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Neo4 SLI SATA Boot problem

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My setup is:

MSI K8N Neo4 SLI
X800 pro
Corsair 512 RAM
1 SATA Hitachi 250GB
1 IDE DVD Drive

I can not boot from the SATA drive after I install WinXP. I changed
the 1st boot drive to CD-ROM for installation and then changed back
to Hard Drive, after that I get "No Boot Device....". The strange
thing is that if I change 1st boot drive to CD-ROM (only if WinXP CD
is in the drive) and 2nd boot drive to Hard Drive, then WinXP will
load from SATA drive and everything is ok.

I need help on this one? Does anyone had this problem before? How to
solve it? A specific BIOS setting?

Thanks

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johnkim0987 wrote:
> My setup is:
>
> MSI K8N Neo4 SLI
> X800 pro
> Corsair 512 RAM
> 1 SATA Hitachi 250GB
> 1 IDE DVD Drive
>
> I can not boot from the SATA drive after I install WinXP. I changed
> the 1st boot drive to CD-ROM for installation and then changed back
> to Hard Drive, after that I get "No Boot Device....".

Er, you need to set the boot device to SCSI.

CD/HardDrive refer to the onboard IDE drives.

You also need to "Hit F6 to install SCSI/RAID drivers..." right at the
beginning of Windows Setup.

All of the above is in your manual - read it !

I have this problem as well. How do you set the boot device to SCSI? All I can see is LS-120, cd, hard drive, floppy, etc? I put the array as the primary drive in the boot sequence.

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My setup is:

MSI K8N Neo4 SLI
X800 pro
Corsair 512 RAM
1 SATA Hitachi 250GB
1 IDE DVD Drive

I can not boot from the SATA drive after I install WinXP. I changed
the 1st boot drive to CD-ROM for installation and then changed back
to Hard Drive, after that I get "No Boot Device....". The strange
thing is that if I change 1st boot drive to CD-ROM (only if WinXP CD
is in the drive) and 2nd boot drive to Hard Drive, then WinXP will
load from SATA drive and everything is ok.

I need help on this one? Does anyone had this problem before? How to
solve it? A specific BIOS setting?

Thanks


Disable RAID in the BIOS and set boot device.

nforce4 controller, with RAID disabled, just works like ... well, ide controller.. no drivers, no trouble..

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I have this problem as well. How do you set the boot device to SCSI? All I can see is LS-120, cd, hard drive, floppy, etc? I put the array as the primary drive in the boot sequence.


you did notice the date the first message was posted? I replyed here because it may help you, and halp some other.
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