need to know how to set up SATA drives - Page 2

**pointreyes** · 04-26-2004, 02:01 AM

You might need to install on an EIDE drive so that you can use F5. Update the drivers on the installation of Windows and then you can move the OS from the EIDE to the SATA drive.

At least that is one way I suspect would work.

webdezign · 04-26-2004, 06:50 PM

I am going to try a fresh install and see if windows detetcs that my sys is acpi compliant. I have read several posts on the Abit site that hitting the f6 key to load drivers bypasses the bios looking for acpi compliance, and that is the problem I have been having. If I go to device manager and click computer it should say acpi compliant, but instead it says "standard computer". According to Microsoft that is why i am not able to re-boot without disk errors, and when I shut down I get the "It is safe to turn your computer off" instead of shutting my system down. I have tried every bios and windows setting with absolutely no success, so if you have any answers please let me know...
Jeff

jonjan · 01-28-2005, 01:14 AM

I have a Dell Dimension 2350, and either i'm blind, or the option for setting SATA bootable is very difficult to find... I went thru all the BIOS menus and didn't see "SATA" anywhere.

I have a Dimension 8400 also with 3.6Ghz P4, but the 2350's BIOS has way fewer options... even tho I bought it as recent as mid 2004.

Any Ideas? Just a guess, but maybe updating my BIOS? (no experience with this yet)

Jon
Dell Dimension 2350
XP Home w SP2

SaphireX · 02-19-2005, 08:31 AM

Hi epicbard

In your BIOS for your Abit KV8-MAX3 is it possible for you to in-advance turn on the ACPI 2.0 Support that way when you install XP you should not have to force HAL to setup your machine as ACPI compliant and then be able to load your SATA's = "mass storage device drivers" aka the F6 prompt "if you have RAID or 3rd Party Device Drivers"

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Saphire

steven4064 · 07-24-2005, 11:23 AM

I have just built a PC using two Hitachi 80GB SATA HDDs in a Raid 0 array. Unfortunately it won't boot from the Raid array even though the boot process seems to recognise it. I get the famous "Verifying DMI Pool Data" message and then the system hangs. I had no problems installing Fedora. Do I need to install a driver? The borad I am using is a Gigabyte board with nVidea Raid contoller.

Scottie P · 07-24-2005, 02:29 PM

As Sierra suggests - the thing I needed to check for was the boot order of my drives - I installed Windows onto a new SATA drive yesterday (after switching SATA on in the BIOS), then when I connected up my old drives, it wouldn't boot. A quick switch of the boot order and I was away.

Scottie P

Antissn · 08-22-2005, 11:43 AM

SATA considerete like an ide . motherboard having sata tech are already set to receive and to detecte SATA. juste plug and install OS.

We recommend do never live the drive into one partition.
always give only 15988 gb for the C: partition and
D: E: only equal.

when finish installing put an win98 boot disk and scandisk c: d: e:
Restart ur pc and go and defrag.

04-26-2004, 02:01 AM	#16
pointreyes The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,159	You might need to install on an EIDE drive so that you can use F5. Update the drivers on the installation of Windows and then you can move the OS from the EIDE to the SATA drive. At least that is one way I suspect would work. __________________
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04-26-2004, 06:50 PM	#17
webdezign Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 2	I am going to try a fresh install and see if windows detetcs that my sys is acpi compliant. I have read several posts on the Abit site that hitting the f6 key to load drivers bypasses the bios looking for acpi compliance, and that is the problem I have been having. If I go to device manager and click computer it should say acpi compliant, but instead it says "standard computer". According to Microsoft that is why i am not able to re-boot without disk errors, and when I shut down I get the "It is safe to turn your computer off" instead of shutting my system down. I have tried every bios and windows setting with absolutely no success, so if you have any answers please let me know... Jeff __________________ Jeff
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01-28-2005, 01:14 AM	#18
jonjan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7	figuring out setting BIOS for SATA bootable I have a Dell Dimension 2350, and either i'm blind, or the option for setting SATA bootable is very difficult to find... I went thru all the BIOS menus and didn't see "SATA" anywhere. I have a Dimension 8400 also with 3.6Ghz P4, but the 2350's BIOS has way fewer options... even tho I bought it as recent as mid 2004. Any Ideas? Just a guess, but maybe updating my BIOS? (no experience with this yet) Jon Dell Dimension 2350 XP Home w SP2
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02-19-2005, 08:31 AM	#19
SaphireX SaphireX Join Date: May 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 178	Turn on ACPI in BIOS? Hi epicbard In your BIOS for your Abit KV8-MAX3 is it possible for you to in-advance turn on the ACPI 2.0 Support that way when you install XP you should not have to force HAL to setup your machine as ACPI compliant and then be able to load your SATA's = "mass storage device drivers" aka the F6 prompt "if you have RAID or 3rd Party Device Drivers" [IMG][/IMG] Saphire __________________ EVGA™ 132-CK-NF78-RevA2 AWARD™ BIOS P07 nForce™ 15.23 "chipset drivers" Intel™ Core 2 Quad Q6600 "Kentsfield" Asetek™ LCLC Liquid CPU Cooling Mushkin™ 996619 4 X 2GB=8GB PC2 8500 ASCENT™ w/ eVCI technology 2 X BFG Nvidia™ 8800(G92) GTS 512MB in SLi GeForce™ 180.60 "beta" PhysX 8.10.13 WHQL PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 860™ TAGAN CS-El Diablo™ Case Lite-On™LH-20A1S {SATA Port 6} Phillips™ SPD2413BD {IDE –Master} 2X 320GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3320620AS RAID-0 "64kb stripe" SATA Ports 1 & 2 1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3750330AS (storage) SATA Port 3 1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3750330AS (storage) SATA Port 4 1X 750GB Seagate Barracuda™ ST3750330SV (storage) SATA Port 5 Rosewell™ RC-403 Conexant 56k Modem(Bottom PCI) Sony™ MPF920 Floppy Disk Drive APC™ BR1500LCD UPS 1500VA w/AVR SAMSUNG™ 2280HD 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Saitek Eclipse II™ Illuminated Keyboard Logitech MX400™ Laser Mouse Vista™ Ultimate 64 ~ MS Office 2007 ~ Nod32 64-bit RIG #2 ASUS™ K8V Deluxe 1rst Ed. AMI™-beta 1010.001 BIOS AMD Athlon™64 3200+ "Clawhammer" Stock AMD Cooling NANYA™ NT512D64S8HB1G-5T-(2X 512mb )PC3200 CR=1T(3-3-3-8-11) BFG Nvidia™ 6800GT 256 MB PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Deluxe™ Raidmax Scorpio 668™ Case Pri IDE-"jumpered" Master-Samsung™ TSST Corp SH-S182M Sec IDE-"jumpered" Master-Phillips SPD2413P 2X 120GB SATA 1rst Gen-Seagate Barracuda™ RAID-0 *64kb stripe" VIA VT8237™ V-RAID 5.10a Samsung™ SyncMaster 226BW 22" 2ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor Microsoft™ USB Wireless Desktop Elite™ WinXP Pro™ SP3+
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07-24-2005, 11:23 AM	#20
steven4064 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	SATA for Fedora I have just built a PC using two Hitachi 80GB SATA HDDs in a Raid 0 array. Unfortunately it won't boot from the Raid array even though the boot process seems to recognise it. I get the famous "Verifying DMI Pool Data" message and then the system hangs. I had no problems installing Fedora. Do I need to install a driver? The borad I am using is a Gigabyte board with nVidea Raid contoller.
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07-24-2005, 02:29 PM	#21
Scottie P I'm no expert Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 407	As Sierra suggests - the thing I needed to check for was the boot order of my drives - I installed Windows onto a new SATA drive yesterday (after switching SATA on in the BIOS), then when I connected up my old drives, it wouldn't boot. A quick switch of the boot order and I was away. Scottie P
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08-22-2005, 11:43 AM	#22
Antissn the ANT Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Quebec Posts: 10	installing SATA SATA considerete like an ide . motherboard having sata tech are already set to receive and to detecte SATA. juste plug and install OS. We recommend do never live the drive into one partition. always give only 15988 gb for the C: partition and D: E: only equal. when finish installing put an win98 boot disk and scandisk c: d: e: Restart ur pc and go and defrag. __________________ Get real support with Antiss Support team supp.tech@antissn.com Stop killing your brain.
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