Author Topic: sata hd drive not reconized  (Read 1244 times)

BAZZZZ

  • Guest
sata hd drive not reconized
« on: June 04, 2003, 02:31:51 PM »
hi guys , thought i would treat my self to a nice new pc

i have a xp2600+ proccessor
asus nforce2 motherboard n7n8x (included sata)
pc2700 256 ddr ram x2
matrox 80gb sata hard drive
and bought windows xp home addition

now my problem is , with sata hard drives bios and windows doesnt see it.
after reading readme , its says boot from xp cd rom , then press f6 when for driver installation , for sata , it should ask want to install
Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller
i tried using sata files on motherboard cd rom and it comes up with sataraid serial ata controller , so i dont know how i can get my hard drive working
if you have a copy of Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Serial ATA Controller please e mail me them to BAZZZZ99Email Removed

or if u can tell me how to get around this problem i would be very greatfull

thanx in advance
BAZZZZ

Guest_Quick69GTO

  • Guest
sata hd drive not reconized
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2003, 12:13:49 PM »
You have to copy the drivers to floppy.
The XP setup (F6) will only see the floppy drive.