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Your drive is on the Via controller which only supports raid which is why
you get the
error of "no drive connected" when its enabled. The Promise connectors are
the
sec sata, pri sata and the blue pri raid connectors. move your drive to one
of those
and it will work.
Jim M
"Kaz" <kasdorf1@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> All,
>
> Lets see if I can answer all these.
>
> 1. Ran makedisk but only for one set of drivers. Need to check to see
which.
> 2. I am not use blue Promise Raid connector.
> 3. I am only using one SATA drive connected to SATA 1 connector, not the
> SATA Pri or Sec connectors.
> 4. I do not want any raid array for now. So set Bios Promise Raid to
> disable.
> 5. In Bios I have tried bootrom both on and off. I believe on gives me an
> error message about no drive connected, while disabled does not.
> 6. In Device Manager is the drive supposed to show up as SCSI?
> 7. Also the drivers for the actual drive seem to be old MS ones?
>
> For a non raid setup which way should bios be?
> For a non raid setup which drivers do I need to load during windows
install?
>
> Still plugging away, thanks for the suggestions.
>
> George
>
> "JBM" <jmanning95@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > Are you using promise drivers because it sound like your drives are
> attached
> > to the VIA raid connectors. If sounds like your floppy has drivers for
> the
> > Promise
> > controller in non raid mode. If your on the promise connectors the
drives
> > will have raid in the name or SATA if your not using raid.
> > You set the promise controller for raid or non raid in the bios under
> > onboard devices configuration. You can also enable/disable SATA bootrom
> > which controlls the Via SATA RAID.
> > One other possibility bad drivers disk. Did you run makedisk.exe to make
> > your floppy or did you copy files to the floppy?
> >
> > Jim M
> >
> > "Kaz" <kasdorf1@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:t8ednUe0mb_KF53cRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
> > > Jim,
> > > Thanks, did that, formatted disk can copy to and from it, but only if
I
> > boot
> > > from ATA drive.
> > > So I know everything seems to be in some sort of working order, just
> > cannot
> > > get windows to recognize it when I do an install.
> > >
> > > I tried staying in Windows, running the install again using "specify
> which
> > > drive and partition to install to". Gets to end and fails to find a
> disk.
> > I
> > > used F6 to install drivers and used the WinXP SATA xxxx drivers from a
> > > floppy I created from the Asus CD. Do I need other drivers also?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Kaz
> > >
> > > "JBM" <jmanning95@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:N6-dnWx93IYe4Z3cRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> > > >
> > > > "Kaz" <kasdorf1@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:SOWdnSFiS7HWwZ3cRVn-sA@comcast.com...
> > > > > Upgraded the aging Alienware with new Asus K8V SE board. Treated
> > myself
> > > to
> > > > > two Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 200 gig Serial ATA drives. After
getting
> > the
> > > > new
> > > > > power supply... oops did not have the +12v cpu power on the old
one,
> I
> > > can
> > > > > boot back into the old drives, but cannot get anything to
recognize
> > the
> > > > SATA
> > > > > drive(s).
> > > > > I have DVD and DVD RW on primary IDE. Old HHD's on secondary IDE
> (was
> > > > going
> > > > > to get everything off and then take them out and run strictly
SATA)
> > and
> > > > one
> > > > > SATA on the SATA1 connector. (Not the primary or secondary raid
> > > > connectors.)
> > > > >
> > > > > I installed the 4 in 1 drivers, USB works, mouse, scanner, the
> giganet
> > > > > connection hooks me up to internet, device manager sees drive, and
> > says
> > > it
> > > > > is working. (But calls it SCSI, is that correct?)
> > > > >
> > > > > But cannot figure out how see it to format it so I can use it! My
> > guess
> > > is
> > > > > BIOS but what and how do I set it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Kaz
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Right click my computer, click manage, click disk management
> > > >
> > > > Jim M
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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