03 03:05:00 | WinXP Install with SATA HDD. | Jams (1051) | Press F1 |
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| 277807 | 2004-10-03 03:05:00 | hi all . first off im not expecting much replies to this, becuase i have done bit of harassing on Pressf1 . and i apologize for that . this help will not be for me its for a friend, so if i get some responses it would be greatly appreciated . well, im trying to do a fresh install of WinXP on a friends computer, first off, the puta picked up the MiniStick and MMC slots as HDD's in the setup uility for XP to be installed on, when a button is pressed on the screen where it asks which partition would you like to install XP to it bluescreens . i had never seen this before . and it didnt display the HDD . (just the MMC and MiniStick slots) so i unpulgged these becuase they are apart of a peice of hardware that plugs in VIA USB on the mobo . when i try to install XP, the setup utility doesnt pick up the HDD . and says their is no HDD detected for WinXP to install on . is this becuase the HDD is SATA ? and not on IDE ? Thanks James . |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 277808 | 2004-10-03 03:17:00 | So your mate has something like an internal card reader installed?? Which plugs into a USB header/s on the mobo?? Is this reader (if it's a reader USB 2)? If this is the case, these device would be like USB Mass Storage devices, and yes this is why XP detects them as drives . Nope it's not because its SATA . The SATA, is it onboard?? Or a PCI card?? If it's onboard SATA, the connection that connects it to the motherboard, doesn't support the power for it . Has it got a power adaptor for the SATA hdd?? That maybe why XP setupo doesn't detect it, when you try to install XP on it . |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 277809 | 2004-10-03 03:30:00 | yep. you got it. its a DSE system. with an internal card reader. has like 5 different slots for different tpes of cards. yea. it plugs into a USB on the board. the SATA HDD plugs VIA the onboard SATA slots. yea the SATA HDD runs off its own molex power plug. how did DSE install WinXP on the thing in the firstplace ? |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 277810 | 2004-10-03 04:15:00 | Hmm might be the same card reader I use here (An Apacer 7-1 card reader with 5 slots), which is plugged into a spare USB 2 header on this mobo . Hmm dont know about the DSE computer . This one here I made up from different parts . Is the SATA recognised by the BIOS?? Most probably under Master secondary hdd in the BIOS?? I take it you're doing a clean install / changing the bootdisk in BIOS to CD and booting from CD? And which way are u putting the USB cables from the reader onto the USB header on the motherboard?? If its the same card reader as mine, USB 1 the red wire goes to pin 1, white on the next pin, green, then black The same goes for the top set of pins on the same USB header connection . (there's 5 pins on the top row on the USB header, the 5th pin isnt used) . And yup disconnect this card reader before u try and install XP . Then reconnect it after XP is installed (after u shut down off course)! Also the BIOS MAY have an option for Mass Storage devices?? Enable it if its there and OFF . Also install SP1 (if u can get XP installed) if this USB is USB 2 . |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 277811 | 2004-10-03 04:22:00 | oh, there is no prob with the card reader . just cant get the HDD to be picked up when doing a fresh install of XP . yea i got the 1st boot device set to CD-ROM in bios . hmmm . well i iguess i will keep trying . Thanks man . |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 277812 | 2004-10-03 05:36:00 | OK. Umm, the other thing u can try is put it on the other SATA connection on the mobo. What else is in the case? Other hdd's / CD/DVD?? | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 277813 | 2004-10-03 07:17:00 | I think what you need to be doing is loading the driver for the SATA. When windows XP setup is loading it will say "press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID Driver" - that is what you do. Then you insert the Floppy with the driver on it when windows asks and everything is meant to work. (There should be a readme or such on the mobo CD and a folder of the particular files you need to copy to the Floppy, as you can't just throw the driver files on by themselves) |
agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 277814 | 2004-10-03 07:25:00 | True but only if its in RAID not one SATA on some mobo's. XP should pick up / detect the SATA. And install XP fine on 1 SATA, without the drivers that came on the CD. If the BIOS is on AUTO and on the right ide/sata connection. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 277815 | 2004-10-03 07:35:00 | Still worth a try I suppose | agent_24 (4330) | ||
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