Loading Drivers when Installing Windows 7
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JT-9
August 12, 2011 2:16:53 PM
Hi there,
I need some help installing Windows. I just got a new motherboard (Biostar G41D3+) and I'm trying to install Win 7 on a WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA hard drive. When I run the installation, there are no partitions to choose from and it tells me to load some drivers. Does anyone have a clue how to do that?
I need some help installing Windows. I just got a new motherboard (Biostar G41D3+) and I'm trying to install Win 7 on a WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA hard drive. When I run the installation, there are no partitions to choose from and it tells me to load some drivers. Does anyone have a clue how to do that?
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JT-9
August 12, 2011 5:27:52 PM
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No, you cannot install drivers with no Operating System running. The OS Install comes first.
You don't say so, but I'm assuming the HDD is brand new and blank, right? If no - if it contains old data in an old Partition (or more than one) - you will need to use the options in the Win 7 Install routines to find that HDD and Delete all existing Partitions before proceeding.
Check in your BIOS Setup screens for 3 things:
1. Make sure the SATA ports are Enabled.
2. Does the BIOS recognize that HDD on a SATA port? If not, the HDD may be faulty.
3. Near there, check how the SATA Port Mode is set. It should be AHCI - not IDE Emulation and not RAID. Win 7 should be able to detect and use an AHCI device.
If that does not work, can you try the HDD in another machine? It should show up in the BIOS on a SATA port, but an empty new HDD will NOT show up in My Computer. If you can't find it in the BIOS on two machines, the HDD is VERY likely bad.
You don't say so, but I'm assuming the HDD is brand new and blank, right? If no - if it contains old data in an old Partition (or more than one) - you will need to use the options in the Win 7 Install routines to find that HDD and Delete all existing Partitions before proceeding.
Check in your BIOS Setup screens for 3 things:
1. Make sure the SATA ports are Enabled.
2. Does the BIOS recognize that HDD on a SATA port? If not, the HDD may be faulty.
3. Near there, check how the SATA Port Mode is set. It should be AHCI - not IDE Emulation and not RAID. Win 7 should be able to detect and use an AHCI device.
If that does not work, can you try the HDD in another machine? It should show up in the BIOS on a SATA port, but an empty new HDD will NOT show up in My Computer. If you can't find it in the BIOS on two machines, the HDD is VERY likely bad.
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Paperdoc said:
No, you cannot install drivers with no Operating System running. The OS Install comes first.Sorry, but you're wrong. Windows allows you to pre-install drivers (Chipset, RAID, AHCI) before installation begins.
That way you're able to use your motherboard's drivers instead of the default drivers that come with Windows for improved performance.
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JT-9 said:
thats what I did but even after installing the drivers, no hard drives showed up, I installed all the chipset drivers available and it didn't workOnly other thing I can suggest is to clear your cmos (page 15 of your motherboard manual) and try the installation again.
Make sure no other drives or USBs are connected. Just the optical drive containing Win7 and the Caviar Black.
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JT-9
August 13, 2011 5:23:40 PM
JT-9
August 13, 2011 7:44:30 PM
Shouldn't be a problem. When you install Windows from scratch it will ask you where you want to install the new version. Just select the partition where the old version is. It should give you a warning that it will delete all of the data on the old partition. Just select "ok" and continue with the installation.
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JT-9
August 13, 2011 8:47:13 PM
Dereck47, I see how I misunderstood your post. I thought you were saying to load drivers before ever starting the Install. But I guess you meant, during the Install when you press F6 to install drivers from an external resource, the driver CD that came with the mobo is the place to get them. This is unlike earlier Windows that could only load such drivers from floppies.
I am a little surprised, though, that this should become necessary. I understood that the Win 7 Install CD had all the common SATA (i.e., AHCI) drivers it needed and could install to such a HDD without the F6 routine. But now I see that OP cannot seem to get any HDD recognized in BIOS - neither SATA not IDE. Points to a significant mobo problem. Just to be sure, OP, you did connect BOTH power supply lines from the PSU AND data cables from the mobo SATA (or IDE) ports to your HDD's, right?
Also to check: OP, you say when you tried IDE drives, they were not detected in BIOS. There are a few things that have to be done right with IDE drives, but let's not get side-tracked here - the aim is to work with SATA drives. Does the BIOS detect your SATA drive? If that HDD is detected correctly and the SATA Port Mode is set to AHCI, it certainly should work. If it's not even detected in BIOS you have other problems.
I am a little surprised, though, that this should become necessary. I understood that the Win 7 Install CD had all the common SATA (i.e., AHCI) drivers it needed and could install to such a HDD without the F6 routine. But now I see that OP cannot seem to get any HDD recognized in BIOS - neither SATA not IDE. Points to a significant mobo problem. Just to be sure, OP, you did connect BOTH power supply lines from the PSU AND data cables from the mobo SATA (or IDE) ports to your HDD's, right?
Also to check: OP, you say when you tried IDE drives, they were not detected in BIOS. There are a few things that have to be done right with IDE drives, but let's not get side-tracked here - the aim is to work with SATA drives. Does the BIOS detect your SATA drive? If that HDD is detected correctly and the SATA Port Mode is set to AHCI, it certainly should work. If it's not even detected in BIOS you have other problems.
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JT-9
August 15, 2011 4:58:06 PM
Of course I connected both cables. I'm not that stupid. The SATA drive is not recognized in BIOS. I think I already figured out what the problem is. That SATA drive used to work and was recognized in BIOS until I started installing Windows on it and suddenly my Air Conditioner turned on, causing my monitor screen to go blank. I was forced to restart the computer which probably damaged the hard drive permanently.
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Didn't mean to imply stupidity - just simple oversight. I've made some dumb mistakes in the past the SHOULD have been obvious to me, but I missed them!
If you're suspicious of the SATA drive, can you try mounting it in another machine to see if it is detected properly there? I'm wondering whether the problem is in the HDD, or in the mobo. You have tried other drives with this mobo and they also did not work. So, verifying that the drives do work in another machine would point the finger at the mobo.
If you're suspicious of the SATA drive, can you try mounting it in another machine to see if it is detected properly there? I'm wondering whether the problem is in the HDD, or in the mobo. You have tried other drives with this mobo and they also did not work. So, verifying that the drives do work in another machine would point the finger at the mobo.
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JT-9
August 15, 2011 8:55:56 PM
JT-9
August 18, 2011 5:57:39 PM
JT-9 said:
Can you recommend a good UPS or line conditioner for home use which isn't too expensive?I don't know your budget, so expensive is a relative term. AT the very least, just get a plain old line conditioner like this one :
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_i...
or
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_i...
If you want a batter backup in addition to line conditioning, get something like this: (the pro versions have built in line conditioning)
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_i...
I usually stick with APC products, but there are other out there for less, Tripp-Lite comes to mind.
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JT-9
August 19, 2011 4:23:50 AM
Gemo26
December 27, 2011 9:30:21 AM
JT-9
January 6, 2012 1:20:54 AM
s3v3ndeuce
June 13, 2012 3:36:33 PM
I encountered the same problem with my Agility 3, I finally got it to work.
I cleared the MBR as stated earlier (may have not done anything)
Then I downloaded all the driver files from my mobo website (msi z68 G65 B3)
I was installing from a USB and was able to put the driver files in a folder called Drivers, I'm sure you could install from a CD/DVD and use a USB drive for the drivers when the prompt to load drivers pops up, since I was using the same USB stick to install, the prompt never even came up and it seems the drivers were automatically loaded.
I cleared the MBR as stated earlier (may have not done anything)
Then I downloaded all the driver files from my mobo website (msi z68 G65 B3)
I was installing from a USB and was able to put the driver files in a folder called Drivers, I'm sure you could install from a CD/DVD and use a USB drive for the drivers when the prompt to load drivers pops up, since I was using the same USB stick to install, the prompt never even came up and it seems the drivers were automatically loaded.
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November 3, 2012 3:49:47 PM
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