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"Frogs_London" <jcgas@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
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> Hi Steve,
>
> I connected my HDD to the IT8212 IDE controller on the left of the
> board on the main Red SATA connector. For some reason it is only
> recognised as Third IDE Master.
> But when I tried to install Win XP Pro, I did not load the RAID drivers
> when it is asked to, that might be the reason why it produced such
> errors. I'll have a go tonight and see if it wors.
> Also, I might connect the HDD to the main Silicon controller (bottom
> left) and install it either as SATA (and specify SATA for the Silicon
> controller in the BIOS) or as a RAID 0 (and specify RAID mode for the
> Silicon controller). Doing this might help the BIOS to recognise the
> HDD as Primary IDE Master.
> Also, I might be able to then install Win XP.
>
> Do not hesitate to tell me what you think as this Mobo BIOS is new for
> me.
>
> Cheers.
> JC
>
>
> stevem wrote:
>> "Frogs_London" <jcgas@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
>> news:1116448987.253949.87680@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi Guys,
>> >
>> > I recently bought my dream PC
>> > ASUS P5AD2-E Premium
>> > P4 3.2Ghz
>> > ATI X850XT
>> > WD 36.7Gb 'Raptor' SATA150 10,000rpm 8mb Cache
>> > 1Gb of DDR2
>> >
>> > I have a small problem though. I still cannot use it due to
> trouble
>> > installing XP Pro.
>> >
>> > I don't understand as I followed all the standard procedure?
>> >
>> > I connected it to the SATA connector as master, and not in the RAID
>> > controller.
>> > I formated my HDD and created a DOS partition.
>> > I checked that it was recognised in the BIOS as Third IDE Master.
>> > I tried to boot then on the CD-ROM to install Windows.
>> > All the drivers are loaded following the normal installation
> procedure,
>> > but when it comes to installing Windows, I have a blue screen
> coming up
>> > with the same error "UNACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE".
>> >
>> > I don't understand as my HDD is recognised in the BIOS.
>> > I tried several option (including using SATA_RAID controller), but
> it
>> > still come with the same error message.
>> >
>> > If you could give me a hand, It would be great.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > JC
>> >
>>
>> I'm confused; you say that your disc is SATA, yet it is recognised as
> third
>> IDE master? On my P5AD2-E Premium, that is the IT8212 IDE controller
> (IDE,
>> _NOT_ SATA). To which SATA port did you connect it? The four nearest
> the
>> Southbridge are controlled by the ICH6R controller, the four along
> the
>> bottom of the board are controlled by the SIL3114 controller. Which
> one are
>> you using? How is it set up in the BIOS? Please review pages 4-15 to
> 4-17 in
>> the manual to make sure you have the settings correct. Any further
>> information?
>> Regards,
>> Steve.
>
Hi JC,
Sorry, but I'm still confused. If your disc is SATA, then there is no way
you can be connecting it to the ITE8212 controller, since that's IDE (unless
you're using an adapter to convert it to IDE). What cable are you using to
connect it? IDE is 40-pin, about 2" wide, whereas SATA is (can't remember
how many) pin, about 1/2" wide. Since I do not have a SATA drive (yet!), I
don't know how they appear in the BIOS (though I'd be surprised if they
appear on third master/slave). If your drive is actually IDE, or SATA with
an IDE converter, then certainly you would need to make sure the ITE
controller is set to IDE (since you can't have RAID with one drive), and you
would also need to load the ITE driver with F6. If your drive IS IDE, then
why not connect it to the primary IDE controller (blue, towards the top of
the board)? FWIW, my setup has both my IDE hard drives connected to the
ITE8212 controller (so they appear as third master/slave), and my DVDRW is
on the primary IDE. I did not install XP, rather I simply carried over my
P4B266 setup onto the P5AD2E-Premium (if anyone tells you this can't be
done, I'm here to say otherwise!). Obviously, you might need to sort out the
boot order in the BIOS - this is not as intuitive as it might be, but then,
like you, I'm not that familiar with the AMI BIOS (despite more than twenty
years messing about with PCs, both professionally and at home, this is
actually the first AMI BIOS I've had to deal with - most have been AWARD,
with a few others thrown in (ACER, ICL etc.)). If I can help in any other
way, please let me know.
Regards,
Steve.
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