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

Hey,

I am about to finish building my new PC:

P4 3.0Ghz
1Gb Dual Channel DDR400 (2x512 Geil)
GeForce FX5900
Pioneer DVD burner
LG DVD/CD burner combo

and the two most important bits relating to this question...

A Maxtor 120Gb SATA HDD, and a Gigabyte GA-81PE1000 Pro2 mobo. From what I
understand this board does not support RAID (read that in a review somewhere
but can't remember where).

Just about everything is in the case, and I am getting ready to finish off
and look to installing Windows XP Pro.

Can someone please tell me if this sounds right for correctly setting up the
SATA drive:

1) Copy files from GB disc to floppy so I can use this at install time
(press F6...). That should install the drivers for the windows to recognise
the HDD. Or should I download them from GB, and if so which ones should I
grab?

2) Configure boot sequence and BIOS as follows:
SATA/RAID/SCSI Boot Order ---> set to "SATA"
First Boot Device ---> CDROM
Second Boot Device ---> SCSI
Third Boot Device ---> None.

Am I going OK or not??

Many thanks,

Damien

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

I would also like to know where he bought the SATA DVD drive, it's
interesting to see these SATA optical drives, even though they offer no
performance increase.

Though they do get rid of an IDE cable and the novelty of having the latest
and greatest, i personally got the IDE version of the 712A. Sadly Newegg are
not stocking the SATA version of the new Plextor drive so i missed out.

:-(


"Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:ccq9dc$5st$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Udo,
>
> Please excuse...
>
> I'm interest to see you have the new MSI SATA DVD...
>
> How is the DVD on SATA going? Specifically, do you experience the
> characteristic stalls that occur with IDE SATA when the drive is
> attempting to read a disc it is having some difficulty with?
>
> - Tim
>
>
>
> "Udo Kammer" <usenet.spam@gmx.org> wrote in message
> news:ccp76j$a3h$05$1@news.t-online.com...
>> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:37:22 GMT, "Damien & Marcelle Durham"
>> <dmdurham@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>>A Maxtor 120Gb SATA HDD, and a Gigabyte GA-81PE1000 Pro2 mobo. From what
>>>I
>>>understand this board does not support RAID (read that in a review
>>>somewhere
>>>but can't remember where).
>>
>> Your motherboard based on the i865 chip from intel and therefore the
>> onboard SATA-Controller does not support RAID.
>>
>>>1) Copy files from GB disc to floppy so I can use this at install time
>>>(press F6...). That should install the drivers for the windows to
>>>recognise
>>>the HDD. Or should I download them from GB, and if so which ones should
>>>I
>>>grab?
>>
>> Which drivers? There are no drivers for the SATA controller within the
>> i865. You have to go into your BIOS and open "Integrated Peripherals".
>>
>> Set On-Chip-SATA to manual Set SATA Port0 Configure as SATA Port0.
>>
>> Gigabyte User's manual for this board page 46.
>>
>>>2) Configure boot sequence and BIOS as follows:
>>>SATA/RAID/SCSI Boot Order ---> set to "SATA"
>>>First Boot Device ---> CDROM
>>>Second Boot Device ---> SCSI
>>>Third Boot Device ---> None.
>>
>> I am just wondering, where you can configure the boot sequence as you
>> described. On page 43 I find HardDisk Boot Priority, but no detailed
>> description, what I can select.
>>
>>>Am I going OK or not??
>>
>> You may test it. I have just changed from GA-8IPE1000Pro to
>> GA-8IK1100. I will use the onboard SATA-Controller for the CD-Writer
>> /DVD-ROM Combo MSI XA52P and the Plextor PX-712SA.
>>
>> Udo Kammer
>
>