Installing XP SP2 on GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 P35 for SATA HD

[EricVPI]

ANYONE who owns this mobo:

Willl I need a floppy with the drivers for the SATA HD to be detected during OS installation?

 

[akhilles]

No for me. My xp has SP2 slipstreamed.

 

[GuyAmI]

I didn't need anything special when I installed XP. All of my drives are sata and installing XP (which has SP-2) wasn't a problem for me.

At the very least, try installing XP. If it doesn't work, you can get more help but I'm betting that you won't have any problems.

 

[EricVPI]

So if my XP cd comes with SP2 I don't need a sata driver? Are you positive?

 

[akhilles]

During install, positive. no drivers floppy. After install, you must install the drivers from the cd. Most importantly, the Intel chipset one.