Install XP on single sata drive.

[Jon]

Are there any issues i should adress before building a
new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial ata
drive?
I am talking drivers, known probs aso.

Win xp pro on
asus p4p800
seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)

Thanks
Jon

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Go for it you have nothing to loose, besides the mother your going
to use is a very nice one, I am currently that with 2 (120wd's)
Raid 0 works great( sata)

Jon wrote:

> Are there any issues i should adress before building a
> new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial ata
> drive?
> I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
>
> Win xp pro on
> asus p4p800
> seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
>
> Thanks
> Jon

[Nicholas]

You do not need any special drivers at all with a serial drive
connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will install
normally.

--=20
Nicholas

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"Jon" > wrote in message:
...

| Are there any issues i should adress before building a=20
| new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial ata=20
| drive?
| I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
|=20
| Win xp pro on
| asus p4p800
| seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
|=20
| Thanks
| Jon

[Pete Baker]

That's not correct Nicholas.

With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation *will* require the OP to
specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when prompted during the install
process and the OP *will* need to provide the necessary SATA drivers on a
floppy disk.

For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will provide the necessary floppy
disk ready for use but some will require you to copy the SATA drivers from
the supplied CD before installation. If the latter is necessary then you
should download the latest from the manufacturers website to ensure you have
the most recent version.

Hope that helps
Pete
------------------

"Nicholas" > wrote in message
...
You do not need any special drivers at all with a serial drive
connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will install
normally.

--
Nicholas

--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Jon" > wrote in message:
...

| Are there any issues i should adress before building a
| new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial ata
| drive?
| I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
|
| Win xp pro on
| asus p4p800
| seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
|
| Thanks
| Jon

[Nicholas]

I just built a new computer using an ASUS P4P800 motherboard
with a 120GB SATA hard drive. I can assure you, there was no
need to use a special drivers since the SATA connection is directly
on the motherboard. Windows XP installed flawlessly.

Now, if a SATA PCI interface card is required, then you might need
a special driver. But the ASUS P4P800 does not require a special
SATA PCI card.

--=20
Nicholas

-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
----------------------

"Pete Baker" <petebkrAThotmailDOTcom> wrote in message:
...

| That's not correct Nicholas.
|=20
| With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation *will* require the OP =
to
| specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when prompted during the =
install
| process and the OP *will* need to provide the necessary SATA drivers =
on a
| floppy disk.
|=20
| For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will provide the necessary =
floppy
| disk ready for use but some will require you to copy the SATA drivers =
from
| the supplied CD before installation. If the latter is necessary then =
you
| should download the latest from the manufacturers website to ensure =
you have
| the most recent version.
|=20
| Hope that helps
| Pete
| ------------------
|=20
| "Nicholas" > wrote in message
| ...
| You do not need any special drivers at all with a serial drive
| connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will install
| normally.
|=20
| --=20
| Nicholas
|=20
| --------------------------------------------------------------------
|=20
| "Jon" > wrote in message:
| ...
|=20
| | Are there any issues i should adress before building a
| | new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial ata
| | drive?
| | I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
| |
| | Win xp pro on
| | asus p4p800
| | seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
| |
| | Thanks
| | Jon
|=20
|

[Pete Baker]

My apologies Nicholas

The very latest Intel chipset does indeed *fully* integrate the SATA
controller and the mainboard selected by the OP does have this chipset. In
that particular scenario I shall bow to your personal experience with the
board in question. :o)

However there are several other mainboards which include the SATA controller
on the mainboard, my own included, and do require the introduction of the
specified drivers by the user. It is not restricted solely to separate PCI
card controllers.

There have also been some posts to this NG regarding problems with Asus
boards when DDR400 RAM has been used, the OP should ensure they are using
the very latest BIOS during installation (I think the next to be released
will be F06). That combined with the posters I've assisted with problems
with Asus implementation of the previously described on-board SATA
controllers have left me a little wary of Asus boards.

Pete
--------------

"Nicholas" > wrote in message
...
I just built a new computer using an ASUS P4P800 motherboard
with a 120GB SATA hard drive. I can assure you, there was no
need to use a special drivers since the SATA connection is directly
on the motherboard. Windows XP installed flawlessly.

Now, if a SATA PCI interface card is required, then you might need
a special driver. But the ASUS P4P800 does not require a special
SATA PCI card.

--
Nicholas

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------

"Pete Baker" <petebkrAThotmailDOTcom> wrote in message:
...

| That's not correct Nicholas.
|
| With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation *will* require the OP to
| specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when prompted during the install
| process and the OP *will* need to provide the necessary SATA drivers on a
| floppy disk.
|
| For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will provide the necessary floppy
| disk ready for use but some will require you to copy the SATA drivers from
| the supplied CD before installation. If the latter is necessary then you
| should download the latest from the manufacturers website to ensure you
have
| the most recent version.
|
| Hope that helps
| Pete
| ------------------
|
| "Nicholas" > wrote in message
| ...
| You do not need any special drivers at all with a serial drive
| connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will install
| normally.
|
| --
| Nicholas
|
| --------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| "Jon" > wrote in message:
| ...
|
| | Are there any issues i should adress before building a
| | new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial ata
| | drive?
| | I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
| |
| | Win xp pro on
| | asus p4p800
| | seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
| |
| | Thanks
| | Jon
|
|

[Jon Prause]

Thanks thats exactly what i needen to hear...

Jon

>-----Original Message-----
>That's not correct Nicholas.
>
>With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation *will*
require the OP to
>specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when prompted
during the install
>process and the OP *will* need to provide the necessary
SATA drivers on a
>floppy disk.
>
>For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will provide
the necessary floppy
>disk ready for use but some will require you to copy the
SATA drivers from
>the supplied CD before installation. If the latter is
necessary then you
>should download the latest from the manufacturers
website to ensure you have
>the most recent version.
>
>Hope that helps
>Pete
>------------------
>
>"Nicholas" > wrote in message
...
>You do not need any special drivers at all with a serial
drive
>connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will
install
>normally.
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
-----------
>
>"Jon" > wrote in message:
> ...
>
>| Are there any issues i should adress before building a
>| new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial
ata
>| drive?
>| I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
>|
>| Win xp pro on
>| asus p4p800
>| seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
>|
>| Thanks
>| Jon
>
>
>.
>

[Pete Baker]

Jon

As I've indicated in a follow-up post to Nicholas' response, with the
mainboard you are contemplating there may well be no requirement to specify
the 3rd party drivers for a single SATA drive. Nicholas has said he is
currently using that exact board and so his personal experience is more
relevant. My advice holds for mainboards with an on-board SATA controller
which may not be fully integrated (up to, but not including, Intel 865
chipsets).

With your specified mainboard watch for possible conflicts with DDR400
memory sticks, which have been reported with Asus boards and 800Mz FSB
processors.

Make sure you have latest BIOS and any other updates from the manufacturer,
don't rely on the latest being already loaded or on the supplied CD.

Hope that helps
Pete
-----------------
"Jon Prause" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks thats exactly what i needen to hear...
>
> Jon
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >That's not correct Nicholas.
> >
> >With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation *will*
> require the OP to
> >specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when prompted
> during the install
> >process and the OP *will* need to provide the necessary
> SATA drivers on a
> >floppy disk.
> >
> >For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will provide
> the necessary floppy
> >disk ready for use but some will require you to copy the
> SATA drivers from
> >the supplied CD before installation. If the latter is
> necessary then you
> >should download the latest from the manufacturers
> website to ensure you have
> >the most recent version.
> >
> >Hope that helps
> >Pete
> >------------------
> >
> >"Nicholas" > wrote in message
> ...
> >You do not need any special drivers at all with a serial
> drive
> >connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will
> install
> >normally.
> >
> >--
> >Nicholas
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
> >
> >"Jon" > wrote in message:
> > ...
> >
> >| Are there any issues i should adress before building a
> >| new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a serial
> ata
> >| drive?
> >| I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
> >|
> >| Win xp pro on
> >| asus p4p800
> >| seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
> >|
> >| Thanks
> >| Jon
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Jon]

Thanks a bunch both of u...

The integration of the sata controller in the N-bridge is
probably the reason why i cannot find the sata-raid
driver (floppy thong) on asus website.

As to ram im thinking of Kingston HyperX 400 2*256.
Anandtech have tested this on the de-luxe ver. of the
mobo and there seems to be no probs.
Anyone heard of problems with this combo:
Asus P4P800
Kingston hyperX 400 2*256mb
???

>-----Original Message-----
>Jon
>
>As I've indicated in a follow-up post to Nicholas'
response, with the
>mainboard you are contemplating there may well be no
requirement to specify
>the 3rd party drivers for a single SATA drive. Nicholas
has said he is
>currently using that exact board and so his personal
experience is more
>relevant. My advice holds for mainboards with an on-
board SATA controller
>which may not be fully integrated (up to, but not
including, Intel 865
>chipsets).
>
>With your specified mainboard watch for possible
conflicts with DDR400
>memory sticks, which have been reported with Asus boards
and 800Mz FSB
>processors.
>
>Make sure you have latest BIOS and any other updates
from the manufacturer,
>don't rely on the latest being already loaded or on the
supplied CD.
>
>Hope that helps
>Pete
>-----------------
>"Jon Prause" > wrote in message
...
>> Thanks thats exactly what i needen to hear...
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >That's not correct Nicholas.
>> >
>> >With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation *will*
>> require the OP to
>> >specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when
prompted
>> during the install
>> >process and the OP *will* need to provide the
necessary
>> SATA drivers on a
>> >floppy disk.
>> >
>> >For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will provide
>> the necessary floppy
>> >disk ready for use but some will require you to copy
the
>> SATA drivers from
>> >the supplied CD before installation. If the latter is
>> necessary then you
>> >should download the latest from the manufacturers
>> website to ensure you have
>> >the most recent version.
>> >
>> >Hope that helps
>> >Pete
>> >------------------
>> >
>> >"Nicholas" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >You do not need any special drivers at all with a
serial
>> drive
>> >connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will
>> install
>> >normally.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Nicholas
>> >
>> >------------------------------------------------------
---
>> -----------
>> >
>> >"Jon" > wrote in message:
>> > ...
>> >
>> >| Are there any issues i should adress before
building a
>> >| new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a
serial
>> ata
>> >| drive?
>> >| I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
>> >|
>> >| Win xp pro on
>> >| asus p4p800
>> >| seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
>> >|
>> >| Thanks
>> >| Jon
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Pete Baker]

Hi Jon

Glad that together we were able to resolve the confusion.

The issue with DDR400 memory and 800Mhz FSB processors was reported when
using a different mainboard to the one you have selected. Where the OPs
involved followed-up on the posts, the issue was resolved by upgrading the
BIOS to a preliminary release of version 1006. The Asus website now has
version 1007 available for download so I'd assume that particular issue has
now been resolved.

Hope that helps
and thanks for following up on the posts

Pete
----------------------
"Jon" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks a bunch both of u...
>
> The integration of the sata controller in the N-bridge is
> probably the reason why i cannot find the sata-raid
> driver (floppy thong) on asus website.
>
> As to ram im thinking of Kingston HyperX 400 2*256.
> Anandtech have tested this on the de-luxe ver. of the
> mobo and there seems to be no probs.
> Anyone heard of problems with this combo:
> Asus P4P800
> Kingston hyperX 400 2*256mb
> ???
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Jon
> >
> >As I've indicated in a follow-up post to Nicholas'
> response, with the
> >mainboard you are contemplating there may well be no
> requirement to specify
> >the 3rd party drivers for a single SATA drive. Nicholas
> has said he is
> >currently using that exact board and so his personal
> experience is more
> >relevant. My advice holds for mainboards with an on-
> board SATA controller
> >which may not be fully integrated (up to, but not
> including, Intel 865
> >chipsets).
> >
> >With your specified mainboard watch for possible
> conflicts with DDR400
> >memory sticks, which have been reported with Asus boards
> and 800Mz FSB
> >processors.
> >
> >Make sure you have latest BIOS and any other updates
> from the manufacturer,
> >don't rely on the latest being already loaded or on the
> supplied CD.
> >
> >Hope that helps
> >Pete
> >-----------------
> >"Jon Prause" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Thanks thats exactly what i needen to hear...
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >That's not correct Nicholas.
> >> >
> >> >With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation *will*
> >> require the OP to
> >> >specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when
> prompted
> >> during the install
> >> >process and the OP *will* need to provide the
> necessary
> >> SATA drivers on a
> >> >floppy disk.
> >> >
> >> >For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will provide
> >> the necessary floppy
> >> >disk ready for use but some will require you to copy
> the
> >> SATA drivers from
> >> >the supplied CD before installation. If the latter is
> >> necessary then you
> >> >should download the latest from the manufacturers
> >> website to ensure you have
> >> >the most recent version.
> >> >
> >> >Hope that helps
> >> >Pete
> >> >------------------
> >> >
> >> >"Nicholas" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >You do not need any special drivers at all with a
> serial
> >> drive
> >> >connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will
> >> install
> >> >normally.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Nicholas
> >> >
> >> >------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> >> -----------
> >> >
> >> >"Jon" > wrote in message:
> >> > ...
> >> >
> >> >| Are there any issues i should adress before
> building a
> >> >| new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a
> serial
> >> ata
> >> >| drive?
> >> >| I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
> >> >|
> >> >| Win xp pro on
> >> >| asus p4p800
> >> >| seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
> >> >|
> >> >| Thanks
> >> >| Jon
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Jon]

10-4 o a u

Thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Jon
>
>Glad that together we were able to resolve the confusion.
>
>The issue with DDR400 memory and 800Mhz FSB processors
was reported when
>using a different mainboard to the one you have
selected. Where the OPs
>involved followed-up on the posts, the issue was
resolved by upgrading the
>BIOS to a preliminary release of version 1006. The Asus
website now has
>version 1007 available for download so I'd assume that
particular issue has
>now been resolved.
>
>Hope that helps
>and thanks for following up on the posts
>
>Pete
>----------------------
>"Jon" > wrote in message
...
>> Thanks a bunch both of u...
>>
>> The integration of the sata controller in the N-bridge
is
>> probably the reason why i cannot find the sata-raid
>> driver (floppy thong) on asus website.
>>
>> As to ram im thinking of Kingston HyperX 400 2*256.
>> Anandtech have tested this on the de-luxe ver. of the
>> mobo and there seems to be no probs.
>> Anyone heard of problems with this combo:
>> Asus P4P800
>> Kingston hyperX 400 2*256mb
>> ???
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Jon
>> >
>> >As I've indicated in a follow-up post to Nicholas'
>> response, with the
>> >mainboard you are contemplating there may well be no
>> requirement to specify
>> >the 3rd party drivers for a single SATA drive.
Nicholas
>> has said he is
>> >currently using that exact board and so his personal
>> experience is more
>> >relevant. My advice holds for mainboards with an on-
>> board SATA controller
>> >which may not be fully integrated (up to, but not
>> including, Intel 865
>> >chipsets).
>> >
>> >With your specified mainboard watch for possible
>> conflicts with DDR400
>> >memory sticks, which have been reported with Asus
boards
>> and 800Mz FSB
>> >processors.
>> >
>> >Make sure you have latest BIOS and any other updates
>> from the manufacturer,
>> >don't rely on the latest being already loaded or on
the
>> supplied CD.
>> >
>> >Hope that helps
>> >Pete
>> >-----------------
>> >"Jon Prause" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Thanks thats exactly what i needen to hear...
>> >>
>> >> Jon
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >That's not correct Nicholas.
>> >> >
>> >> >With a single SATA hard drive, XP installation
*will*
>> >> require the OP to
>> >> >specify a 3rd party driver by pressing F6 when
>> prompted
>> >> during the install
>> >> >process and the OP *will* need to provide the
>> necessary
>> >> SATA drivers on a
>> >> >floppy disk.
>> >> >
>> >> >For the OP, some mainboard manufacturers will
provide
>> >> the necessary floppy
>> >> >disk ready for use but some will require you to
copy
>> the
>> >> SATA drivers from
>> >> >the supplied CD before installation. If the
latter is
>> >> necessary then you
>> >> >should download the latest from the manufacturers
>> >> website to ensure you have
>> >> >the most recent version.
>> >> >
>> >> >Hope that helps
>> >> >Pete
>> >> >------------------
>> >> >
>> >> >"Nicholas" > wrote in
message
>> >> ...
>> >> >You do not need any special drivers at all with a
>> serial
>> >> drive
>> >> >connection (unless it's a two drive RAID). XP will
>> >> install
>> >> >normally.
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >Nicholas
>> >> >
>> >> >---------------------------------------------------
---
>> ---
>> >> -----------
>> >> >
>> >> >"Jon" > wrote in message:
>> >> > ...
>> >> >
>> >> >| Are there any issues i should adress before
>> building a
>> >> >| new pc, and in doing so installing win XP on a
>> serial
>> >> ata
>> >> >| drive?
>> >> >| I am talking drivers, known probs aso.
>> >> >|
>> >> >| Win xp pro on
>> >> >| asus p4p800
>> >> >| seagate 120mb sata drive (only hdd)
>> >> >|
>> >> >| Thanks
>> >> >| Jon
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>