Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe SATA problem

[gba]

The controller appears to be working correctly as far as I can tell... I see the controller in the (latest) BIOS and in Windows 2000 (I am booting from a SCSI HD)... When I connect the 300GB Seagate HD I have to the secondary master (the only good header), I see the drive in the BIOS but the computer hangs when booting into Windows or DOS...

Does anybody have any idea what I can try?

Thanks.

 

[dnoyeb]

Do you have drivers for windows 2000? Its not a standard HD controller so you probably need drivers. I think SATA came out in popular use after windows 2000. I just switched to it in windows XP and did not experience any real issues with that. same MB but a WD HD.

 

[gba]

Originally posted by: dnoyeb
Do you have drivers for windows 2000? Its not a standard HD controller so you probably need drivers. I think SATA came out in popular use after windows 2000. I just switched to it in windows XP and did not experience any real issues with that. same MB but a WD HD.

Thanks dnoyeb....
Yes, I have the W2k SATA drivers installed and the controller appears to work properly without HD connected.

Once I connect a HD, I cannot boot into Windows or DOS at all.

 

[Athlonite]

just to confirm is the drive a sata II/300 HDD and the board your hooking it upto has sata I/150 controler if so you may need to set a jumper on the drive to enable it to run under sata I/150 i have to do this with my two sata drives in raid 0 both are sata II/300 but the nForce 2 u400 board i have only has sata I/150 actually after doin a quick search of asus's web site you hav exactly the same problem the siI 3112 is sata I/150 your Hdd is sata II/300 check hdd manufactures website for the jumper settin on your hdd description/specs page

 

[Binky]

What he said.

 

[gba]

Originally posted by: Athlonite
just to confirm is the drive a sata II/300 HDD and the board your hooking it upto has sata I/150 controler if so you may need to set a jumper on the drive to enable it to run under sata I/150 i have to do this with my two sata drives in raid 0 both are sata II/300 but the nForce 2 u400 board i have only has sata I/150 actually after doin a quick search of asus's web site you hav exactly the same problem the siI 3112 is sata I/150 your Hdd is sata II/300 check hdd manufactures website for the jumper settin on your hdd description/specs page

Nice catch, man.. yeah, the II/300 HD's jumper needs to be set for I/150 and it is. It was working before I RMA'd the MB for a different reason. I have tried two other HDs besides the one installed, comp will not boot into DOS or Windows with any of them...

BTW, the sata controller is a Silicon Image 3112A, BIOS v4.2.47

I have ordered a cheap PCI sata controller bc this is a water cooled system and I just do not feel like pulling the MB out again for RMAing But I would still love to figure this thing out, although I am starting to sense that Asus may have sent my a cursed board.