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More info?)
Paul, thanks for the reply. When you say southbridge, which ports
(connectors) are you talking about?
Did you read my other replies?
thanks
Gary
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <DtCdnaGegYUHBqXfRVn-hw@eatel.net>, "GLeger"
> <legend96@NSPMeatel.net> wrote:
>
>> "Clark Griswold" <f@i.net> wrote in message
>> news:2JKdnevZT-tEH6XfRVn-1Q@comcast.com...
>> > "GLeger" <legend96@NSPMeatel.net> wrote in message
>> > news:Ur6dnT01oPjx0qXfRVn-tw@eatel.net...
>> >> Anyone else having problems installing a SATA hard drive using
>> >> ASUS P4C800 deluxe? I checked many things. It seems the drive
>> >> is ok. At first I thought the drive may be defective, in fact,
>> >> it still may be. But I've determined it powers up with no problem.
>> >> May be something else with the drive??
>> >>
>> >> I downloaded the latest drivers for the Promise SATA378 IDE
>> >> controller. In hardware manager, it shows it as working properly.
>> >> Also when the computer boots, it shows the controller as one of
>> >> the first things, but it says nothing is connected to it. So, I
>> >> can't get the computer to recognize the drive upon bootup or in
>> >> windows!
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >>
>> >> thanks
>> >> Gary
>> >
>> > When you said you "checked many things", what things did you
>> > check? SATA enabled in bios? What version of Windows? Cables
>> > (both power and data) correctly installed and not defective?
>> > Hard disk defective?
>> >
>> > I would, if you can, swap out items to try and narrow the culprit
>> > down.
>> >
>>
>> Many things like just what you said. I changed out each cable,
>> power, and data. SATA is enabled in bios, using winxp. This is
>> what I'm trying to figure out if the drive is defective. Not sure
>> though.
>
> Drive visibility in the BIOS depends on which chip you are connected
> to, and what mode the chip is running in.
>
> If a drive is connected to the Southbridge, you should be able to
> see it in the BIOS. Since your board uses the ICH5 (and not the ICH5R),
> there is no need to worry about whether the BIOS is set to RAID
> mode or not, on that chip. When set to [Enhanced Mode] and [S-ATA]
> (the BIOS defaults), either WinXP or Win2K should be able to install
> with no F6 driver needed. The drive should show up in the BIOS
> as third or fourth master.
>
> On the Promise, you can either run it in RAID mode or not. If you
> enable RAID mode in the BIOS, the RAID BIOS code will be loaded.
> Depending on whether the Promise RAID code needs two drives to
> be present, to load, will determine whether the RAID code will
> allow you to see the drives when you press <cntrl F>. If the RAID
> BIOS code is disabled, you won't see anything in the BIOS.
>
> If you disable the Promise RAID mode, and get a copy of the
> "ATA" driver for the Promise, you should be able to install on
> a single disk when using the Windows installer. You would need
> to make a floppy driver diskette, and use F6 to load the driver
> during the install. (Same is true when running the Promise in
> RAID mode, it will also need a driver, but a different one.)
>
> The easiest install should be via the Southbridge. No driver
> should be needed while using the SATA in non-RAID mode on the
> Southbridge. If using the Promise 20378 ports, you can try the
> chip in RAID mode first, and see if the RAID BIOS will load or
> not. If it won't load for you, then get the "ATA" driver and
> make a driver floppy. Sometimes Asus has a "makedisk" program
> on the motherboard CD, to create a driver floppy diskette in one
> step. I see a makedisk in this ATA driver package for the 20378:
>
>
http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/ide/pdc20378/378ata_100104528.zip
>
> Paul
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