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More info?)
Thanks!
That's what I needed to make this work
( That and, of course, not using the 64 bit version of windows I was trying
to load)
DonW
"fasteddy" <nospam@nospam"100".com> wrote in message
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> "Donald Wilkinson" <donw@fyi.net> wrote in message
> news:G7gNd.12921$wc.9703@trnddc07...
>> O.K. I went back and checked all suggestions:
>>
>> .1 The Promise chip is enabled and see the drive and loads its BIOS (when
>> it's plugged into one of the red connectors)
>> 2. The boot sequence is: 1) CD-ROM 2) Hard drive 30 Floppy (non-existent)
>>
>> The windows boot sequence gets going (from the CD) and then stops because
>> it can't find any hard drives on the system.( With the SATA drive plugged
>> into every one of the four SATA connectors)
>>
>> DonW
>>
>> "Donald Wilkinson" <donw@fyi.net> wrote in message
>> news:xWeNd.10228$Dc.5247@trnddc06...
>>>I just built a new Athalon 64 system using an A8V Deluxe motherboard and
>>>a brand new Western Digital 200 GB SATA Hard drive.
>>> On boot, the BIOS doesn't seem to find it. It is definitely powered up
>>> and I've changed the cables a couple of times.
>>>
>>> I want it to be my primary drive.
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Any help/advice with new SATA configs on a A8V would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> DonW
>>>
>>>
>>
> Hi Don
>
> Plug your drive back into no1 red sata port on the promise
> Select IDE mode in the bios below where you enable the controller.
> From a working computer navigate to... :\Drivers\Promise\378ATA\
> MakeDisk.exe on the asus a8v cd.
> Make the boot disk... you need a floppy disk!
>
> Select the WD200 as the No1 hard drive... below the boot sequence
> selector in the boot section of the bios.
> Select the drive listed on the promise as the 2nd drive in the system
> after your cd drive. In the boot section of the bios.
>
> You may have to reboot before the drive is listed in the boot order!
>
> Run XP setup from a bootable copy of XP and press F6 to load
> the promise drivers when prompted. You have to read the text
> like a hawk at the start of setup and have your finger poised over
> the F6 key... you don't get much time!
>
> You should then be able to install xp without a hitch...
> Good luck
> I have the same board & 2 of the same drives so I know it works!
> hth
> Eddy
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