Asus A8V Deluxe, new user and having issues.

[JiveCoolie]

I just bought a new computer and just got finished putting it together, can someone tell me why when I am trying to run windows installation with a single SATA drive windows installtion will not work it is telling me that It cannot find a hard disk...

I have it plugged into the SATA 1 (not sata raid 1) connecter..it see's it when I boot up on the sata detect screen but windows installation will not see it.

ALSO

now that I am in windows with a regular hard drive (ata133) i install the gigabit marvell LAN driver and it is saying that the connection is Unplugged with a big red X...

I had to go to the store around the corner and buy a 5 dollar nic.

any advice would be great, expecially about the sata situation.

 

[aGreenAgent]

What you need to do is make a driver disk for that SATA chip. If you head to the Asus website it should have the drivers for it. You have to put them on a floppy. When you're starting the installation, as soon as you see the blue windows setup, tap F6 a few times. This will tell it you have a non-standard hard drive, and after it loads all those drivers that it always does, it'll bring you to a new screen where you hit enter and it'll search a floppy disk for drivers. That'll tell it how to find your SATA drive.

One important thing: Disconnect all non-SATA drives when installing windows on a SATA drive. Windows loves IDE drives and always makes them drive C even if you're installing windows on the SATA.

 

[theMan]

ok, the "sata_1" and "sata_raid_1" is stupid. they both run sata, and they both run raid. "sata_raid" is the promise controller, and "sata" is the onboard via controller. if you use the promise controller, you have to go into the bios, and go to ADVANCED>ONBOARD DEVICES CONFIGURATION> and set the onboard promise controller to "IDE operate, not raid, then you can disable the "onchip sata bootrom" (via controller). if you use the via controller, disable the promise controller. make sure you get the corrosponding driver from the cd. there is 2 sections for the promise drivers on the cd. one is sata, and one is raid. make sure you get the sata ones. for each driver, there is a program you can use to make a floppy disk. at the very beginning of windows installation, press F6. then pop in your floppy.

if you plan on overclocking, use the promise controller, the via cant handle an overclock in you will run into some SERIOUS problems.

 

[JiveCoolie]

okay great, I will try this now, do you have any advice on the marvel lan situation?

 

[theMan]

did you install the driver for the right OS, and then restart? check all your cable connections. i never had this problem.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

What aGreenAgent said.

 

[JiveCoolie]

Yea, I cannot figure it out..anyhow I got the Sata drive operational thanks to you guys!
Ill worry about the ethernet later when this card dies..

 

[halfpower]

I had this exact problem with the A8V Deluxe a couple of months ago. I followed the directions here and used the drivers here. It worked. For reference purposes, you may find the original thread here

 

[Thorny]

theman is ABSOLUTELY correct. I just lost my raid 1 array due to overclocking on the via controller, It cannot handle high fsb speeds. Save yourself hours of headache and don't use it. I wish I had heard that 8 hours ago...

 

[TheGoat Eater]

your (LAN) problem is easily fixed by getting the most up to date driver direct from Marvell HERE - I am thinking you are using XP -

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: theman
if you plan on overclocking, use the promise controller, the via cant handle an overclock in you will run into some SERIOUS problems.

If I just set up my machine using two drives, non-raid, on the VIA controller. Can I merely plug the two drives into the Promise controller, enable the right controller in the bios, and continue using my system? Or will it cause problems with the already-installed windows?