Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

Can anyone help? I am new to this game and am trying to install Windows XP
(Home Edition) onto a newly built PC.

Config is NFS7-S motherboard, 512Mb DDR memory, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 80Gb
SATA HDD. DVD-Rom drive is set at the primary IDE drive.

Seems to be seen by POST ok, but when I try to install XP it tells me it
cannot see any hard disks.

Am I missing something basic - all the BIOS settings have been left as the
recommended defaults.

Thanks,

John.


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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

on the first screen you need to press f6 to install sATA drivers

"JohnGowers" <johnr@gowers63.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:c65sde$c5s$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Can anyone help? I am new to this game and am trying to install Windows XP
> (Home Edition) onto a newly built PC.
>
> Config is NFS7-S motherboard, 512Mb DDR memory, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 80Gb
> SATA HDD. DVD-Rom drive is set at the primary IDE drive.
>
> Seems to be seen by POST ok, but when I try to install XP it tells me it
> cannot see any hard disks.
>
> Am I missing something basic - all the BIOS settings have been left as the
> recommended defaults.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John.
>
>
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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

Same thing happened to me and as the guy says: when promted , press F6 and
have sata floppy ready.
PS go to abit website and also get the latest sata drivers and copy them
over to a floppy for future use.

good luck

"Locutus" <Drone@Uni-MatrixOne.DeltaQuadrent> wrote in message
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> on the first screen you need to press f6 to install sATA drivers
>
> "JohnGowers" <johnr@gowers63.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c65sde$c5s$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Can anyone help? I am new to this game and am trying to install Windows
XP
> > (Home Edition) onto a newly built PC.
> >
> > Config is NFS7-S motherboard, 512Mb DDR memory, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9
80Gb
> > SATA HDD. DVD-Rom drive is set at the primary IDE drive.
> >
> > Seems to be seen by POST ok, but when I try to install XP it tells me it
> > cannot see any hard disks.
> >
> > Am I missing something basic - all the BIOS settings have been left as
the
> > recommended defaults.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John.
> >
> >
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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:19:42 +0100, "JohnGowers"
<johnr@gowers63.fsworld.co.uk> wrote:

>Can anyone help? I am new to this game and am trying to install Windows XP
>(Home Edition) onto a newly built PC.

>Config is NFS7-S motherboard, 512Mb DDR memory, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 80Gb
>SATA HDD. DVD-Rom drive is set at the primary IDE drive.

>Seems to be seen by POST ok, but when I try to install XP it tells me it
>cannot see any hard disks.

>Am I missing something basic - all the BIOS settings have been left as the
>recommended defaults.

Is the SATA drive on the SATA1 header [ the one nearest the battery ]?
Is your first boot device the CDROM & second the SATA ?
In Integrated Periphs/Onboard PCI Device does it have 2 entries
-SATA controller, and
-SATA ROM, and are they both enabled ?
At POST when you hit Ctrl H is your drive in the SATA Raid Utility
Does the SATA BIOS see the drive [ black & white POST screen ] ?

Is your MOBO a version 2 ?, what BIOS are you on ?
What happens when you connect an old drive to your spare IDE ?

BoroLad
>Thanks,

>John.

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Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

I had a similar problem and I had to update the BIOS, there was an inerrant
string in the bios
"JohnGowers" <johnr@gowers63.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c65sde$c5s$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Can anyone help? I am new to this game and am trying to install Windows
XP
> (Home Edition) onto a newly built PC.
>
> Config is NFS7-S motherboard, 512Mb DDR memory, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9
80Gb
> SATA HDD. DVD-Rom drive is set at the primary IDE drive.
>
> Seems to be seen by POST ok, but when I try to install XP it tells me it
> cannot see any hard disks.
>
> Am I missing something basic - all the BIOS settings have been left as the
> recommended defaults.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John.
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.658 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 09/04/2004
>
>