Post by: apocalypse on April 04, 2003, 09:50:33 PM
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on April 07, 2003, 08:00:24 AM
Post by: Tracky110XP on April 08, 2003, 11:08:53 AM
Post by: apocalypse on April 09, 2003, 08:15:46 AM
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' /> just installed it.Les
Post by: BAZZZZ on June 04, 2003, 03:09:10 PM
tried making it from mother board cd rom but the files in drivers folder is incorrect ,, xp comes upwith sataraid not link
dont know what to do , i am using a asus a7n8x mother board and a matrox 80gb sata hard drive
thanx in advance bazzzz99Email Removed
Post by: D on August 15, 2003, 10:01:38 AM
tried making it from mother board cd rom but the files in drivers folder is incorrect ,, xp comes upwith sataraid not link
dont know what to do , i am using a asus a7n8x mother board and a matrox 80gb sata hard drive
thanx in advance bazzzz99Email Removed[/quote]
j'ai exactement le même problème que toi
l'as tu résolu ?
voyage16Email Removed
merci
Post by: D on August 15, 2003, 10:02:10 AM
tried making it from mother board cd rom but the files in drivers folder is incorrect ,, xp comes upwith sataraid not link
dont know what to do , i am using a asus a7n8x mother board and a matrox 80gb sata hard drive
thanx in advance bazzzz99Email Removed[/quote]
j'ai exactement le même problème que toi
l'as tu résolu ?
voyage16Email Removed
merci
Post by: nivus on August 26, 2003, 05:18:25 AM
/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':o\' /> i have the a7n8x deluxe rev 2.xx and a maxtor 120gb s-ata.
..and totally the same problem!
Post by: CJTech on August 26, 2003, 08:52:55 AM
tried making it from mother board cd rom but the files in drivers folder is incorrect ,, xp comes upwith sataraid not link
dont know what to do , i am using a asus a7n8x mother board and a matrox 80gb sata hard drive
thanx in advance bazzzz99Email Removed[/quote]
You can't RAID a single drive, so don't enter the Silicon Image BIOS. Just move on.
First, enable the SATA header. Read page 2.7 in the manual. Now boot up and go into BIOS setup. In there, set the third boot device to SCSI - unless there is a "BB" device available to select. That would be it.
Post by: CJTech on August 26, 2003, 08:58:33 AM
1) Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows XP accordingly.
2) Restart your system when prompted by Windows' installation.
3) At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the driver.
4) Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter.
5) Select Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller and press Enter.
6) Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation.
Note: When the Software Installation warning pops up, click Yes. And when the Hardware Installation warning pops up, click Yes again. Our driver has been thoroughly tested in Windows for stability. This message appears because Microsoft has not tested this product through WHQL certification.
For Existing Windows XP Installation
1) Install the board and boot up Windows XP.
2) At the Found New Hardware Wizard, insert the driver diskette, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), then click Next.
3) When a warning message pops up, click Continue Anyway, then click Finish. Our driver has been thoroughly tested in Windows for stability. This message appears because Microsoft has not tested this product through WHQL certification.
4) Remove the driver diskette and restart Windows to complete the driver installation.
Verify for Successful Installation
1) Right click My Computer and click Manage.
2) Select Device Manager.
3) Double click SCSI and RAID Controllers, then double click Silicon Image SiI 3112 Serial ATA Controller to display driver properties.
4) A message This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed.
Post by: CJTech on August 26, 2003, 09:05:01 AM
Non RAID ---> http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10471 (http://\"http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10471\")
RAID ---> http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10469 (http://\"http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10469\")
Post by: MeXuS^ on September 11, 2003, 04:52:42 PM
I just made my new PC:
AMD Opteron
Asus SK8N
Maxtor 160GM SATA
Driver stuff with the F6 but the installation doesn't find the drive!!
P.S BIOS is set!
PLS help me!!!
Post by: Tgvirus99 on September 15, 2003, 12:42:19 PM
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' /> Ok i Have the answer you have all been lookin 4 send £1 to me at the following adress:***********only jokin lol**********************************************
to install a SATA hard drive in windows xp u simply need to make a floppy disk that windows xp asks for !! EASY RIGHT !!. if u mail me i will send u an email contain the files u need to create the SATALink Driver Installation Disk. i will also include simple instructions on how to do it.
my e mail adress is tgvirus99Email Removed.
thought i should share this info cos i know how many people are havin trouble with it!!!!!
Post by: drdoc on September 30, 2003, 01:28:19 PM
I have ga7n400 with sata drive
also have intel 875 with sata
both have bluescreen problems.
There is a problem when you are accessing the dvd on pata and sata at the
same time. So if you are installing xp onto a sata drive then you are rapidly reading pata (cd/dvd) ad copying files to your sata drive. I was getting file not found miscompares lockups and bluescreens if you retry it continues. There is obviously some firmware/driver problem. This is what we get for being on the bleeding edge of technology (sata). Even after I got xp installed if you play a movie or install office xp you get bluescreens and file errors. The errors dont repeat because it is a firmware/chipset problem - its FLAKY.
I did get it working best by:
putting the dvd on ide3 - ( thats the raid ports ).
use f6 to install with si3112 drive diskette
enable scsi, sata and base in bios.
enable raid in ata mode not raid mode.
you might try making the cd run in pio mode not dma - that might fix it too....
Post by: Guest on October 12, 2003, 03:03:09 AM
I have problems with fresh installed windows xp on sata.
I used flopy disk to install drivers for sata and my Windows xp work ok on sata disk. But when i install large files like quicktime the windows xp freez. After installation of quicktime i canno't start windows xp regullary but i can only start windows xp in safe mode. Can anybody help me with that.
Post by: Guest on October 18, 2003, 03:27:51 PM
Post by: Guest on October 18, 2003, 03:28:34 PM
Post by: Guest on October 22, 2003, 07:47:48 PM
Now, the F6-thing is the obvious solution I tried it, just .. I do not have a floppy drive (Who needs such nowadays anyway?) and the Windows installer won't take anything else. Is there a way around that?
Post by: Thomas on October 23, 2003, 12:53:13 PM
Now, the F6-thing is the obvious solution I tried it, just .. I do not have a floppy drive (Who needs such nowadays anyway?) and the Windows installer won't take anything else. Is there a way around that?[/quote]
I did it this way;
The driver load during the XP Installation (F6) worked but after the HD was formatted and the partitions were made, the copying of the drivers did not work for some f*cking reason...
So i booted my system from a win 98 boot diskette and manually copied the driver files to the system32\drivers folder.
This worked and i could continue the installation from the harddisk but then a new problem came up; Now for some reason my system keeps rebooting...
/mad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' /> What is wrong?
/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' />
Post by: Guest on October 29, 2003, 08:47:22 AM
Now, the F6-thing is the obvious solution I tried it, just .. I do not have a floppy drive (Who needs such nowadays anyway?) and the Windows installer won't take anything else. Is there a way around that?[/quote]
I did it this way;
The driver load during the XP Installation (F6) worked but after the HD was formatted and the partitions were made, the copying of the drivers did not work for some f*cking reason...
So i booted my system from a win 98 boot diskette and manually copied the driver files to the system32\drivers folder.
This worked and i could continue the installation from the harddisk but then a new problem came up; Now for some reason my system keeps rebooting...
/mad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' /> What is wrong?
/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' /> [/quote]My problem is solved; a corrupt win xp cd that couldn't load the drivers from the a: diskette...
An earlier version did the trick!
I hope everyone who has this problem can now solve it
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />mvg,
Thomas.
Post by: Guest on November 06, 2003, 11:17:30 AM
CPU and RAM both to 133MHZ (XP does not like installing with anything higher, results in various blue screens) after installing the motherboard drivers (VIA/Nforce2) up the FSB+CPU frequency
this seems to help
Post by: Webcarnage on November 25, 2003, 03:52:36 PM
For those who wanna make a Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller disk and have a asus a7n8x deluxe:
If you don't have the Silicone Image drivers (you can find thm on the disk that you get with the a7n8x-mb) go to http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...022.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=10&l3_id=23&m_id=1&f_name=silicon_v10022.zip~zaqwedc\") and download the Silicone Image drivers, unzip it (or find the files on the asus-disk) and install it (using setup.exe in the directory silicon_v10022\GUI\Diskettes\Disk1) on a working pc (that allready has an OS), the next thing to do is to copy all the files (except SATARaid.exe and SATARaid.hlp) from C:\Program Files\Silicon Image\SiISATARaid (or the directory you used to install the Silicone Image drivers) on a floppy-disk, after that you need to copy all the files from D:\Drivers\SATA (or the directory where you unzipped silicon_v10022.zip if you don't have the asus-disk), except SATARaid_Manual_Rev092.pdf and the the sub-directory's, to the same floppy-disk you are making.
After that you'll only need to follow these instructions:
1) Make sure to enable the SATA header. Read page 2.7 in the manual (asus-a7n8x -deluxe manual). Now boot up and go into BIOS setup and make these changes: 1st boot device: CD/DVD-drive, 2nd boot device: Floppy-drive, 3rd boot device:scsi-drive (after the installation of windows you can change these settings)
2) (Re)Start your system.
3) At the Windows Setup screen (you need to put the windows-cd in the drive and press a key when you get the message "press a key to boot from the cd"), press F6 to install the driver.
4) Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter.
5) Select Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller and press Enter.
6) Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation.
Verify for Successful Installation
1) Right click My Computer and click Manage.
2) Select Device Manager.
3) Double click SCSI and RAID Controllers, then double click Silicon Image SiI 3112 Serial ATA Controller to display driver properties.
4) A message This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed.
5) If you don't get a message This device is working properly re-install the Silicone Image drivers.
I know this isn't the perfect way to deal with this problem but this solution worked for me, hopefully it will work for you guys too.
Webcarnage
Post by: deepblue_cn on November 27, 2003, 11:51:06 PM
For those who wanna make a Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller disk and have a asus a7n8x deluxe:
If you don't have the Silicone Image drivers (you can find thm on the disk that you get with the a7n8x-mb) go to http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...022.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=10&l3_id=23&m_id=1&f_name=silicon_v10022.zip~zaqwedc\") and download the Silicone Image drivers, unzip it (or find the files on the asus-disk) and install it (using setup.exe in the directory silicon_v10022\GUI\Diskettes\Disk1) on a working pc (that allready has an OS), the next thing to do is to copy all the files (except SATARaid.exe and SATARaid.hlp) from C:\Program Files\Silicon Image\SiISATARaid (or the directory you used to install the Silicone Image drivers) on a floppy-disk, after that you need to copy all the files from D:\Drivers\SATA (or the directory where you unzipped silicon_v10022.zip if you don't have the asus-disk), except SATARaid_Manual_Rev092.pdf and the the sub-directory's, to the same floppy-disk you are making.
After that you'll only need to follow these instructions:
1) Make sure to enable the SATA header. Read page 2.7 in the manual (asus-a7n8x -deluxe manual). Now boot up and go into BIOS setup and make these changes: 1st boot device: CD/DVD-drive, 2nd boot device: Floppy-drive, 3rd boot device:scsi-drive (after the installation of windows you can change these settings)
2) (Re)Start your system.
3) At the Windows Setup screen (you need to put the windows-cd in the drive and press a key when you get the message "press a key to boot from the cd"), press F6 to install the driver.
4) Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter.
5) Select Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller and press Enter.
6) Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation.
Verify for Successful Installation
1) Right click My Computer and click Manage.
2) Select Device Manager.
3) Double click SCSI and RAID Controllers, then double click Silicon Image SiI 3112 Serial ATA Controller to display driver properties.
4) A message This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed.
5) If you don't get a message This device is working properly re-install the Silicone Image drivers.
I know this isn't the perfect way to deal with this problem but this solution worked for me, hopefully it will work for you guys too.
Webcarnage[/quote]
1. I followed ur advise,step by step,but failed.
2.The file copied from C:\Program Files\Silicon Image\SiISATARaid had no use,i think.The really wored file still the file copied from D:\Drivers\SATA.
3.The screem displayed name were not "Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller",but "Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Serial ATA Controller"
4.Maybe it worked for u,afterall,thank u for ur help.I am keep on studying on it,hope to resolv this problem.
if someone work out of it ,pls e-mail me :deepblue_cnEmail Removed
Thank you all!
Post by: Guest on December 03, 2003, 09:29:07 PM
If i disconnect sata hd win installation stats.
Sorry for my english if you can help me write to [email protected]
Post by: CHEWBAC on December 04, 2003, 05:22:41 AM
Read this:
SiI3x12A: Serial ATA (SATA) Windows RAID Driver - Released
NEW – Version 10032 of the SiI3x12 Windows RAID driver is now logo-certified for Windows 2003 Server.
The latest Windows RAID driver for the SiI3x12A SATA Controller chip (3x12A_x86_win_rdrv-xxxxx.zip) can be downloaded from the links on the right. These drivers support Windows 98SE/ME/NT/2000/XP. Windows 95 is not supported.
Please NOTE that these are the latest GENERAL drivers that are available from Silicon Image. Some motherboard or add-in card makers may post versions with later revision numbers than the one shown here, but those are written specifically for their designs and are not intended for general use.
The latest version of Silicon Image SATARAID RAID Manager software is also attached on the right.
Comments/Special Instructions:
Preparing a 'Silicon Image SiI 3x12 Raid Driver Installation Disk'
Follow these instructions if you are creating a diskette containing the Silicon Image SiI 3x12 Raid driver.
1. Format a blank floppy diskette.
2. Use WinZip or a similar utility to unzip the Driver Zip file (3x12A_x86_win_rdrv-xxxxx.zip).Make sure you use the rdrv file and NOT the SATARAID file. The SATARAID file is the Windows RAID Manager GUI. It is not the RAID driver and will be too large to fit on a floppy. If it does not fit on a floppy, you are using the wrong file.
3. Copy all the files contained in the zipped file to the newly formatted diskette.
4. Label this floppy diskette 'Silicon Image SiI 3x12 RAID Driver Installation Disk'.
If you want to know where you can download this file from, SEND ME 10 DOLLARS!!!!!!!
It's a joke, the adress is http://12.24.47.40/display/2/index.asp?c=1...d=2&r=0.5833704 (http://\"http://12.24.47.40/display/2/index.asp?c=12&cpc=ULwO0A442oKs512Q04X5i0UupP4SveI6dt2WJi7&cid=2&r=0.5833704\")
from the PRODUCT SUPPORT of the Silicon Image site.
If you want to thank me, my adress is [email protected], and if you want to kiss my ass, mail me, and I'll give you my home adress!
Post by: Granadas[PT] on December 06, 2003, 07:48:45 PM
The files are:
- Si3112r.inf
- Si3112r.mpd
- Si3112r.sys
- SIISUPP.VXD
- TxtSetup.oem
You can find them in the CD NVIDIA nForce2/Drivers/SATA
Post by: scartissue on December 09, 2003, 03:06:22 AM
I believe the problem lies in the seagate sata HDD I put in..it's like the xp setup disk can't see the sata drive because in the post..it is reading my cd rom drive and floppy only..no HDD. but if I use the seagate startup disk it shows me that the sata disk is there and formatted.????please help
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Post by: scartissue on December 09, 2003, 03:07:46 AM
The files are:
- Si3112r.inf
- Si3112r.mpd
- Si3112r.sys
- SIISUPP.VXD
- TxtSetup.oem
You can find them in the CD NVIDIA nForce2/Drivers/SATA[/quote]
I have these files ..what do i do with them?
Post by: JP on December 10, 2003, 05:46:30 PM
Post by: Guest_Justin on December 10, 2003, 06:30:09 PM
the name is too long or not valid or something
thanks
Post by: Guest on December 12, 2003, 06:27:57 PM
Post by: Bender on December 13, 2003, 07:38:22 AM
For those who wanna make a Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller disk and have a asus a7n8x deluxe:
If you don't have the Silicone Image drivers (you can find thm on the disk that you get with the a7n8x-mb) go to http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...022.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=10&l3_id=23&m_id=1&f_name=silicon_v10022.zip~zaqwedc\") and download the Silicone Image drivers, unzip it (or find the files on the asus-disk) and install it (using setup.exe in the directory silicon_v10022\GUI\Diskettes\Disk1) on a working pc (that allready has an OS), the next thing to do is to copy all the files (except SATARaid.exe and SATARaid.hlp) from C:\Program Files\Silicon Image\SiISATARaid (or the directory you used to install the Silicone Image drivers) on a floppy-disk, after that you need to copy all the files from D:\Drivers\SATA (or the directory where you unzipped silicon_v10022.zip if you don't have the asus-disk), except SATARaid_Manual_Rev092.pdf and the the sub-directory's, to the same floppy-disk you are making.
After that you'll only need to follow these instructions:
1) Make sure to enable the SATA header. Read page 2.7 in the manual (asus-a7n8x -deluxe manual). Now boot up and go into BIOS setup and make these changes: 1st boot device: CD/DVD-drive, 2nd boot device: Floppy-drive, 3rd boot device:scsi-drive (after the installation of windows you can change these settings)
2) (Re)Start your system.
3) At the Windows Setup screen (you need to put the windows-cd in the drive and press a key when you get the message "press a key to boot from the cd"), press F6 to install the driver.
4) Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter.
5) Select Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller and press Enter.
6) Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation.
Verify for Successful Installation
1) Right click My Computer and click Manage.
2) Select Device Manager.
3) Double click SCSI and RAID Controllers, then double click Silicon Image SiI 3112 Serial ATA Controller to display driver properties.
4) A message This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed.
5) If you don't get a message This device is working properly re-install the Silicone Image drivers.
I know this isn't the perfect way to deal with this problem but this solution worked for me, hopefully it will work for you guys too.
Webcarnage[/quote]
1. I followed ur advise,step by step,but failed.
2.The file copied from C:\Program Files\Silicon Image\SiISATARaid had no use,i think.The really wored file still the file copied from D:\Drivers\SATA.
3.The screem displayed name were not "Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller",but "Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Serial ATA Controller"
4.Maybe it worked for u,afterall,thank u for ur help.I am keep on studying on it,hope to resolv this problem.
if someone work out of it ,pls e-mail me :deepblue_cnEmail Removed
Thank you all! [/quote]
hey guys, i'm having the exact same problem...
does anyone have a solution for this... ive tried anything, i'm desperate!
TNX ALOT
Post by: Guest on December 14, 2003, 12:57:41 AM
The files are:
- Si3112r.inf
- Si3112r.mpd
- Si3112r.sys
- SIISUPP.VXD
- TxtSetup.oem
You can find them in the CD NVIDIA nForce2/Drivers/SATA[/quote]
This is the solution.......you nailed it on the head.
My advice to anyone installing Windows on a SATA hard drive, if you didn't get a floppy of the SATA drivers, look for them on the CD rom that came with your mobo.
For Asus owners like me. Go to drivers directory, then SATA.
Copy those 5 files he said onto a floppy.
There are more files there, but one of them has to do with RAID. I don't want the raid feature, just SATA.
I did what he said, and it worked like a charm.
Post by: gybp on December 14, 2003, 08:21:15 PM
btw i did the F6 thing when installing windows
Post by: gybp on December 14, 2003, 08:33:19 PM
btw i did the F6 thing when installing windows[/quote]
have a gigabyte GA-7NNX, i can install windows, i install the nforce drivers, but when windows XP restarts it hangs in the boot screen and i have to format the HD again. How can i fix it???.
when i install windows and nforce drivers i only get a yellow sign in the device maganer in the setcion called Mass storage device, the i try to install the drivers from a diskette and after it restarts it cannote cime back to windows
btw i did the F6 thing when installing windows
Post by: kennyG on December 15, 2003, 08:19:25 PM
I found that the problem was that the SI3112r .sys was for some reason not being installed so I went right to the source.. Silicon Image and downloaded that file put it on my floppy( it will say do you want to over write the file on the disk..I backup that file then said yeah over write it!) did the F6 thing again and "BAM" it worked..that was weird but it worked..try it..I allmosted pulled what little hair I had out trying to figure this one out..I just got my New P4 system working RAID 0 2/120 gig Seagate drives.work great!
I hope this helps you guys..
If you need any info..email me ..ksgxEmail Removed
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Post by: Guest on December 21, 2003, 04:19:36 PM
Post by: James on December 23, 2003, 12:35:49 AM
Now, the F6-thing is the obvious solution I tried it, just .. I do not have a floppy drive (Who needs such nowadays anyway?) and the Windows installer won't take anything else. Is there a way around that?[/quote]
I did it this way;
The driver load during the XP Installation (F6) worked but after the HD was formatted and the partitions were made, the copying of the drivers did not work for some f*cking reason...
So i booted my system from a win 98 boot diskette and manually copied the driver files to the system32\drivers folder.
This worked and i could continue the installation from the harddisk but then a new problem came up; Now for some reason my system keeps rebooting...
/mad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' /> What is wrong?
/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' /> [/quote]My problem is solved; a corrupt win xp cd that couldn't load the drivers from the a: diskette...
An earlier version did the trick!
I hope everyone who has this problem can now solve it
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />mvg,
Thomas. [/quote]
Thank you very much. That did indeed solve the problem. I had made a custom Install CD that I have used numerous times before, but it will NOT work with the SATA drives. Using my original CD, it worked first time no problem. Thank you very much!
Post by: Guest on December 24, 2003, 02:14:13 AM
Post by: Guest_Red on December 24, 2003, 04:42:55 AM
/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'B)\' /> Asus SUCKS!
they doesn't provide the driver.
What we need: ""Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Driver Installation Disk""
I found it on silicon website.
Let's try it...
Filename: 3x12_x86_[1].win_rdvr-10032.zip
Post by: Matthew on December 26, 2003, 04:16:26 PM
I tried that rdvr way, downloading the drivers, using the CD ASUS sent with...the GUI version and teh SATA directory versions and none of them work.
Thanks for the help...installing windows onto this A7N8X with a Hitachi DeskStar for more than 2 days straight.
Post by: Guest on January 03, 2004, 07:11:46 PM
boot up, hit f6 where it prompts and it skips right on by like I didn't
even hit it. bios set up to boot from floppy, cdrom, scsi. got my five
files on a disk, but no good if f6 is ignored by my computer.
oh well, back to google...
Post by: [email protected] giagia on January 06, 2004, 10:17:23 AM
I have a new Asus A7N8x Deluxe with the great serial ATA Sil3112a.....
I have read the old posts but don't find a solution for my problem. The situation
is the foolowing:
1- I have installed my system win 2k with the SATA driver;
2- I have installed the drivers for the onboard devices;
3- Installation of many programs without problems;
4- Finally the system run fine!!
but after a lot of reboots a f..king error with the blue screen:
"system registry error
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE not found or registry item
or the copy is kaputt ...."
How I can access to my HD?
What' is this f..king problem?
I need Help!!!
Thankx
Giagia
Post by: Guest on January 06, 2004, 11:06:31 AM
HELP!
Post by: Guest AK on January 07, 2004, 12:45:34 PM
I tried making the floppy label something simple like "SATA driver", but when I hit 's' to offer my driver files, there is nothing found. I'm not even sure why the label is important, as long as you know what it is.
The BIOS on my new a7n8x-e deluxe is ver. 1006 - should I flash to 1007 or 1008 to make this loading experience go easier?
Geezus what an aggravation...
Thanks for any help ...
Post by: Guest AK on January 07, 2004, 04:20:36 PM
When I try to access the RAID utility now by hitting f4 during boot up, it says the utility is disabled. At least when I was trying to get the Silicon Image drivers loaded before, I could always get into the built-in RAID utility (f4 during boot up) and see the HD detected there - now I can't even use this built-in utility.
Ugh - another hurdle to overcome.
Hopefully I don't have bad hardware - I've double checked all my BIOS settings (still have ver. 1006) and can't find any settings to this effect.
Anyone else have this happen?
Regards
Post by: Zimbabwe on January 08, 2004, 11:31:21 PM
Oh and when i push F6 on setup, nothing happens.?
Zimbabwe
Post by: Guest on January 08, 2004, 11:39:38 PM
tried making it from mother board cd rom but the files in drivers folder is incorrect ,, xp comes upwith sataraid not link
dont know what to do , i am using a asus a7n8x mother board and a matrox 80gb sata hard drive
thanx in advance bazzzz99Email Removed[/quote]
You can't RAID a single drive, so don't enter the Silicon Image BIOS. Just move on.
First, enable the SATA header. Read page 2.7 in the manual. Now boot up and go into BIOS setup. In there, set the third boot device to SCSI - unless there is a "BB" device available to select. That would be it.[/quote]
I have a single drive and am having problems with the SATA and installing windows XP, if I only have one single drive and am not planning on have more than one in the near future, what can I do to clear up a problem with win setup not recognizing my drive?
Post by: Phil on January 10, 2004, 09:57:08 PM
Thanks
Post by: Guest on January 12, 2004, 06:29:17 AM
Thanks
Post by: GSJBoca on January 12, 2004, 09:48:44 PM
You will get a WinXP error 2 or 3 times which says these drivers are crap, but blow through and will be ok--probably says that because the drivers are newer than the WinXP CD.
What a pain, thanks NVidia.
Post by: Guest on January 16, 2004, 07:16:31 PM
Then do as it is in redme.txt file in that file you downloaded
Post by: fader on January 19, 2004, 11:07:45 AM
That was 450gig gone tits up and i was very sad
/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' /> I decided all these drives were creating too much heat and this was my problem. So before i went to buy more drives i fitted a HUGE fan in the front of the box, in front of all the drives, which are hung in a cradle below the existing cradle. I re-built everything except the Sata drive and drivers and all the drives were back to normal funtionality. Yipee /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />As soon as I try connecting the Sata drive everything goes to [censored]. I screws with my USB ADSL Modem too.
I'm guessing it's because i have a Raid controller card in there too. This means i find a solution or i'm stuck at 6 drives.
Any help would be appreciated. Also can anyone tell me why my raid drives are very slow. Thx
fader
Post by: Guest_jack on January 20, 2004, 11:30:10 PM
I have an Asus SK8V motherboard with SATA onboard.
and I installed a Western Digital SATA WD2000 drive. The only ide devices I have are a DVD on one and CD-Rom on the other (both masters)
I configured the hard drive initially with the Western Digital Program prior to installing Windows XP Professional.
When I load Windows XP, it asks for the drives, I press F6 and found the SATA driver on the Asus support disk,
but then XP says that "the hard drive is not detected"
Anyone have the answer to this?
Thanks a lot.
Jack
Post by: Aj_Ream-O on January 23, 2004, 03:52:59 AM
hey all. had the same prob as you, but i found the driver you all need. its at:
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/it...7N8X-E%20Deluxe (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7N8X-E%20Deluxe\")
click on the "drivers" tab, then download the "silicon_v10033.zip" file. in it you will find "Si3112r.inf". thats the driver thats needed. just copy it to a floppy, and after xp install is loading and you hit F6 a few times for good measure when asked, supply that good ol floppy, and youre good to go.
Post by: Aj_Ream-O on January 23, 2004, 03:54:50 AM
Post by: Guest_Jack on January 23, 2004, 03:40:25 PM
I think I actually solved my problem. I threw in my ide drive from my old computer. Loaded XP. Downloaded the right driver so recognized the SATA drive. Then used the Western Digital Software to partition the SATA and make it the boot drive, moving XP onto it. It boots from there now and works. Of course, I haven't pulled out the IDE drive yet to run it solo (but it is drive F now).
Post by: Gordon on January 26, 2004, 06:25:34 PM
Everytime I plug the power in to the old type 4 pin plug the board shuts down and won't boot up. At first thought it was the disk but exchanged it for a new one and same problem again. Tested disk on pc at work a ran fine (i,e did't shut down).
I've set the jumpers to pins 1&2 for enable serial ata on the board.
I've tried loading it with my old ata disk connected.
Tried loading without anything else connected.
Downloaded the latest BIOS (vs 1007 ).
Set first boot device to SCSSI and then changed to 3rd (as mentioned in thread).
On reading the Maxtor manual there are no jumpers that need setting on the disk so am running out of options.
All with same result - MB shuts down after about 2-3 secs, doesn't even get to BIOS post.
Am only running 1 serail ata off primary ata channel
Any idea's anyone. am at wits end and don't want to have to go to asus as support looks ****.
Post by: Guest on January 26, 2004, 08:41:04 PM
Sounds like your power supply might be overloaded or defective
Post by: Guest on January 27, 2004, 10:22:42 AM
I tried that rdvr way, downloading the drivers, using the CD ASUS sent with...the GUI version and teh SATA directory versions and none of them work.
Thanks for the help...installing windows onto this A7N8X with a Hitachi DeskStar for more than 2 days straight.[/quote]
I get the same unexpected errror 1024 at line 1742 of... Is there a solution to this problem?
Considering my problems installing windows xp on a SATA drive and reading all the problems mentioned on this forum, it seems that the technology is not yet fit for the real world.
Has anybody successfully installed windows XP on a SATA drive in a "fresh installation attempt".
If yes, how?
Post by: Guest on January 28, 2004, 04:54:14 PM
Sounds like your power supply might be overloaded or defective[/quote]
Yes thought that too but works ok with 2 other disks installed so should work ok with only the serial installed.
Going to try using a serial ata pci card and see if it bots then if that's ok will try a new power supply.
Will advise.
Post by: Guest on January 29, 2004, 02:09:45 PM
Thanks for the help...installing windows onto this A7N8X with a Hitachi DeskStar for more than 2 days straight.[/quote]
I get the same unexpected errror 1024 at line 1742 of... Is there a solution to this problem?
Considering my problems installing windows xp on a SATA drive and reading all the problems mentioned on this forum, it seems that the technology is not yet fit for the real world.
Has anybody successfully installed windows XP on a SATA drive in a "fresh installation attempt".
If yes, how?[/quote]
I set up an WD 120 Gig SATA drive last night on one of my ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboards, and attempted a fresh install of WinXP Pro. Eerything worked well for me, I used the F6 option and installed the SATA Drivers I downloaded off the WD web site. So far so good, right?
/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh:\' /> Let's consider it a 90% success...The problem that I have not yet figured out is this. Everything works well using a default installation, except for the usual Nforce2 stuff (i.e. NIC's, sound drivers, etc.) Seems like there is a SATA RAID under the Device manager too, but I only have the one drive installed. I loaded up the ASUS Driver CD and loaded up the default install option. Then I loaded the SATA driver option from the CD as well. When I went to reboot, it came back around to the WinXP splash screen, loaded, and loaded, and stalled. I tried this about three times before I used safe mode, and what happened? It stalled AGAIN, even in Safe mode.
After the second re-install, I decided to get the updated SATA drivers from the Windows update site. Same thing happened using them as well. I reverted to the "Last known good startup", which took me back to teh original WD drivers, and its been there ever since. ANyone got any ideas WHY the newer drivers won't work at all? This is kind of got me stumped, but this is also the first experience I have with SATA drives too, so I'm open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks in advance....
/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' />
Post by: Guest on January 29, 2004, 02:22:16 PM
Thanks for the help...installing windows onto this A7N8X with a Hitachi DeskStar for more than 2 days straight.[/quote]
I get the same unexpected errror 1024 at line 1742 of... Is there a solution to this problem?
Considering my problems installing windows xp on a SATA drive and reading all the problems mentioned on this forum, it seems that the technology is not yet fit for the real world.
Has anybody successfully installed windows XP on a SATA drive in a "fresh installation attempt".
If yes, how?[/quote]
I set up an WD 120 Gig SATA drive last night on one of my ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboards, and attempted a fresh install of WinXP Pro. Eerything worked well for me, I used the F6 option and installed the SATA Drivers I downloaded off the WD web site. So far so good, right?
/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh:\' /> Let's consider it a 90% success...The problem that I have not yet figured out is this. Everything works well using a default installation, except for the usual Nforce2 stuff (i.e. NIC's, sound drivers, etc.) Seems like there is a SATA RAID under the Device manager too, but I only have the one drive installed. I loaded up the ASUS Driver CD and loaded up the default install option. Then I loaded the SATA driver option from the CD as well. When I went to reboot, it came back around to the WinXP splash screen, loaded, and loaded, and stalled. I tried this about three times before I used safe mode, and what happened? It stalled AGAIN, even in Safe mode.
After the second re-install, I decided to get the updated SATA drivers from the Windows update site. Same thing happened using them as well. I reverted to the "Last known good startup", which took me back to teh original WD drivers, and its been there ever since. ANyone got any ideas WHY the newer drivers won't work at all? This is kind of got me stumped, but this is also the first experience I have with SATA drives too, so I'm open to any and all suggestions.
Thanks in advance....
/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' /> [/quote]I experienced the exact same symptoms as you:
I have a Maxtor U150 SATA 160GB disk. I installed XP without a problem, F6 option added driver with floppy, no problem. As soon as I installed the updated driver from Micrsoft, sllooowwww, wouldnt boot up at all. Reverted to last good know startup, tried to install the same driver I used duing installation, from the floppy, same thing happened.
A solution to this would make me a very happy camper. Maybe there needs to be a RAID array for the driver to function properly.
Jon
Post by: kayiboy on February 04, 2004, 10:08:25 AM
http://12.24.47.40/display/2n/index.asp?c=...d=2&r=0.1840937 (http://\"http://12.24.47.40/display/2n/index.asp?c=12&cpc=ULwO0A442oKs512Q04X5i0UupP4SveI6dt2WJi7&cid=2&r=0.1840937\")
There, it is explained how to make the one "Silicon Image Sil 3x12 Installlation Disk" ..
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />
Post by: Guest on February 04, 2004, 01:27:02 PM
http://12.24.47.40/display/2n/index.asp?c=...d=2&r=0.1840937 (http://\"http://12.24.47.40/display/2n/index.asp?c=12&cpc=ULwO0A442oKs512Q04X5i0UupP4SveI6dt2WJi7&cid=2&r=0.1840937\")
There, it is explained how to make the one "Silicon Image Sil 3x12 Installlation Disk" ..
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />[/quote]When I click that link, it takes me to a *Session Timeout* page, and displays nothing at all.
Post by: Bobstains on February 04, 2004, 04:52:36 PM
Post by: Guest on February 05, 2004, 11:02:40 AM
I just made my new PC:
AMD Opteron
Asus SK8N
Maxtor 160GM SATA
Driver stuff with the F6 but the installation doesn't find the drive!!
P.S BIOS is set!
PLS help me!!![/quote]
I have a same HDD of u. My PC:
Giga 8IK1100
P4-C2.4
P.S Bios set
and the same problem with F6 when install WinXP
how can I solve it?
help I 've bought it for 2 months and now I can't use it for win
hichic
Post by: Simon143 on February 05, 2004, 05:42:26 PM
"Certain Seagate models need the “mod15” patches during DMA write."
I can't find any references to this anywhere else on the siimage or any other site, and the fact that the doc itself has "For Silicon Image Internal Use Only" all over it hardly inspires confidence.
Anyone else in a similar situation?
Thanks in advance
http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10469 (http://\"http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10469\")
Post by: Guest on February 06, 2004, 01:45:52 AM
THANX
Post by: Simon143 on February 06, 2004, 05:45:27 AM
I find I have problems with the old drivers such as corruption and complete failure of NTFS volumes on the drive, but with the newer ones, all I have had so far is a couple of directory name reading errors, which clear up with a reboot. I haven't tried anything other than data storage with it though.
Fingers crossed that's the end of the serious problems. I'll keep you posted.
Post by: Guest on February 07, 2004, 12:21:55 PM
Post by: ousk on February 10, 2004, 11:31:12 AM
Done what you have said ... and win xp copied all files to hd (segate) Then when win xp tells you to boot first time my bios does not recognice the sata hd and the installation can not continue ... sigh ... think it it something with the bios, scsi choice that it does not like... sigh .. what to do?
greetnings
Post by: Simon143 on February 10, 2004, 04:24:44 PM
Hope this helps
Post by: Ron Kiefel on February 10, 2004, 11:06:50 PM
I have an Asus SK8V motherboard with SATA onboard.
and I installed a Western Digital SATA WD2000 drive. The only ide devices I have are a DVD on one and CD-Rom on the other (both masters)
I configured the hard drive initially with the Western Digital Program prior to installing Windows XP Professional.
When I load Windows XP, it asks for the drives, I press F6 and found the SATA driver on the Asus support disk,
but then XP says that "the hard drive is not detected"
Anyone have the answer to this?
Thanks a lot.
Jack[/quote]
Any solution yet? I'm having the same problem.
/mad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' />
Post by: vonerich on February 11, 2004, 04:56:40 AM
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />. HERE's WHAT YOU DO... go to Asus website, enter mobo model number (A7N8X-E) in the search box, in the box under that, click on drivers. Download the file silicon_v10033.zip. Open this zip and copy:Si3112r.inf
TxtSetup.oem
Si3112r.sys
SIWinAcc.sys
(all 4 of the above files) to a floppy disk. Change the boot sequence in your bios too:
1st cd
2nd floppy
3rd SCSI
then start windows XP install, press F6 when it asks for large storage device drivers. When it asks you to install the drivers you have to push the "S" key then insert the disk you just made and hit enter. Bada Bing it worked perfect for me and hope it works for everyone else too. Took a long time to figure it out and would like to thank everyone in this forum for helping me out too. Let the Games Begin.
Post by: vonerich on February 11, 2004, 06:58:30 PM
Post by: Sthenley macedo on February 11, 2004, 08:04:32 PM
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314859 (http://\"http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314859\")
(...)
Note that if you choose to format the partition in the NTFS file system during setup, you cannot copy the newer OEM driver into the System32\Drivers folder after text-mode setup finishes. This is because the Windows Setup program formats the partition as NTFS before copying files. You can work around this limitation by installing Windows into a file allocation table (FAT) partition that is less than 2 GB in size or into a FAT32 partition that is less than 32 GB in size. Doing this allows access by using a startup disk from Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me). After Windows is installed, use the following command to convert the FAT or FAT32 partition to NTFS:
convert c: /fs:ntfs
(...)
So, use FAT32 as a unique partition, instead of NTFS. Or use the M$ "solution". Otherwise, make a unattended install CD. <http://www.mcse.ms/message349957.html>
Post by: Alessandro Nogueira on February 12, 2004, 12:19:44 AM
I tried that rdvr way, downloading the drivers, using the CD ASUS sent with...the GUI version and teh SATA directory versions and none of them work.
Thanks for the help...installing windows onto this A7N8X with a Hitachi DeskStar for more than 2 days straight.[/quote]
I get the same unexpected errror 1024 at line 1742 of... Is there a solution to this problem?
Considering my problems installing windows xp on a SATA drive and reading all the problems mentioned on this forum, it seems that the technology is not yet fit for the real world.
Has anybody successfully installed windows XP on a SATA drive in a "fresh installation attempt".
If yes, how? [/quote]
/unsure.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':unsure:\' /> Im having the same [censored]in problem with the same configuration.. its the second time i have this problem!!! the first i have to format, now i cant lose my files
unexpected error 1024
and more... i have a lot of tons of gigabytes and when i install my IDE disk to recover my files to format my sata disk, my win XP didnt show my sata disk, anyone cold help me please???
Is there a way to put my pc working with the sytem at the IDE disk and the SATA working like a second disk?
Thanks for any attention
/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />
Post by: Phyfer on February 14, 2004, 04:25:15 AM
If your only installing 1 SATA drive:
1. Make sure your Bios is set up so that the SATA is on BASE function, NOT RAID
2. When putting the SIL drivers onto a diskette DONT use the ones with an r at the end. (found on the CD for your mother board)
3. Make sure in your boot sequence that you have the SATA drive in there somewhere and make sure its base.
If your raiding:
1. same as above except make it be RAID
2. Use the drivers with the R at the end. (R=RAID)
3. same, in raid mode
If this helps good, if not sorry, and you can e-mail me at
giglowjeffEmail Removed
Post by: Guest_Bruce on February 16, 2004, 01:20:00 AM
Post by: Guest_Stu on February 16, 2004, 06:41:42 AM
I would be interested to know if this is a problem on XP_64 or W2K3_64. Its a solution I use a lot for 3rd party Raid cards on unattended installs in W2K server.
Post by: Guest on February 18, 2004, 01:27:24 AM
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' /> ) and choose the SATA drive as the install drive. Good luck.
Post by: happy if it works on February 23, 2004, 05:12:09 PM
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />
Post by: Guest on February 24, 2004, 06:04:23 AM
I reverted to installing my old IDE drive and installed windows that way and it works fine. I can even find and use my SATA hard drive in windows but it still can't find it in XP setup. I have tried to install the drivers by pressing F6 but still no drive detected. Can any one help?
Also does anyone know the exact bios settings i need for this mobo with a single sata hard drive?
Post by: V123 on February 26, 2004, 02:10:42 AM
However I would like to ask another question. Before reading this forum I suspected that HD drive is the problem. So I took it to one of my friends to see what migh be the problem and noticed following. Formatting the disk took much much longer on his system.
After installing the new drivers, my system still formats the disk extremly fast. 10GB takes just about 10sec. At my friend tjis toulk at least 20 or more times longer => I am still suspicious about the drivers and wheter everything will be OK after some time.
BTW my firend operates Pentium4 and generally his system outperforms mine (AMD Athlon 1600...) in every other regard.
Risking to look stupid - seems that I am complaining about my Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA being to fast. Is this normal, 10GB taking only 10 sec to format on Win 2000 (normal formatting and not quick formatt)?
Thanks.
Post by: Guest on February 28, 2004, 05:05:57 PM
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' /> /ph34r.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ph34r:\' /> To all with the problem SATA DRIVER
Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Driver Installation Disk
Go to this page: http://www.siliconimage.com (http://\"http://www.siliconimage.com\")
Write in the product search & support : Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Driver
press the download, then drivers, then SIi3x12, then SiI3x12: Serial ATA (SATA) Windows RAID Driver - Released
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />
Post by: Guest on March 04, 2004, 07:08:12 AM
Post by: Guest on March 04, 2004, 04:45:13 PM
I have a Asus A7V600-x mobo (with an AMD 2500+ xp)
and an 80g maxtor SATA HDD, i can 'see' the Sata drive as i can try and make a RAID array if i want (no use to me of course cos i have only got 1 HDD)
i think i have all my bios settings right it is just the part about installing the additional scsi drivers when setting up xp i am having problems with. I have tried using any and all the files of the mobo support cd but this is useless and i think only any good after i have an OS installed?
the Asus site has no drivers for this mobo that i can find!
help?
Post by: fuba on March 05, 2004, 02:34:08 AM
Post by: Guest on March 07, 2004, 11:47:57 PM
Clueless!!
Post by: Guest on March 14, 2004, 02:08:07 AM
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43744 (http://\"http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43744\")
Hope some of it can help. The 1.0.0.28 driver can be found here
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mcclay/ (http://\"http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mcclay/\")
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mccla...con_v100281.zip (http://\"http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.mcclay/Drivers/SATA/silicon_v100281.zip\")
Post by: Nizzy on March 15, 2004, 08:07:04 AM
/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh:\' /> ok people I Have been lookin for the Sis180 Drivers for ages now so now i turn to you I Need the drivers for Sis 180 everytime i try to install it comes up with a msg sayin Sisraid.sys is corrupted i downloaded a new version and its the same so i tried a different floopy drive and its still the same someone please help me here PLEASE!!!!!!!!! /biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' /> before i end up like this /blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' /> lol [/color]
Post by: Hugo on March 16, 2004, 06:57:58 AM
I was able to install XP Pro with my old AMD Athlon XP 2000+ in a single 120GB S-ATA from Seagate (after purchasing a new mobo ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and a dual channel 1GB of RAM from Kingston PC-400MHz). I used the s-ata drivers from asus cd and nforce 3.13 drivers, including ata nforce sw drivers, and everything was fine.
Recently I bought the an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and the problems started, the same windows xp pro regularly crashes with different blue screens!!! First I thought it was over heating (and it also was) so I bought a Coolermaster Aero 7+, as it didn't completely solve the problem I thought it was from windows xp (the new CPU has a different front side bus and it required an upgrade after installation that crashed...).
I bought 2*160GB S-ATA HDDs from Seagate and built a RAID 0, stripped with a chunk set manually to 32KB. First installation was ok until it ended with a crash. Several other crashes followed.
I reinstalled Windows XP Pro (fresh) and now I'm using the latest silicone image drivers ver 10.0.0.40 (I first tried the 11.0.0.52 but this version doesn't recognize the raid, only the separate S-ata HDDs) and so far so good. I haven't decided if I'll use nforce ATA sw drivers but now it's formatting 2 partitions without a single crash yet.
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe/Gold-UAY AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 1GB dual channel Kingston PC-400MHz 2*160GB S-ATA Seagate ST-3160023AS RAID 0 Chunk 32 Creative TI 4200 64MB Sony DRU500-AX Pioneer A05 Cooler Master Aero 7+ Pinnacle Digital 8
Post by: TetraPike on March 19, 2004, 03:06:33 AM
If your only installing 1 SATA drive:
1. Make sure your Bios is set up so that the SATA is on BASE function, NOT RAID
2. When putting the SIL drivers onto a diskette DONT use the ones with an r at the end. (found on the CD for your mother board)
3. Make sure in your boot sequence that you have the SATA drive in there somewhere and make sure its base.
If your raiding:
1. same as above except make it be RAID
2. Use the drivers with the R at the end. (R=RAID)
3. same, in raid mode
If this helps good, if not sorry, and you can e-mail me at
giglowjeffEmail Removed[/quote]
Here is another thread that describes the solution a bit differently. I am not saying anyone is wrong here, God knows I have spent the last 36 hours trying to solve this damn problem. . . - 4 hours to sleep . . .
http://www.hardcoreware.net/forum/printthr...07&page=2&pp=20 (http://\"http://www.hardcoreware.net/forum/printthread.php?t=8907&page=2&pp=20\")
Post by: Guest on March 22, 2004, 04:49:43 AM
same probs as you guys, tho i`ve had some sucess.installed the si3112 drivers @ f6 and managed to format the drives (set up as striped)s then windows installed ok, but after setting bios to detect scsi... nothing....mass storage not detected...the usual.but when i reconnect my ide drive i can see the sata drives my computer and i can save data to them.windows is installed but fails to boot thr scsi.as far as i can work out ther seems to be a comm. problem between sata and scsi being recognised.any upto date info most welcome.....
/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />
Post by: Guest on March 23, 2004, 07:28:37 PM
Post by: Guest on March 24, 2004, 09:18:44 PM
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Post by: Guest_peter on March 26, 2004, 04:44:47 AM
Go to the Mobo manufacturer website.
Find the SATA raid controller for their mobo. (in my case it was a vt8237 on the south bridge)
I downloaded the driver file for SATA for my mobo.
Then I READ the README.TXT file in the driver zip file.
It told me that I needed to copy certain folders and files from the driver zip i just downloaded onto a floppy disk.
I copied those files and folders to the floppy.
THEN I went back to my new computer with my floppy in my hot little hand and restarted computer making sure that it booted from CD-ROM before any HDD so that XP which was in the CD drive, would be loaded.
After it says press any key to boot from CD or otherwise, just wait, and when the very first blue screen of the XP installation program appears, HIT F6 ASAP!
Then you have to wait a little for it to load some files and other stuff into RAM and then it comes to a screen asking if you want to install a SCSI drive or other mass media device or something like that. YOU NEED TO PRESS "S" to continue. It then asks for you to put that freshly made floppy into the floppy drive and hit ENTER. DO AS IT SAYS!
It should then ask what controller you want to use, mine was the first one on the list and yours may be too. Anyways, the mobo manufacturer website should have given you enough info to know what one you want. ONLY SELECT A SATA thingy though!
Now it'll read from your little floppy down near the floor, well mine hangs down tot he floor anyways...hehehe....no pun intended...sorry....please don't censor me... it's a harmless joke honest...
Anyways, it'll work hopefully, otherwise, your best bet would be to contact the mobo manufacturer, but as we a usuially an impatient bunch, look on the net, or go back tot he mobo website and look for more help and FAQs to help you....thanks!
This website forum thing helped and I'mr etuirning the favour I HOPE!
Post by: Guest_Prophet on March 26, 2004, 06:15:15 AM
Just built a new box using a ASUS SK8V Motherboard and a Seagate 160GB SATA Harddrive as my only hard disk. Only IDE device is the DVDrom.
Here is how I successfully got Windows XP to see the SATA harddrive and install on it.
1. Go to ASUS download page http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/it...K8V&Type=Latest (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=SK8V&Type=Latest\")
2. Download the "Promise SATA378 Driver" and "VIA VT6420 (VT8237) SATA RAID Driver"
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...528.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=19&l3_id=3&m_id=1&f_name=378ata_100104528.zip~zaqwedc\")
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...10a.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=19&l3_id=3&m_id=1&f_name=6420raid_210a.zip~zaqwedc\")
3. Copy both drivers onto seperate 3.5" floppy disks.
4. Boot off of the Windows XP CDrom. Press F6 when it says "Install drivers for additional storage arrays" (should be just as Windows XP installer starts.
5. Press "S" for specify driver and insert the first of your driver floppies. And follow the prompts to install the driver.
6. Press "S" again and insert the second driver floppy.
7. After both drivers are installed into Windows XP setup, press Enter to continue with XP install. It should then see the harddrive and ask you if you'd like to partision it.
Hope that helps guys.
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Post by: Trond Nordbotten on March 26, 2004, 04:33:00 PM
ANyone have another file link for the asus sata drivers??
Post by: MegaTesla on March 29, 2004, 10:48:23 AM
I upgraded to GigaByte GA-7N400 Pro2 mb with SIL 3512A controller and MAXTOR 80GB hdd. I tried to do a fresh XP install nearly 20/30 times, trying different XP Setup CD's, BIOS options and different SIL drivers.
Here are some of the situations I encountered:
1) Didn't detect SATA.
2) Detected SATA but system hung at the select partition page.
3) unexpected error 1024 at line 1742 of d:\.....\oemdisk.c
After some time I realised that error 3) didn't occur so much if I added another ATA hdd. The problem then was that I couldn't get the system to see my SATA as c:\. The IDE drive no matter what was always detected as c:\.
So I removed the IDE drive and fooled around a bit more.
In the end, SUCCESS.
This is probably not the only working solution, but it worked for me:
XP SETUP CD: Spesific one, only one XP Setup CD worked (didn't hung at select partition page)
BIOS: CD-ROM = Primary slave
Floppy = a:\
Boot seq: 1- CDROM, 2- Floppy, 3- SCSI
Hardware SATA enabled
SATA as BASE
RAID disabled. (Enable RAID to make sure SATA disk is Primary Master and then disable again)
FLOPPY DISK:
SI3112.INF (2003/02/12)
SI3112.MPD (2003/02/07)
SI3112.SYS (2003/02/07)
SIISUPP.VXD (2003/03/26)
SILSUPP.CPL (2003/01/23)
SIWINACC.SYS (2003/02/12)
TXTSETUP.OEM (2003/01/27)
I hope this might help someone. I don't know how to find out what version or build the Setup CD was, so if someone wants to email me with info:
[email protected]
cheers
MT
Stellenbosch - South Africa
Post by: SpongeDave on April 01, 2004, 11:17:54 AM
SATA (Folder)
VIA (Folder)
WinXP (folder)
File1
File2
File3....
Win2K (folder)...
file.inf
file.oem
You MUST copy Winxp (folder) and files, Win2K (folder and files), file.inf, file.oem, to the diskette. Copy ALL folders under VIA, but not VIA itself.
Also I had success on my ASUS SK8V board with a single Sata drive by using the VIA KT8237 drivers. Take note of what BIOS is running for the raid controller (you should be able to TAB into the controller BIOS during boot to see it) and match the drivers to the controller being used.
Post by: Corne Vorster on April 01, 2004, 01:42:57 PM
I just Bought a Intel Bonanza 875p board with giga ethernet and onboard serial ata controller , I then added a 80 gb 7200 rpm 8MB cache HD.
Setup goes great. But ever time I power down the system for more than an hour and I boot up , windows comes up but hangs for 5 to 15 min , and after waiting for this amount of time it resumed perfectly , normal .... any ideas why , I've seen some error in the event viewer indicating failures... what to do.
using xp pro
thanks
corne
Post by: Guest on April 03, 2004, 02:10:57 AM
Post by: killing me softly on April 05, 2004, 12:47:34 AM
i got the new drivers to work and this is how I did it.
I had had other failed attempts with the original driver that came with my system. I had gotten far enought thru the install that it had formatted my HD with ntfs parttions. this casued the problem.
once I took a win 98 boot disk and ran fdisk and deleted the ntfs partion and then make a little fat32 partition then I rebooted into the win 98 again and ran format. I then rebooted during that format. well I then ran the xp setup f6 and this time the new driver came up.. then the install asked me to format the drive cause it had an incomplete format and I made a NTFS partition and viola... it all worked. I hope this helps the rest of ya out.
Post by: sandeep on April 09, 2004, 01:57:27 PM
athlon 3ghz CPU
asus a7n8x-e-dx rev 2 M/BOARD
512mb RAM
segate 160GB sata HDD
I did a clean install of windows xp on the new drive using drivers from the asus motherboard cd, which they did not supply onto a floppy disk. (wankers)!
this went well until thurs 8th april.
i updated my motherboard bios to c18e1010.
My computer rebooted after the procedure which was successfully completed.
During boot up i only see a quick glimpse of winxp logo, which is followed by a blue error message which i cant read. tried hitting pause/break but no luck.
installed winxp on a old fujitsu 5gb drive and can access the segate drive through there in my computer provided the drivers are loaded.
Ran sea tools on the drive completed with no errors.
Still have the same problem.
Can any one please please please help me.
thanks!
Post by: the don 808 on April 14, 2004, 07:50:28 AM
si3112r.inf
si3112r.mpd
si3112r.sys
siisupp.vxd
txtsetup.oem
when installing xp just hit F6 when asked put floppy in drive press enter etc (just follow the instructions) then xp installs fine boots fine. i havnt installed any thing else yet but it seems fast compared to my old 20gb 66ata
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Post by: Contrapaulus213 on April 14, 2004, 07:56:27 PM
/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />What I had to do was this:
Create a nice pretty partition, basically readying the drive for XP, by using the DiscWizard utility available online from Seagate.
And then (and you'll love this) use a win98 floppy bootdisk w/CD-ROM support (you can easily create one in win98), so that I could copy the necessary files from the ASUS motherboard CD (copy *.* to a: from the \SATA directory (or subdirectory? I forget).
Then, re-start, load the XP setup prog like normal, and press F6 at the appropriate time. Now, this part is a bit confusing and oddly-integrated on MS's behalf, in my opinion: although you successfully hit the F6 key at the right time, the setup screen does nothing to let you know that it has accepted your input. Instead, it continues merrily ahead, loading files, and only when it gets to the appropriate spot in the pre-install, will it ask for you to supply an additional drivers by hitting 'S'.
At that point, direct it to your floppy disk w/the copied SATA files from the ASUS CD. Obviously, that floppy should be a different disk from the previous-mentioned win98 boot disk. And, while this sounds trite, remember not to insert the SATA-info disk until asked.
/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':lol:\' /> How many times I've made this simple error, I can't begin to count! /tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' /> If you can't get a win98 boot floppy, any bootable recent MS OS-disk should do, as long as it supports CD-ROM (you'll be reading from the ASUS CD), and file transfer.
You may have to re-install your RAID controller after windows XP is installed. Go figure. You figure that XP would have built-in support for SATA, but not even the presence of the SP1 before install helps.
/dry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'<_<\' /> Let me know if this solves your problem, or points you in the right direction.
-Contrapaulus213
ASUS A7N8XE Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton" 333FSB
Corsair PC2700 RAM 512 Mb
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
XP Pro (+SP1)
Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 80GB SATA HDD/8Mb cache
Everything else is just as common-fare, Antec case, fans, Logitech mouse/keyboard, etc...
As of right now I still have zero (0) games installed on this machine! Wow, the XP desktop is soooo entertaining! Yes, I'd say that's worth $1000+
/unsure.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':unsure:\' />Prospects:
Half-Life, Half-Life2
Quake3, Q3 Team Arena
SOF, SOFII
Black and White 1 & 2
Diablo II
etc.... any suggestions? Don't say HALO!
Post by: Guest on April 21, 2004, 10:37:54 AM
/unsure.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':unsure:\' /> :My Mainboard: MSI MS-6570 K7N2 Delta-ILSR, nForce2 Ultra 400 (dual PC3200 DDR)
My HDD: Samsung SpinPoint P80 160 GB Serial-ATA (SP1614C)
The Bios doesn't detect my new Sata Hdd.
Does somebody know exactly what files (XP drivers and so on) the Floppy has to contain. I quite desperate, have built up a new PC, but it simply doesn't recognize the Sata HDD. Thanks for your help
Post by: Guest on April 21, 2004, 10:34:38 PM
Post by: trem0lo on April 22, 2004, 10:21:54 AM
After XP copies the files to the new HD and reboots for the first time, I get a blank screen. The new HD reads files for about a second then just hangs. No error messages, nothing. I have everything set in my BIOS to boot from a SCSI device but it doesn't seem to want to.
Any suggestions?
Post by: Guest on April 23, 2004, 02:51:02 AM
I did install the additional adaptors with F6, but i couldn`t install it XP on my new hardware SATA drive but only on my old IDE one...
The Bios simply refuses to detect the SATA drive, do I have than to manually tip in all the info (cylinder and so on)
/ph34r.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ph34r:\' /> Could somebody tell my what exactly are this "XP drivers for SATA" which I have to install first on the drive before actually installing the adaptors of MSI
/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh:\' /> Thanks
Post by: Ugo on April 24, 2004, 12:49:02 AM
SiI3112A: nForce Data Corruption
Data corruption problems can occur with nForce-based motherboards such as the Asus A7N8X when multiple hard drives are attached to the SATA controller. This problem is related to an issue with the PCI controller in the nVidia chipset and can be fixed with a system BIOS update.
For the latest BIOS updates for your nForce motherboard that fixes the data corruption problem, please visit the website of your motherboard maker for the appropriate BIOS and flash utilities. Silicon Image cannot provide the solution to this issue since it involves a change to the system BIOS settings on the motherboard. There were no revisions made to the drivers for the SiI3112A so you may use the latest version posted on this website. Please check the Related Articles link on the lower right.
Links to a few motherboard download sites are below:
Asus
Abit
Leadtek
Post by: James on April 25, 2004, 08:05:28 AM
Wondering if someone might be able to help, im having the same or similar problems to the ones mentioned above.
Im using a Gigabyte 7N-400Pro2 Motherboard, with a Western Digital 120G SATA HDD. Trying to install a fresh copy of Windows XP. I have downloaded the latest drivers from the gigabyte website. I have copied the files from the 'Si3112' directory into the root directory of a floppy. I boot from Windows XP CD, press f6 at the prompt, press 's' when asked then insert the floppy. I then get the d:\....\ error on line (1024) that others are experiencing.
Can anyone help with this issue?
Many thanks,
James.
Post by: Neila on April 25, 2004, 11:50:20 AM
ASUS SK8V mb
AMD 64 2.4ghz
2x Maxtor 160GB SATAs (only have 1 connected during install)
2x Sony DVD RW's
1024mb Corsair (2x 512mb ECC reg'd sticks)
When ever I start up the bios recognizes the HDDs, but when it goes to install XP it just goes to the blue "Windows Setup" window and hangs. I spoke with ASUS, they said its a memory configuration problem, or a Voltage problem or an overheat problem. But the RAM is installed as per corsairs specs, there is No overheat and my power supply is more than adequate. Please help me guys lol i just spent ALL my money on this and right now its just a REALLY heavy paperweight. My email is [email protected] if you can help, and I REALLY appreciate anything you guys give me.
Post by: david on April 25, 2004, 11:33:36 PM
installing sata drives on to windows xp . mobo asus sk8v se deluxe
Post by: Guest_tom on April 26, 2004, 12:56:09 PM
Post by: zegg on April 28, 2004, 07:30:58 PM
and also you can either use fat32 or ntfs for the new xp install.
you have to use sataraid or satalink driver from the siliconimage website.But be sure that changing the driver you used in F6 when installing xp is very hard especially if your new system will be on the sata disk.You probably will have to reinstall xp for that.so decide which to use before installing xp.i use one disk and tried SataRaid drivers.W,th those drivers, after installing xp, i sometimes got bluescreen errors especially while using the drive for hardpurposes such as opening 6 films from harddisk at the same time or while just playing games-i think there is also some problem with agp.so i decided to use SataLink drivers and reinstall xp-(i use just one disk so if i understood the difference between SataRaid and SataLink right and clear, sataraid was already a wrong choise) they seem to be more stable but after xp install, as in the SataRaid drivers, you have to install them again to install RAID CONTROLLER device to XP from MYCOMPUTER-PROPERTIES-HARDWARE-DEVICE LISTING-RAID CONTROLLER.there comes another problem with SataLink drivers-->they seem to be incopatible driver for the hardware for xp and if you insist on installing those, xp reboots itself while opening.you use Last good configuration.if you install SataRaid drivers to xp at this moment(NOT F6 stage), you have two device files for the same hardware-si3112.sys and si3112r.sys which causes xp to open very slowly after reboot which i couldnt wait to see what happens after xp loaded...
so i use SataLink Drivers with an question mark in device listing but it has a driver in fact(si3112.sys) loaded at system boot.disabling it(or the orther si3112r.sys if you have installed xp with that) from the recovery console also results in a repeative reboot while loading xp.
interesting thing is that even i use one disk, windows update or "search driver from internet" find SataRAID drivers as the appropriate one while refusing SataLink drivers as i told above.
does anyone have any ideas????
i am also a bit confused about SataLink and Sataraid?which one to use ? -->or does it only depend on the hardware(mobo, controller..) you have even you use only one disk which is impossible to raid..???
sorry for my english if it is weird
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' /> can the bluescreen problem be AMD with AGP or directx or something like that??
i have AMD Athlon XP
epox RDA3+
160GB Seagate 7200
[email protected]
Post by: zegg on April 29, 2004, 07:19:46 AM
RE:Ugo
>Quote:TAken from official si site:
>SiI3112A: nForce Data Corruption
>Data corruption problems can occur with nForce-based motherboards such as the >Asus A7N8X when multiple hard drives are attached to the SATA controller. This >problem is related to an issue with the PCI controller in the nVidia chipset and >can be fixed with a system BIOS update
i have only one disk not even another ide.only one sata disk.
Post by: samantha on April 29, 2004, 08:31:30 AM
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Post by: Guest on April 29, 2004, 06:01:05 PM
What I had to do was start again, but this time during the F6 phase - use the drivers from Silicon Image:
http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10469 (http://\"http://12.24.47.40/display/2/kb/article.asp?aid=10469\")
This was recognised and a installed fine. My XP is running fine now with SATA drive.
Spec:
ASUS A7N8XE Deluxe
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton" 333FSB
Corsair PC2700 RAM 1GB
SATA Maxtor Plus 9 160GB
Banzai.
Post by: jlipsen on April 30, 2004, 08:42:27 AM
It took 2 days to find this info - now the computer runs perfectly. Best gamer that I have made so far. THANK you Webcarnage appreciate the info.
His advice is as follows:
Hi,
For those who wanna make a Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller disk and have a asus a7n8x deluxe:
If you don't have the Silicone Image drivers (you can find thm on the disk that you get with the a7n8x-mb) go to http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...022.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...022.zip~zaqwedc\") and download the Silicone Image drivers, unzip it (or find the files on the asus-disk) and install it (using setup.exe in the directory silicon_v10022\GUI\Diskettes\Disk1) on a working pc (that allready has an OS), the next thing to do is to copy all the files (except SATARaid.exe and SATARaid.hlp) from C:\Program Files\Silicon Image\SiISATARaid (or the directory you used to install the Silicone Image drivers) on a floppy-disk, after that you need to copy all the files from D:\Drivers\SATA (or the directory where you unzipped silicon_v10022.zip if you don't have the asus-disk), except SATARaid_Manual_Rev092.pdf and the the sub-directory's, to the same floppy-disk you are making.
After that you'll only need to follow these instructions:
1) Make sure to enable the SATA header. Read page 2.7 in the manual (asus-a7n8x -deluxe manual). Now boot up and go into BIOS setup and make these changes: 1st boot device: CD/DVD-drive, 2nd boot device: Floppy-drive, 3rd boot device:scsi-drive (after the installation of windows you can change these settings)
2) (Re)Start your system.
3) At the Windows Setup screen (you need to put the windows-cd in the drive and press a key when you get the message "press a key to boot from the cd"), press F6 to install the driver.
4) Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter.
5) Select Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller and press Enter.
6) Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation.
Verify for Successful Installation
1) Right click My Computer and click Manage.
2) Select Device Manager.
3) Double click SCSI and RAID Controllers, then double click Silicon Image SiI 3112 Serial ATA Controller to display driver properties.
4) A message This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed.
5) If you don't get a message This device is working properly re-install the Silicone Image drivers.
I know this isn't the perfect way to deal with this problem but this solution worked for me, hopefully it will work for you guys too.
Webcarnage
Post by: zegg on May 03, 2004, 04:33:23 AM
or satalink is for pci addin sata controller card(not for mobo?)??
which one is correct??
i have epox rda3+ and cd that comes with mobo doesnot include satalink drivers(si3112.sys), it contains only sataraid drivers..
i cant install satalink drivers to xp -->i mean after xp install(with F6--with sataLink),
xp requires those drivers again for the OS(F6 was for boot).There, in device manager, i see a question mark for "Raid Controller", but when i try to install Satalink(si3112.sys), it say "installing this device is not recommended because Windows can not verify that it is compatible with hardware..If the driver is not compatible, your hardware will not work correctly and your computer might become unstable or stop working completely.Do you want to continue installing this driver? " if i continue with install, xp reboots itself while trying to load itself.(same for the safemode).i have to do a "last good conf" which means i could not installed the driver and that question mark is still there.
That warning message is also what you see if you try to install a soundcard driver for an ethernet,etc. hardware.Considering that cd that comes with mobo(epox RDA3+) does only include Sataraid drivers excluding tha SataLink drivers.And Considering that Windows Update Shows SataRaid drivers for device drivers..And Considering that for both F6stage for xp install and Device Manager update driver for "Raid Controller" stage after xp install works fine with SATARAID drivers, do you think there must be something wrong with the difference for Satalink and Sataraid. I have googled for Satalink and Sataraid and all i could learn is that SataLink must be used if you have one sata disk which means you dont use raid.Is that information correct??If it is, what do you suggest under the above considerations??????????
I have passed the F6 stage with insatlling SataLINK drivers and i cant install both Satalink and Sataraid drivers.I can not install SataLink because of the error message of xp i have told above. I can not install SataRaid because xp loads si3112.sys(sataraid) during boot, -->i think xp got this information just after F6 with copy of the drivers needed from floppy just before copying needed windows files to disk in the install.
boot options for si3112.sys while xp loading are
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\si3112
with
ErrorControl=1
Start=0 ( during boot)
Type=1(i do not know what is this for)
accesses the harddrive as knowing that it is Sata(i can ensure this also with the high speed of it
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />, so when if try to install SataRaid drivers now, it trys to load both si3112.sys and si3112r.sys and that makes xp to load very slow that i could not wait to see..
you can say why dont you install fresh xp if SataRaid drivers installs fine for both(install and after install) driver installations.
1-i have one disk (sata)
2-i was getting quite more errors with Sataraid drivers succesfully installed than this situation with Satalink drivers half installed(only with F6 , not after install from device manager-i see a question mark for "Raid Controller", even it loads si3112.sys in the xp boot phase while loading. )
3-i am not sure which driver is for which situation-can somebody sure please clarify that.??
4-that same somebody can please also clarify the consideratios above which makes me ask why and then ask why me
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />)5-does the satadisk and /or mobo requires(or has) a jumper setting for "Raid/noRaid" ???
6-If SataRaid is for Raid then would SataLink be for noRaid for the Same hardware configuraition(i mean mobo, disk) ??
please someone help
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Post by: zegg on May 03, 2004, 04:39:04 AM
SCSI or SATA
are there any other bios setting for NONRAID sata???
Post by: Guest on May 03, 2004, 12:08:10 PM
and interesting(but might not be also useful) thing is that if i dont add any ide harddisks and choose to boot from hdd0 from bios, it can boot from sata disk succesfully with boototherdevice setting disabled also in bios.it seemed to me a bit slower but i am not sure.i tried to install SataLink drivers at that moment from xp but same warning, and same result after warning if i choose to continue.(mentioned above)
I am starting to think that SataLink is for something else,(not for a mobo, at least not for my mobo).Even Epox dis not put any drivers in their website and cd for SataLink.But the existing Sataraid drivers in their website are too old also which can give the clue that they might not be interested or heard the problems with Sata and XP ..
i dont want to install xp again from the beginning with sataRaid drivers because i have seen that they cause more problems(bluescreens and reboots).(i dont know maybe because i have one disk)
another thing is that, i came to a conclusion that xp hangs with both si3112.sys and si3112r.sys installed after waiting for a while.(mentioned above)
and bytheway bluescreen for nv4_disp.dll that xp also reboots itself is said to be caused by "the fastwrite for agp" setting enabled in bios.You may try disabling it.I am testing it if it is true..
anybody here???
Post by: Guest on May 05, 2004, 05:31:23 PM
I recently installed Windows XP on a AMD 3000+ 64 with 2x Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA drives in a stripe set, with no hassles.
When trying to install Windows XP 64 on the drives the text installion reports that my SI3112.sys file is corrupt which is bogus as it installs fine on the plain Windows XP.
If anyone has any ideas why im getting this error, your help would be much appriciated.
Thanks
Post by: Kajer on May 05, 2004, 08:56:34 PM
For those who wanna make a Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller disk and have a asus a7n8x deluxe:
If you don't have the Silicone Image drivers (you can find thm on the disk that you get with the a7n8x-mb) go to http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...022.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=10&l3_id=23&m_id=1&f_name=silicon_v10022.zip~zaqwedc\") and download the Silicone Image drivers, unzip it (or find the files on the asus-disk) and install it (using setup.exe in the directory silicon_v10022\GUI\Diskettes\Disk1) on a working pc (that allready has an OS), the next thing to do is to copy all the files (except SATARaid.exe and SATARaid.hlp) from C:\Program Files\Silicon Image\SiISATARaid (or the directory you used to install the Silicone Image drivers) on a floppy-disk, after that you need to copy all the files from D:\Drivers\SATA (or the directory where you unzipped silicon_v10022.zip if you don't have the asus-disk), except SATARaid_Manual_Rev092.pdf and the the sub-directory's, to the same floppy-disk you are making.
After that you'll only need to follow these instructions:
1) Make sure to enable the SATA header. Read page 2.7 in the manual (asus-a7n8x -deluxe manual). Now boot up and go into BIOS setup and make these changes: 1st boot device: CD/DVD-drive, 2nd boot device: Floppy-drive, 3rd boot device:scsi-drive (after the installation of windows you can change these settings)
2) (Re)Start your system.
3) At the Windows Setup screen (you need to put the windows-cd in the drive and press a key when you get the message "press a key to boot from the cd"), press F6 to install the driver.
4) Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter.
5) Select Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller and press Enter.
6) Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation.
Verify for Successful Installation
1) Right click My Computer and click Manage.
2) Select Device Manager.
3) Double click SCSI and RAID Controllers, then double click Silicon Image SiI 3112 Serial ATA Controller to display driver properties.
4) A message This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed.
5) If you don't get a message This device is working properly re-install the Silicone Image drivers.
I know this isn't the perfect way to deal with this problem but this solution worked for me, hopefully it will work for you guys too.
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Thanks WebCarnage, that worked like a champ!!!
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Post by: zegg on May 07, 2004, 12:17:34 PM
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Post by: Thi on May 11, 2004, 04:05:55 PM
i bought a Barbone PC last days and i have a prob with finding the HDD (Samsung SP1614C) at Bios and during WinXP installation. When i boot from my CD Rom Setup starts, then i pressed F6 for installing SATA drivers, i made such a boot disk like someone said in here before. Now Win asks me to press Z for installing SATA drivers, i start floppy with such a boot disk in it from Silicon. He finds smth and installs it, then WIN Installation goes on, but after a few secs when he wants to start to copy the win files, he tells me that there isnt a HDD in my PC. My mainboard is from Shuttle, called FB61, then i have a P4 2,8GhZ and the other normal [censored] u need :>
So can anybody pls help me and give me some advice how to do and fix it. I need the drivers i think,but i think also i used the Asus Drivers which were mentioned here, but they dont work.....
Greets Thi
Post by: Guest on May 22, 2004, 10:04:23 AM
SATA (Folder)
VIA (Folder)
WinXP (folder)
File1
File2
File3....
Win2K (folder)...
file.inf
file.oem
You MUST copy Winxp (folder) and files, Win2K (folder and files), file.inf, file.oem, to the diskette. Copy ALL folders under VIA, but not VIA itself.[/quote]
True, but you ALSO have to put the files in the root A:\ because if you don't, the Win2k Setup can't find them at first.
Worked for me!
It solved the Win2k Setup error:
File \si3112r.sys caused an unexpected error (4096) at line 1211 in D:\nt\private\ntos\boot\setup\oemdisk.c.
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Windows 2000 Professional
Maxtor 160GB S-ATA
Post by: Guest on May 30, 2004, 10:23:11 PM
just bought new WD 80G SATA for my syst. build around GA 7400NPro2 - BIOS doesn't recognize new SATA hdd - although SATA is enabled - fortunatelly got 2nd hdd and copied Si3112 drivers on to floppy - mind you-my SATA chip is 3512!!! - anyway...unplaged old hdd a started instaling W2k + pressing F6 - disk recognised as SCSI!!! - disk formated-and W2k instaled - updated BIOS but my SATA hdd is still no where to be seen in BIOS directory - going to swap for WD80JB - its just tooo much fidlind around for nothing - sad...but true... :-(
Post by: nrage on June 02, 2004, 12:26:41 AM
I had all the initial problems with the fresh install but I read the instructions in this thread and finally got the OS up and running.
Now in the device manager -> hardware I ahve an unknown device Raid Controller. When I try to install the SIL3112 SATARaid Controller from the Mobo disk, and I restart the system the windows boot screen sticks. I need to use last known good config when the Raid controller was unknown.
What do I need to do?
Post by: Guest on June 04, 2004, 03:29:39 AM
Either it is not found, or it hangs with some wicked PARTITION errors. But the drive is fine (i know).
So did anyone manage to pull this off? (bios settings/drivers?)
Thank you, and urmm, thank you again.
Post by: Guest on July 20, 2004, 05:19:45 PM
I specifically need the manaual sataraid_manual_rev092.pdf but other usful drivers are on that disc.
Thanks in advance
Post by: Guest on July 20, 2004, 05:21:43 PM
My main concern is trying to convert a RAID array to use just a single SATA drive and I cant find much info on how to go about this!
Post by: Guest on July 24, 2004, 07:22:24 PM
My main concern is trying to convert a RAID array to use just a single SATA drive and I cant find much info on how to go about this![/quote]
You Cant Use a RAID array to use just a single SATA drive. Not on Our MB
Asus A7n8x-e Deluxe
380W Antec Truepower PSU
AMD Athlon \Barton XP2500 @ 2.2Ghz XP3200, (1.65Vcore) Multiplier 11x, Temp 43 oC.
2x 256Mb OCZ Dual Plat Series PC3500, copper H/S (Matched Pair) @ 5.3.2.2 (1.8v).
80 GB Maxtor IDE 8mb Cache
160 GB Maxtor SATA 8MB Cache UDMA150
NEC DVD R/RW 8x Dual Layer
Samsung CD-RW 52x32x52
Aero 7 fan modded onto a pure copper Heatsink with heatpipes.
Post by: desperate guest on July 29, 2004, 06:19:07 PM
i loaded xp and now the computer is stuck in reboot mode. what should i do?????
Post by: billy on August 11, 2004, 03:46:02 AM
I have ga7n400 with sata drive
also have intel 875 with sata
both have bluescreen problems.
There is a problem when you are accessing the dvd on pata and sata at the
same time. So if you are installing xp onto a sata drive then you are rapidly reading pata (cd/dvd) ad copying files to your sata drive. I was getting file not found miscompares lockups and bluescreens if you retry it continues. There is obviously some firmware/driver problem. This is what we get for being on the bleeding edge of technology (sata). Even after I got xp installed if you play a movie or install office xp you get bluescreens and file errors. The errors dont repeat because it is a firmware/chipset problem - its FLAKY.
I did get it working best by:
putting the dvd on ide3 - ( thats the raid ports ).
use f6 to install with si3112 drive diskette
enable scsi, sata and base in bios.
enable raid in ata mode not raid mode.
you might try making the cd run in pio mode not dma - that might fix it too....[/quote]
i have the same mobo (ga7n400 pro 2) with the same problem and i still cant get it working. i got a single sata maxtor 80 gig and i have basically tried everything.
help me before i hurt myself..
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Post by: pcunite on August 13, 2004, 03:00:31 PM
If you have the following issue:
Press or F4 to enter RAID utility
0 WDC WD800JD-32HKA0 76319 MB
1 WDC WD800JD-32HKA0 76319 MB
Incomplete Raid set ! Pleaes press or F4 to enter Raid Utility.
After pressing F4 then the following:
No device detected, Utility disabled ! Press any key to continue...
Then you need to update the BIOS to version 1012-E.
Post by: Guest on August 24, 2004, 09:10:26 PM
Go to www.siimage.com
DO a search for something, doesn't matter just type ____.
On the left side of the new window that pops up choose DOWNLOADS.
Choose the Drivers sub-folder.
Choose the SiI 3x12 sub-folder.
Choose 10471 SATA Windows IDE Driver for single XP Home HDD
If you're doing RAID, Linux, or 64-bit choose one of those.
Anyway, this should work. Oddly enough, using the RAID files got XP installed on my SATA drive but wouldn't let it be the boot drive even when choosing SCSI in BIOS. Guess I'll have to update my BIOS too.
Post by: robbx2 on August 25, 2004, 12:04:24 PM
I have the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe with one SATA Maxtor 80GB.
The CD, Floppy, SCSI option works and gets it to try to boot. Also the jumper helps out tremendously (duh).
For me, the problem is that I actually install WinXP Home and it runs. However, when I check to see if the driver is installed under Hardware it is not. There is a yellow ! RAID option so I updated that driver with the same diskette. It seems happy and puts the SCSI RAID symbol further down and does not have any conflicts asking me to restart so I do.
But no matter what, when I restart, turn off, or otherwise leave XP the first time it gets mad and tries to ask me to go into safe mode and all that.
Then, when I plug my other hard drive back in and boot off of it guess what!?! It gives me a dual boot option and the SATA drive I just installed can be booted from! Whoa! Too bad I don't want to dual boot and have to choose every time!
So, my only other option right now seems to be the FAT32 fix. However, that sounds scary and time consuming.
I also don't think I have the NVidia data problem because that is for multiple drive RAIDs and I'm just doing a single drive in SATA.
Post by: Kwijibo on September 19, 2005, 08:05:25 PM
In the process of installing a new OS (windows xp pro) I begin to encounter the standard SATA RAID driver loading problems that everyone seems to run into.
Minor inconvenience #1 : I don't have the MOBO disk w/ the software and drivers on it.
I've downloaded all the new (and old) Silicon Image SATA drivers off the web, and copied the necessary files to floppy disk from another computer in the house.
Si3112r.inf
Si3112.mpd
Si3112r.sys
SIISUPP.VXD
TxtSetup.oem
(not sure IF I even need these onese, so I added them anyways)
Res409.dll
SATARaid.cnt
SATARaid.GID
FYI the older driver version disk looked something like this
Si3112r.inf
Si3112r.mpd
Si3112r.sys
Siisupp.vxd
SIWinAcc.sys
TxtSetup.oem
and a readme.txt
SO THINGS LOOK FINE SO FAR, YES?
I boot up my comp, and the HD is detected by my bios, and then I boot from my XP CD. (Here's a weird part, not sure if it has any part in my problem….BUT I have to not only hit F6 to install SATA RAID drivers, but I also have to hit F5 to do a i486 installation because my computer will hang on "windows is now starting" after the first little jaunt of file transfers from the CD.
*Long story, and the only way to do a fresh install on my current configuration... I had quite the ordeal to get around that one during my last HD format, before some blessed soul told me about the magic F5 key.*
ANYWAYS… Back to the SATA, I get to where I need to install the drivers from disk, and I do so just fine. Then it takes me to format the HD, and afterwards it appears as though its gonna begin the installation process. BUT NO!!!
I get this INRAGING ERROR MESSAGE THAT’S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!
Setup cannot copy the file: Si3112r.sys
Make sure windows XP is in the Cdrom (duh)
Retry
Skip
Quit
It seems to want to check the disk and CD for this file, but doesn't want to copy. ?????? I know that file exists on that disk, I PUT IT THERE! I have tried every possible driver version available at asus.com and countless attempts of configuration of the files on the disk… and have even tried tinkering with the TxtSetup.oem, but I'm not computer savvy enough to know what I'm doing in there. I've tried different copies of XP, my mom's and my bro's. still same error. I AM OUT OF IDEAS!
PLEASE HELP ME!! I've been losing sleep over this! I can't seem to accept defeat, and have been spending hours each night trying to get this to work!
reply or email me if you have any suggestions
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Post by: pacer4 on November 04, 2005, 07:49:40 PM
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Post by: pacer4 on November 04, 2005, 08:12:26 PM
One tip I have garnered from my search for answers is that a conflict may arise by installing both IDE and SATA RAID drivers. I have not begun again making this adjustment yet.
My mobo is ASUS K8V SE Deluxe, CPU is AMD Athlon 3000+.
pacer4
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[quote name=\'Guest_Prophet\' date=\'Mar 26 2004, 05:15 AM\']SK8V SATA Harddrive Answer:
Just built a new box using a ASUS SK8V Motherboard and a Seagate 160GB SATA Harddrive as my only hard disk. Only IDE device is the DVDrom.
Here is how I successfully got Windows XP to see the SATA harddrive and install on it.
1. Go to ASUS download page http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/it...K8V&Type=Latest (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=SK8V&Type=Latest\")
2. Download the "Promise SATA378 Driver" and "VIA VT6420 (VT8237) SATA RAID Driver"
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...528.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=19&l3_id=3&m_id=1&f_name=378ata_100104528.zip~zaqwedc\")
http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/se...10a.zip~zaqwedc (http://\"http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=19&l3_id=3&m_id=1&f_name=6420raid_210a.zip~zaqwedc\")
3. Copy both drivers onto seperate 3.5" floppy disks.
4. Boot off of the Windows XP CDrom. Press F6 when it says "Install drivers for additional storage arrays" (should be just as Windows XP installer starts.
5. Press "S" for specify driver and insert the first of your driver floppies. And follow the prompts to install the driver.
6. Press "S" again and insert the second driver floppy.
7. After both drivers are installed into Windows XP setup, press Enter to continue with XP install. It should then see the harddrive and ask you if you'd like to partision it.
Hope that helps guys.
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Post by: Dudek on June 17, 2007, 07:02:32 PM
- download Sil3512 drivers and unzip to folder
- download and install nLite (must have install net framework 2.0)
- copy all files from XP disc to folder in your HD (for example C:\XP PRO)
- run nLite, choose: language;), folder location (C:\XP PRO), integrate->drivers, press insert-> multiple driver folder, choose location of unzip Sil driver, text mode driver-> Sil.. XP/2003, next, next...
- Now you can burn in CD all files from XP PRO from HD and add boot sector from your oryginal XP CD (I used UltraISO) or find XP boot file for Nero...
- check your BOOT priority (CD, HDD)
- I press F6 and have floppy disc into, but propobly it doesn't matter
- Install system... and make have fun...
/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' /> /rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' /> /rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' /> /rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' /> P.S. Perhaps you manualy can add driver to driver.cab after error from diffrend PC/ file menager, but I doesn,t try this, becouse | don't have problems with my controller, enything work fine.
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Post by: guestolo on June 17, 2007, 08:37:26 PM
But since this topic started on Apr 4 2003
and the previous post before yours was Nov 4 2005
I will call this topic done and lock it