A7n8X-E Deluxe

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers from
a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's not
clear in the manual.
Rudy
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Rudy Kazuti wrote:
> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers from
> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's not
> clear in the manual.

Yes, you have use the drivers from a floppy when you're instelling the
OS on a S-ATA disk. At least, I had to do that. ;-)

frank
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Yes.

"Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
K5OdnUmbfaoZM5bfRVnysw@comcast.com...
> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
> from
> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's not
> clear in the manual.
> Rudy
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

"Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:K5OdnUmbfaoZM5bfRVnysw@comcast.com...
> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
> from
> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's not
> clear in the manual.

I doubt it, unless you want to use RAID from the word go.
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Sometime on, or about Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:48:14 -0000, Oldish sod wrote:

> "Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:K5OdnUmbfaoZM5bfRVnysw@comcast.com...
>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
>> from
>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's not
>> clear in the manual.
>
> I doubt it, unless you want to use RAID from the word go.

Not true... you need those drivers for any SATA disk, or else Windows won't
even recognize the drive's existence (even with XP, sp2). I know this from
personal experience installing a Seagate 200gig hard drive last week on
this same motherboard.

Sam
--
To mail me, please get rid of the BS first
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

No, He definitely has to use a floppy.


"Oldish sod" <SpamDiddlyDooDoo@noway.nowhere.con> a écrit dans le message de
news: cugvch$8qu$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>
> "Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:K5OdnUmbfaoZM5bfRVnysw@comcast.com...
>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
>> from
>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's
>> not
>> clear in the manual.
>
> I doubt it, unless you want to use RAID from the word go.
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

"Frank van den Bosch" <f.m.vandenbosch@student.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
news:bdfb6$420bb47e$542347f2$20651@news1.tudelft.nl...
> Rudy Kazuti wrote:
>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
>> from
>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's
>> not
>> clear in the manual.
>
> Yes, you have use the drivers from a floppy when you're instelling the OS
> on a S-ATA disk. At least, I had to do that. ;-)

So an a7n8x-e deluxe out of the box into a new case with an equally new
SATA drive requires you to borrow someone else's PC to copy the SATA
drivers from the mobo CD onto a floppy? Jeez! I'm a littlle surprised to
say the least! Youn are jesting, surely?
--
Rob
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Sometime on, or about Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:23:19 -0000, Oldish sod wrote:

> "Frank van den Bosch" <f.m.vandenbosch@student.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
> news:bdfb6$420bb47e$542347f2$20651@news1.tudelft.nl...
>> Rudy Kazuti wrote:
>>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
>>> from
>>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's
>>> not
>>> clear in the manual.
>>
>> Yes, you have use the drivers from a floppy when you're instelling the OS
>> on a S-ATA disk. At least, I had to do that. ;-)
>
> So an a7n8x-e deluxe out of the box into a new case with an equally new
> SATA drive requires you to borrow someone else's PC to copy the SATA
> drivers from the mobo CD onto a floppy? Jeez! I'm a littlle surprised to
> say the least! Youn are jesting, surely?

Because the motherboard doesn't have the SATA drivers and Windows doesn't
have them either. So you've got to get them from someplace. Most people
have the drivers put onto a floppy _prior_ to installing the new disk. That
saves you from having to run over to the next door neighbor's house.

Some newer boards do have built-in support for SATA, but the A7N8X series
(including the E) were designed before that was available. You may want to
look into a nForce 4 board for that kind of feature.

Sam
--
To mail me, please get rid of the BS first
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

"Sam" <srs2_11BS@bsHotmailBS.com> wrote in message
news:q59gs4adcr71.1j6b0pkkni9n$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Sometime on, or about Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:23:19 -0000, Oldish sod wrote:
>
>> "Frank van den Bosch" <f.m.vandenbosch@student.tudelft.nl> wrote in
>> message
>> news:bdfb6$420bb47e$542347f2$20651@news1.tudelft.nl...
>>> Rudy Kazuti wrote:
>>>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
>>>> from
>>>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's
>>>> not
>>>> clear in the manual.
>>>
>>> Yes, you have use the drivers from a floppy when you're instelling the
>>> OS
>>> on a S-ATA disk. At least, I had to do that. ;-)
>>
>> So an a7n8x-e deluxe out of the box into a new case with an equally new
>> SATA drive requires you to borrow someone else's PC to copy the SATA
>> drivers from the mobo CD onto a floppy? Jeez! I'm a littlle surprised
>> to
>> say the least! Youn are jesting, surely?
>
> Because the motherboard doesn't have the SATA drivers and Windows doesn't
> have them either. So you've got to get them from someplace. Most people
> have the drivers put onto a floppy _prior_ to installing the new disk.
> That
> saves you from having to run over to the next door neighbor's house.
>
> Some newer boards do have built-in support for SATA, but the A7N8X series
> (including the E) were designed before that was available. You may want to
> look into a nForce 4 board for that kind of feature.

Thanks for the clarification - this will be useful to those who are used
to building their own systems. I actually own a -e as well as two
rev2 deluxe's and they're easily the best mobos I've ever used (and
that's aplenty 😉, but all originally had at least one IDE drive when the
OS was installed. I suppose if the XP installer could be navigated to
the correct folder on a 3rd-party driver CD, this wouldn't really be an
issue.
Regards,
--
Rob
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Sometime on, or about Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:58:51 -0000, Oldish sod wrote:

> "Sam" <srs2_11BS@bsHotmailBS.com> wrote in message
> news:q59gs4adcr71.1j6b0pkkni9n$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> Sometime on, or about Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:23:19 -0000, Oldish sod wrote:
>>
>>> "Frank van den Bosch" <f.m.vandenbosch@student.tudelft.nl> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:bdfb6$420bb47e$542347f2$20651@news1.tudelft.nl...
>>>> Rudy Kazuti wrote:
>>>>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
>>>>> from
>>>>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's
>>>>> not
>>>>> clear in the manual.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you have use the drivers from a floppy when you're instelling the
>>>> OS
>>>> on a S-ATA disk. At least, I had to do that. ;-)
>>>
>>> So an a7n8x-e deluxe out of the box into a new case with an equally new
>>> SATA drive requires you to borrow someone else's PC to copy the SATA
>>> drivers from the mobo CD onto a floppy? Jeez! I'm a littlle surprised
>>> to
>>> say the least! Youn are jesting, surely?
>>
>> Because the motherboard doesn't have the SATA drivers and Windows doesn't
>> have them either. So you've got to get them from someplace. Most people
>> have the drivers put onto a floppy _prior_ to installing the new disk.
>> That
>> saves you from having to run over to the next door neighbor's house.
>>
>> Some newer boards do have built-in support for SATA, but the A7N8X series
>> (including the E) were designed before that was available. You may want to
>> look into a nForce 4 board for that kind of feature.
>
> Thanks for the clarification - this will be useful to those who are used
> to building their own systems. I actually own a -e as well as two
> rev2 deluxe's and they're easily the best mobos I've ever used (and
> that's aplenty 😉, but all originally had at least one IDE drive when the
> OS was installed. I suppose if the XP installer could be navigated to
> the correct folder on a 3rd-party driver CD, this wouldn't really be an
> issue.
> Regards,

I'm not sure if I understand you correctly, but the drivers must be on a
floppy, no optical media will work. Don't ask me why... ask Microsoft.

Sam
--
To mail me, please get rid of the BS first
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

if you do the google type research you can make a winxp boot cdrom that has
the sata drivers on the cd. obviously you have to do it on another computer
where you can download the drivers, incorporate them into winxp and burn the
cd.

> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA drivers
> from
> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's not
> clear in the manual.
> Rudy
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Long life to DOS 🙂))

Isn't there a way, using the XP console mode during the installation or with
an install option to get access to the CD and the floppy drive ?

TIA


"Sam" <srs2_11BS@bsHotmailBS.com> a écrit dans le message news:
q59gs4adcr71.1j6b0pkkni9n$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Sometime on, or about Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:23:19 -0000, Oldish sod wrote:
>
> > "Frank van den Bosch" <f.m.vandenbosch@student.tudelft.nl> wrote in
message
> > news:bdfb6$420bb47e$542347f2$20651@news1.tudelft.nl...
> >> Rudy Kazuti wrote:
> >>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA
drivers
> >>> from
> >>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's
> >>> not
> >>> clear in the manual.
> >>
> >> Yes, you have use the drivers from a floppy when you're instelling the
OS
> >> on a S-ATA disk. At least, I had to do that. ;-)
> >
> > So an a7n8x-e deluxe out of the box into a new case with an equally new
> > SATA drive requires you to borrow someone else's PC to copy the SATA
> > drivers from the mobo CD onto a floppy? Jeez! I'm a littlle surprised
to
> > say the least! Youn are jesting, surely?
>
> Because the motherboard doesn't have the SATA drivers and Windows doesn't
> have them either. So you've got to get them from someplace. Most people
> have the drivers put onto a floppy _prior_ to installing the new disk.
That
> saves you from having to run over to the next door neighbor's house.
>
> Some newer boards do have built-in support for SATA, but the A7N8X series
> (including the E) were designed before that was available. You may want to
> look into a nForce 4 board for that kind of feature.
>
> Sam
> --
> To mail me, please get rid of the BS first
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Sometime on, or about Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:53:13 +0100, Aldo Larrabiata
wrote:

> Long life to DOS 🙂))
>
> Isn't there a way, using the XP console mode during the installation or with
> an install option to get access to the CD and the floppy drive ?
>
> TIA
>
> "Sam" <srs2_11BS@bsHotmailBS.com> a écrit dans le message news:
> q59gs4adcr71.1j6b0pkkni9n$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> Sometime on, or about Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:23:19 -0000, Oldish sod wrote:
>>
>>> "Frank van den Bosch" <f.m.vandenbosch@student.tudelft.nl> wrote in
> message
>>> news:bdfb6$420bb47e$542347f2$20651@news1.tudelft.nl...
>>>> Rudy Kazuti wrote:
>>>>> Just got the above board today. Do you have to install the SATA
> drivers
>>>>> from
>>>>> a floppy when installing the OS as you do with some other brands? It's
>>>>> not
>>>>> clear in the manual.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you have use the drivers from a floppy when you're instelling the
> OS
>>>> on a S-ATA disk. At least, I had to do that. ;-)
>>>
>>> So an a7n8x-e deluxe out of the box into a new case with an equally new
>>> SATA drive requires you to borrow someone else's PC to copy the SATA
>>> drivers from the mobo CD onto a floppy? Jeez! I'm a littlle surprised
> to
>>> say the least! Youn are jesting, surely?
>>
>> Because the motherboard doesn't have the SATA drivers and Windows doesn't
>> have them either. So you've got to get them from someplace. Most people
>> have the drivers put onto a floppy _prior_ to installing the new disk.
> That
>> saves you from having to run over to the next door neighbor's house.
>>
>> Some newer boards do have built-in support for SATA, but the A7N8X series
>> (including the E) were designed before that was available. You may want to
>> look into a nForce 4 board for that kind of feature.
>>
>> Sam
>> --
>> To mail me, please get rid of the BS first

Not that I'm aware of. I recall a few discussions where the person didn't
even have a floppy drive installed. I think the only options might have
been an outboard USB floppy... but with the cheap cost of standard floppy
drives, you might as well install a "real" one. I personally think it's
pretty short sighted on the part of Microsoft to be so limited.

It is possible to put the drivers on a slip-streamed version of the XP
disk... doing a quick Google search found quite a few web sites that
discuss it. One example is below:
http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=20748

Sam
--
To mail me, please get rid of the BS first
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom