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I'm very new to Sata........ I've had 2 problems setting it up and a brand
new drive die on me in the process 🙁

My mobo is a A7N8XE- Deluxe...
Barton XP3200
1gb Geil ddr ram
ATI Radeon x800pro graph card
1 WD 120gb sata drive (2nd on way)

Set up queries.....

Sata settings: SCSI or RAID (sata drive showing as a SCSI device) !?!?!?!?

My system is running on a sata drive at present, only way I could get it to
work (with what I know) was to enable other boot devices via bios.

My manual says see section 'xyz' for setup info, but it only goes upto 'abc'
🙁

Any help appreciated
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Sata is v.often showed/refered to as SCSI device

"Stewart" <studek@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Vbe5e.13141$il.8162@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> I'm very new to Sata........ I've had 2 problems setting it up and a brand
> new drive die on me in the process 🙁
>
> My mobo is a A7N8XE- Deluxe...
> Barton XP3200
> 1gb Geil ddr ram
> ATI Radeon x800pro graph card
> 1 WD 120gb sata drive (2nd on way)
>
> Set up queries.....
>
> Sata settings: SCSI or RAID (sata drive showing as a SCSI device) !?!?!?!?
>
> My system is running on a sata drive at present, only way I could get it
to
> work (with what I know) was to enable other boot devices via bios.
>
> My manual says see section 'xyz' for setup info, but it only goes upto
'abc'
> 🙁
>
> Any help appreciated
>
>
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Stewart wrote:
> I'm very new to Sata........ I've had 2 problems setting it up and a brand
> new drive die on me in the process 🙁
>
> My mobo is a A7N8XE- Deluxe...
> Barton XP3200
> 1gb Geil ddr ram
> ATI Radeon x800pro graph card
> 1 WD 120gb sata drive (2nd on way)
>
> Set up queries.....
>
> Sata settings: SCSI or RAID (sata drive showing as a SCSI device) !?!?!?!?

If you use the latest BIOS, it should be labelled correctly.

> My system is running on a sata drive at present, only way I could get it to
> work (with what I know) was to enable other boot devices via bios.

Should be able to set boot device to SATA/SCSI before IDE.

> My manual says see section 'xyz' for setup info, but it only goes upto 'abc'
> 🙁

No idea.

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

In article <1112902396.0cc415eeb10600090033699839363d4b@teranews>, Ben
Pope <benpope81@_REMOVE_gmail.com> wrote:

> Stewart wrote:
> > I'm very new to Sata........ I've had 2 problems setting it up and a brand
> > new drive die on me in the process 🙁
> >
> > My mobo is a A7N8XE- Deluxe...
> > Barton XP3200
> > 1gb Geil ddr ram
> > ATI Radeon x800pro graph card
> > 1 WD 120gb sata drive (2nd on way)
> >
> > Set up queries.....
> >
> > Sata settings: SCSI or RAID (sata drive showing as a SCSI device) !?!?!?!?
>
> If you use the latest BIOS, it should be labelled correctly.
>
> > My system is running on a sata drive at present, only way I could get it to
> > work (with what I know) was to enable other boot devices via bios.
>
> Should be able to set boot device to SATA/SCSI before IDE.
>
> > My manual says see section 'xyz' for setup info, but it only goes upto 'abc'
> > 🙁
>
> No idea.
>
> Ben

The downloadable PDF manual for A7N8X-E Deluxe has a short 3 page
section in it (e1465 manual section 5.5 page 107).

Use explorer to examine the motherboard CD. Sometimes there
is a "manuals" directory on the CD, with separate documents which
are not on the Asus download page.

This file had one of the first separate manuals version 092.
This SATARaid_Manual_Rev092 manual is 36 pages.

http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/ide/silicon/silicon_v10033.zip

There are possibly later versions of manuals on other motherboard
maker's sites, for the SIL3112. I have some, but don't know where
I got them.

SCSI emulation is a convenient way to introduce foreign file
systems to the OS. SCSI has a linear address space, and at
the OS level, the OS doesn't have to know about CHS. On
the minus side, the SCSI emulation hides certain information
normally available about the disk drive. And SCSI emulation
may mean that a disk drive maker's diagnostic will not work
until the drive is placed on a Southbridge port.

And information about using RAID chips or interfaces, to run
separate drives in non-RAID mode, is never documented. For
many (but not all chips - there are always exceptions), it
is possible to run them in non-RAID, but it means a steady
stream of questions gets asked here :-(

HTH,
Paul
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Here is the manual as a pdf. Seems to have all the pages.

http://www.asuscom.de/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/nforce2/a7n8x-e/e1876_a7n8x-e_deluxe.pdf

"Stewart" <studek@ntlworld.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:Vbe5e.13141$il.8162@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> I'm very new to Sata........ I've had 2 problems setting it up and a brand
> new drive die on me in the process 🙁
>
> My mobo is a A7N8XE- Deluxe...
> Barton XP3200
> 1gb Geil ddr ram
> ATI Radeon x800pro graph card
> 1 WD 120gb sata drive (2nd on way)
>
> Set up queries.....
>
> Sata settings: SCSI or RAID (sata drive showing as a SCSI device) !?!?!?!?
>
> My system is running on a sata drive at present, only way I could get it
> to
> work (with what I know) was to enable other boot devices via bios.
>
> My manual says see section 'xyz' for setup info, but it only goes upto
> 'abc'
> 🙁
>
> Any help appreciated
>
>
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Thanks for the advice......

Got a bit of reading to do now :)

Some helpful people about, keep up the good work

Thanks again

Stewart (aka Studek)

www.uw-clan.co.uk (CoD & UO gaming )




"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-0704051752100001@192.168.1.178...
> In article <1112902396.0cc415eeb10600090033699839363d4b@teranews>, Ben
> Pope <benpope81@_REMOVE_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Stewart wrote:
> > > I'm very new to Sata........ I've had 2 problems setting it up and a
brand
> > > new drive die on me in the process 🙁
> > >
> > > My mobo is a A7N8XE- Deluxe...
> > > Barton XP3200
> > > 1gb Geil ddr ram
> > > ATI Radeon x800pro graph card
> > > 1 WD 120gb sata drive (2nd on way)
> > >
> > > Set up queries.....
> > >
> > > Sata settings: SCSI or RAID (sata drive showing as a SCSI device)
!?!?!?!?
> >
> > If you use the latest BIOS, it should be labelled correctly.
> >
> > > My system is running on a sata drive at present, only way I could get
it to
> > > work (with what I know) was to enable other boot devices via bios.
> >
> > Should be able to set boot device to SATA/SCSI before IDE.
> >
> > > My manual says see section 'xyz' for setup info, but it only goes upto
'abc'
> > > 🙁
> >
> > No idea.
> >
> > Ben
>
> The downloadable PDF manual for A7N8X-E Deluxe has a short 3 page
> section in it (e1465 manual section 5.5 page 107).
>
> Use explorer to examine the motherboard CD. Sometimes there
> is a "manuals" directory on the CD, with separate documents which
> are not on the Asus download page.
>
> This file had one of the first separate manuals version 092.
> This SATARaid_Manual_Rev092 manual is 36 pages.
>
> http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/ide/silicon/silicon_v10033.zip
>
> There are possibly later versions of manuals on other motherboard
> maker's sites, for the SIL3112. I have some, but don't know where
> I got them.
>
> SCSI emulation is a convenient way to introduce foreign file
> systems to the OS. SCSI has a linear address space, and at
> the OS level, the OS doesn't have to know about CHS. On
> the minus side, the SCSI emulation hides certain information
> normally available about the disk drive. And SCSI emulation
> may mean that a disk drive maker's diagnostic will not work
> until the drive is placed on a Southbridge port.
>
> And information about using RAID chips or interfaces, to run
> separate drives in non-RAID mode, is never documented. For
> many (but not all chips - there are always exceptions), it
> is possible to run them in non-RAID, but it means a steady
> stream of questions gets asked here :-(
>
> HTH,
> Paul
 
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