Pete Baker
December 7th 03, 01:46 AM
There should be no need to disable any IDE drive. Just make sure that the
boot sequence is set in the BIOS to look for the SATA drive before any other
hard drive. For XP installation the CD drive will need to be first.
Pete
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"Richard Mask" > wrote in message
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> Also if there is an IDE drive still in the system you should disable it in
> BIOS by changing it to none. There is a beta driver on the website but saw
> no improvement over the oem cd. You need to copy over all the files except
> the pdf and readme file from the cd to the floppy for the sata driver.
>
>
> "Pete Baker" <petebkrAThotmailDOTcom> wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi
> >
> > During XP installation are you specifying the 3rd party drivers by
> pressing
> > F6 when prompted?
> >
> > Even though you may have set up the drive correctly, you still need to
> tell
> > XP to use the 3rd party drivers. Have the necessary sata drivers ready
on
> a
> > floppy disk, you will need to be able to supply them for the
installation
> > process to complete. You'd be best advised to check the Asus website
for
> > the latest SATA drivers - Asus may have released a newer version than
the
> > one supplied on the motherboard CD.
> >
> > hope that helps
> > Pete
> > -------------------
> >
> >
> > "farmer mike" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hello Newsgroup:
> > > I have a homebuilt computer with the following specs:
> > >
> > > Athlon 2500 Barton
> > > Asus A7N8X Deluxe
> > > Corsair CMX512-3200C2
> > > seagate Barracuda sata HD
> > > Ati 9600 Pro video card
> > >
> > >
> > > When I attempt to install Windows XP it doesn't recognize
> > > my hard drive. It registers in Bios and has been
> > > partitioned for Windows XP. Does anyone know what's wrong?
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > farmer mike
> >
> >
>
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