with only one disk(sata) -->>satalink or sataraid ??
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
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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
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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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