Problem recognizing sata hard drive

lynx6200 · 03-13-2007, 11:23 PM

I have an Abit AV8 mother board with 2 sata and 2 ide ports. The OS is running off the IDE drive, but I am trying to get the SATA drive to work, for loading windows.

While the board seems to recognize the SATA ports, drivers are required for them, and It took some work to get the SATA drive to show up (by moving the jumpers around). I can also boot to the SATA drive in Bios.

However, when I boot to the windows cd for setup, it only recognizes my IDE drive, so I see how I can get windows setup. The drive has been formatted and can be accessed through the IDE drive.

Thanks for any help.

**The_Other_One** · 03-14-2007, 12:43 AM

Have you installed the SATA/RAID drivers? They should be on a floppy disk that came with the motherboard.

Also, just to double check, you can see the drives in the bios, correct? Or during POST?

lynx6200 · 03-14-2007, 01:54 AM

The drivers are installed through windows on the primary drive. When in windows, I can see the sata drive fine, and use it like a slave drive.

Bios doesnt show the SATA drive is connected, only option in Bios regarding the onboard SATA driver,is an option to choose it as the primary boot device, which works but says no OS found, but of course on the OS installation, it doesnt recognize the drive.

Only thing I can think of is something with the jumpers.

**The_Other_One** · 03-14-2007, 03:48 AM

SATA drives don't use jumpers...well, maybe to set to SATA150 if it's a 300 drive, but that mobo should handle either just fine.

Something strange is up, though, if you see it in Windows but not the bios??? Well, that should be a fairly clear indication that something is working... Did you try the drivers like I said DURING the windows installation?

lynx6200 · 03-14-2007, 03:52 AM

How do you mean install the drivers during instalation? I have the drivers on the m/b cd. Dont know how I would install em during instalation, dont have a floppy either, maybe i canuse my thumb drive. Ill just have to play around I suppose.

Thanks

kof2000 · 03-14-2007, 07:23 AM

invest in a floppy or make your thumb drive bootable and trick the system into thinking it is a floppy. it needs to be loaded during installation when it asked you to hit f6.

**The_Other_One** · 03-14-2007, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kof2000

make your thumb drive bootable and trick the system into thinking it is a floppy.

Not a bad idea... Same goes for some bootable CD-ROMs. I know some use a floppy image to boot.

PC eye · 03-14-2007, 08:24 AM

The problem seen there is easy solved. When you boot up with the board's cd or run it while in Windows there should be an option to create a sata-raid floppy. Asus has that seen in the menu when loaded. That will look for a A drive namely a floppy to copy the needed drivers onto a 3 1/2". There's also a driver folder for burning them to a cd-r. But you have to get the correct ones that way.

Once you have a bootable disk made up hit the F6 when booting up with the XP installation disk and those will be loaded. Hopefully if you a good burn you won't a driver error and be able to proceed. Make sure you that drive set as the first in the bios liist of drives and unplug the ide drive(s) you are running. The drivers have to loaded this way for the installer itself to see the drive.

JlCollins005 · 03-14-2007, 09:23 AM

yea not hard, if u dont have the disc with the sata/raid drivers on it go to the manufactures site and download them and put the needed files on a floppy, and like they said when ur xp starts to load first screen push f6 should read the sata drivers off floppy and allow u to install on to it.. make sure to do a full format on the floppy, i did quick and it did not work for but i did it full and it worked fine

PC eye · 03-14-2007, 10:43 PM

The attempt at downloading drivers directly from Asus proved pointless on the other build when tried with two different floppies fully formatted in Windows. When the sata was installed here the problem at first was seeing one driver error and the option seen on the board's cd itself was then used for formatting the floppy there.

Once Windows was rebooted the option for making the disk up was then tried with Windows running. This proved to be the method that worked when the system was then shutdown and the two ide drives were then unplugged for the stand alone installation. The drivers loaded right up and the XP installer saw the drive immediately.

The problem now is that the friend has grown accustomed to running the older ide and doesn't want to be bothered pulling the case out and reconnecting the 200gb sata he originally wanted as a stand alone to begin with. Tell me if that sounds a little lame there.

To upgrade a family member's system with a new case now a new drive to replace the 80gb ide will have to be bought instead of being able to put the 120gb to use again. The 80gb will remain in the old case probably to upgrade a student's old 98 system.

03-13-2007, 11:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 790	Problem recognizing sata hard drive I have an Abit AV8 mother board with 2 sata and 2 ide ports. The OS is running off the IDE drive, but I am trying to get the SATA drive to work, for loading windows. While the board seems to recognize the SATA ports, drivers are required for them, and It took some work to get the SATA drive to show up (by moving the jumpers around). I can also boot to the SATA drive in Bios. However, when I boot to the windows cd for setup, it only recognizes my IDE drive, so I see how I can get windows setup. The drive has been formatted and can be accessed through the IDE drive. Thanks for any help. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

03-14-2007, 12:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Have you installed the SATA/RAID drivers? They should be on a floppy disk that came with the motherboard. Also, just to double check, you can see the drives in the bios, correct? Or during POST? __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

03-14-2007, 01:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 790	The drivers are installed through windows on the primary drive. When in windows, I can see the sata drive fine, and use it like a slave drive. Bios doesnt show the SATA drive is connected, only option in Bios regarding the onboard SATA driver,is an option to choose it as the primary boot device, which works but says no OS found, but of course on the OS installation, it doesnt recognize the drive. Only thing I can think of is something with the jumpers. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

03-14-2007, 03:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	SATA drives don't use jumpers...well, maybe to set to SATA150 if it's a 300 drive, but that mobo should handle either just fine. Something strange is up, though, if you see it in Windows but not the bios??? Well, that should be a fairly clear indication that something is working... Did you try the drivers like I said DURING the windows installation? __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

03-14-2007, 03:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 790	How do you mean install the drivers during instalation? I have the drivers on the m/b cd. Dont know how I would install em during instalation, dont have a floppy either, maybe i canuse my thumb drive. Ill just have to play around I suppose. Thanks __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

03-14-2007, 07:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 27 Posts: 6,273	invest in a floppy or make your thumb drive bootable and trick the system into thinking it is a floppy. it needs to be loaded during installation when it asked you to hit f6. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

03-14-2007, 08:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	The problem seen there is easy solved. When you boot up with the board's cd or run it while in Windows there should be an option to create a sata-raid floppy. Asus has that seen in the menu when loaded. That will look for a A drive namely a floppy to copy the needed drivers onto a 3 1/2". There's also a driver folder for burning them to a cd-r. But you have to get the correct ones that way. Once you have a bootable disk made up hit the F6 when booting up with the XP installation disk and those will be loaded. Hopefully if you a good burn you won't a driver error and be able to proceed. Make sure you that drive set as the first in the bios liist of drives and unplug the ide drive(s) you are running. The drivers have to loaded this way for the installer itself to see the drive.

03-14-2007, 09:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
JlCollins005 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 21 Posts: 964	yea not hard, if u dont have the disc with the sata/raid drivers on it go to the manufactures site and download them and put the needed files on a floppy, and like they said when ur xp starts to load first screen push f6 should read the sata drivers off floppy and allow u to install on to it.. make sure to do a full format on the floppy, i did quick and it did not work for but i did it full and it worked fine

03-14-2007, 10:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	The attempt at downloading drivers directly from Asus proved pointless on the other build when tried with two different floppies fully formatted in Windows. When the sata was installed here the problem at first was seeing one driver error and the option seen on the board's cd itself was then used for formatting the floppy there. Once Windows was rebooted the option for making the disk up was then tried with Windows running. This proved to be the method that worked when the system was then shutdown and the two ide drives were then unplugged for the stand alone installation. The drivers loaded right up and the XP installer saw the drive immediately. The problem now is that the friend has grown accustomed to running the older ide and doesn't want to be bothered pulling the case out and reconnecting the 200gb sata he originally wanted as a stand alone to begin with. Tell me if that sounds a little lame there. To upgrade a family member's system with a new case now a new drive to replace the 80gb ide will have to be bought instead of being able to put the 120gb to use again. The 80gb will remain in the old case probably to upgrade a student's old 98 system.

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