Need help with SATA drive

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:28 pm

OK , I am trying to set up a SATA hard drive on a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe mobo . I have the SATA jumper on the mobo enabled . I see the hard drive when I hit F4 and go into the Raid utility . But when I try to install windows it says it can find a hard drive . I know this has to be some type of setting ?? I just don't know much about the SATA drives .

TIA

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:35 pm

You need to hit F6 when you go to install windows and install the raid controller drivers from a floppy..

eGo

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:40 pm

hmmm , a couple of weeks ago I installed windows on a P4C800 using a SATA drive and I didn't have this problem . That system nor this one has a floppy drive .

??????

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:46 pm

Originally posted by nitro237
hmmm , a couple of weeks ago I installed windows on a P4C800 using a SATA drive and I didn't have this problem . That system nor this one has a floppy drive .

??????

Was the SATA controller on the P4C800 native? If so that's why.

eGo

nitro237 · Post by **nitro237** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:49 pm

Was the SATA controller on the P4C800 native? If so that's why.

That was probably it . Any workaround on this so I don't have to dig out a floppy drive ?

smb · Post by **smb** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:51 pm

you can set to native mode, then go back and enable sata and it should work.