A7N8X - mobo SATA software or HDD SATA software?

[ShyGuy91284]

I've got an A7N8X w/ WinXP SP1, and I am going to be adding in a SATA drive as the boot drive. I've chosen Maxtor's 160GB model. When I install a new copy of Windows, should I use the Silicon Image SATA driver, software, etc, or should I use Maxtors SATA software? Or some kind of a combination of both?

 

[MDE]

I just used the Silicon Image drivers when I installed onto my WD Raptor and all was well. Just remember that you need to hit F6 when setup asks if you want to install a third party RAID or SCSI driver, then after the files copy, set the BIOS to boot from SCSI and everything should continue as normal.