I have the above mentioned mobo with XP already installed on an existed IDE HD and I wanted to add a new SATA HD to my system for data storage. I've never dealt with SATA before, so I just followed the easy steps of plugging into power and plugging into the SATA connector on the mobo. I booted the machine up and it goes into POST, then onto the RAID controller screens (I also have an IDE RAID controller card) and it recognizes the new HD fine, but it never gets past the RAID screens, it just stops there when it shows all the HDs on my IDE channels. I've seen plenty of posts about people who have problems installing XP on a new SATA drive, but I just want to use it as data.
I have looked into the BIOS settings and all and found nothing that works. However, I have not yet flashed any new BIOS onto the mobo, but from the release dates on the BIOSs they have available for download, it seems that none of them are more recent than when I bought the mobo.
My pc is also an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe, but ive allways had only a sata drive inside. Came home from work today to find that my pc reboots everytime it gets past the Xp loading screen with a milisecond of BSOD. Safe mode doesnt work either. Bios/startup checks find the HD no problem (as i said, its when its finished loading xp that it stops), but when i try to get onto the drive (eg trying to fresh install XP) it says the drive isnt there.
Please can anyone help me before I throw myself off a bridge.
When you are installing XP again (if that's what you choose to do), I've heard you need to install SATA drivers during the install when it prompts you for RAID drivers or the like. Does your drive have a jumper on it? If not, try the jumper solution I am about to try and see if it helps.
Hello Soli,
Your rebooting problem could mean 1 of 2 things. Master Boot Record is corrupt or just the boot is corrupt. How to fix this, insert xp disc, boot from that location. let windows install start up files, when prompted to repair or fix click yes. follow directions. When you see the c:/ type this c:/fixboot answer yes, when finished restart. If this does not solve the problem, do the same steps over but this time type FixMBR follow thru and restart. Still getting nowhere start from scratch. 000000 out your hard drive then reload your system.
Just fixed it this second, thanks to fatejd and ihovia! I owe you guys a beer.
Got the sata drivers i needed so that my pc could detect the drive fully again, then went to the xp repair console. The only thing was, it said everything was ok, no problems! Sooo, i thought id just back up my files and wipe, but when i tried it said access denied, so im guessing something corrupted my user/access list or something. After inputting passwords i use etc it wasnt having any of it, but it said there was an error and rebooted, now it works good as new! BUT, im gonna backup and wipe anyway as it still looks like the user list is bugged (administation username now needs its own pass i didnt setup)
Once again, many thanks!
I still have not solved my problem, though. I am just using the unplug, plug method when I'm rebooting for now. I'm not going to waste anymore of my time on this unless I get another SATA drive and it still doesn't work. If I can't get 2 to work then I'll probably just upgrade (I've had my current mobo/chip for almost 2 years anyway)
Im not 100%, but on my pc it reads the sata drive first, then the screen changes to search for ide, just wondering if its trying to use your sata as a master and your ide with windows as a slave?
You could always try unplugging the power from your ide drive and installing XP onto your sata, purely to see if it works (then just format afterwards)
