Recent content by diggityDawg

Well, I tried using the Vista boot disk and that would never see the drive, so I couldn't create a partition or format it. I ended up using a copy of the "Ultimate Boot CD". With that I was able to format the drive as FAT32 (no option to format as NTFS). Then, when I got to the screen in...

It definitely does have two different types of SATA controllers. The standard SATA ports are orange, and the Gigabyte SATA ports are purple. I've tried BOTH, and neither works for the hard drive. BTW, Vista does recognize the DVD drive (obviously, or it wouldn't install) and I've had that...

I can try, but after over two months I don't think NewEgg will take it back...

No, I don't get that prompt. When it gets to the screen where you select the drive to install it on, nothing is there, but there's a link to "Load Drivers". I haven't seen the message for hitting F6, like it used to do in XP and older versions of Windows...

Can you post the link? I can't find it on NewEgg any more...?

Couldn't agree more!!! Vista *should* have the drivers already integrated, but clearly it doesn't. As for RAID, I don't have it enabled - I'm pretty sure I mentioned that in my initial post... I have moved the hard drive cable to a lot of different ports (both orange and purple), but most...

There's only one hard drive in the system, but yes, it is detected during POST and I can select it as the boot drive in the BIOS settings.

I've been working on this for over 2 months, so I'm hoping someone can help me get past this... I built a new system for my brother to run Vista Media Center on. The mobo is a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 rev 2.1. The hard drive is a Hitachi 1TB drive, but I've also tried a WD 750AAKS (750GB) which...

I reset the BIOS by unplugging it and holding down the power button for 20 seconds. That did the trick. Boots up great and even Windows loads fine now. Thanks!

Well, I finished a new build last week and am experiencing an extreme situation that I don't know how to resolve - hoping someone can help... Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DQ6 Memory: Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Graphics: GIGABYTE GV-NX86S256H Drives: WD...