controller card porblem
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Your board is properly detecting the controller but not the drive itself? Any controller card is run by loading drivers from a primary or host drive. Usually that is an internal drive set as the master or first boot device. For this you most likely need to boot the system by another means like a startup floppy or even a preprepared boot cd in order to see those loaded.
One way right off the top is to copy or burn the drivers to the boot disk along with the essential boot files. A floppy is a little limited on space where a cd-r burned with the iso image for the OS(XP) you are running plus loading the drivers simultaneously would see this done. You would need a cd writer in order to create a custom boot cd. For the boot iso needed http://www.bootdisk.com
If you have a cd burner without the software BurnOn has worked well here and is a freeware found at http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd/
If you have a cd burner without the software BurnOn has worked well here and is a freeware found at http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd/
Ignore the entire previous post. That's like driving 400 miles out of your way because you forgot to buy a map.
When you are installing Windows, you will see in the bottom left hand corner where it will say "Press F6 if you have a SCSI device" or something to that effect. Press F6. It will take a minute or two for something to happen, so be patient.
After a couple of minutes you will be prompted to insert the (floppy) disk and press a key. Windows will load the driver automatically and setup will continue.
That's all there is to it.
When you are installing Windows, you will see in the bottom left hand corner where it will say "Press F6 if you have a SCSI device" or something to that effect. Press F6. It will take a minute or two for something to happen, so be patient.
After a couple of minutes you will be prompted to insert the (floppy) disk and press a key. Windows will load the driver automatically and setup will continue.
That's all there is to it.
What is your problem with PC Eye? Every time you reply to anything he says it is insults, insults, insults
This isn't a SCSI drive, that will do absolutely nothing
Insert what floppy disk? He doesn't have one.
Why are you using an IDE controller? Are your internal IDE ports filled? What you may need to do is install windows on an IDE drive attached to the motherboard, install the drivers for the IDE controller, and then transfer the drive onto the controller.
It is intended for all types of controller cards. It just says SCSI (or was that RAID? Maybe it was RAID). Trust me. I've done hundreds of XP installs. It works.
So make one. How hard can it be?
What difference does it make? I'm sure if he wants our opinions he'll ask for them.
You're as bad as PC Eye... All he has to do is have that floppy ready and VOILA!! Problem solved. It's the same with SATA controllers. It would seriously suck if everyone had to follow the same crappy advice.
Hell, I would never make any money for having to go through silly install procedures just to get Windows to work. Ugh. Blech.
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"Press F6 if you have a SCSI device" or something"
Gee? That idea didn't work so well with a SATA drive when using a drive floppy. The XP installer still failed to detect the drive while clearly seen in the post tests. Explain that one.
Well yeah. It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out. The card has it's own BIOS on it. Of course it's going to detect the drive. Every controller card I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of them) has it's own BIOS and does it's own drive detection.
XP, on the other hand, has no idea what to do with that controller. It needs to be told what to do with it. How? By loading the driver by pressing F6.
I'm surprised you don't know this stuff. You're supposed to be the tech.
Blurblock: I don't think that the guy knows what he's talking about I'm afraid. Unless it's on Google, he's lost. Anyways, if you look on the CD it should be in a sub directory. You will see a {filename}.inf file. Maybe a couple of files in the same directory. Copy all of them to a floppy and have it ready for when the system prompts you to press F6.
It's up to you. You can take his word for it or you can take mine.
Less talking, more reading... That's the fourth time today you have stuck your foot in your trap.
I told him to "make a floppy". Comprendo?
http://www.computerforum.com/428598-post11.html
The correct term would be Comprende, otherwise you are asking if you understand.
4 now....hmmmm
Who really cares? You got the point obviously. So I don't major in foreign languages. Is that going to be an issue for you?
Never mind SirKenin. If you don't have a floppy drive installed on the system there you will have to create a bootable cd to load the needed drivers. The problem there would be the need to boot from the XP installation disk at the same time. If you have a floppy drive you can download a boot image and add the drivers to the floppy itself. The instructions provided along with the download link for boot images can be found at http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
Here's the guide. If you follow PC Eye's direction's you're liable to end up in China. lmao
http://www.mysuperpc.com/build/pc_sata_install_windows_operating_system.shtml
And yes, Mr. Google, I found that on Google.
I hope you're proud of me.. "And yes, Mr. Google, I found that on Google. I hope you're proud of me.. "
I'm just surprised you didn't refer blurblock to http://www.jokesaround.com/j/3124.html
I hope you're proud of me.. "I'm just surprised you didn't refer blurblock to http://www.jokesaround.com/j/3124.html