Chaintech ZNF3-250

[icydragonclaw]

Please message me on aim: icydragonclaw
I can't get windows to install on this drive _i think_ because it isn't recognizing my sata drive or the drivers are bad... but I'm clueless so if you don't mind helping it'd be greatly appreciated and I won't have to return this thx ciao

 

[jhbball]

Originally posted by: icydragonclaw
Please message me on aim: icydragonclaw
I can't get windows to install on this drive _i think_ because it isn't recognizing my sata drive or the drivers are bad... but I'm clueless so if you don't mind helping it'd be greatly appreciated and I won't have to return this thx ciao

how far can you get on the windows install?

 

[icydragonclaw]

Everytime I get to _Starting Windows_ it crashes after it finishes loading drivers. It crashes extremely ugly too with a BSOD and a Stop: error, which I've received a multitude of. I can remember a 0x7e, but not the others. Only one time did it fail beautifully, and that time it did not find my sata hard drive (immediately after I loaded raid drivers). ARGH I wish i did not want this for games b/c I bet I could get gnu/linux on it.

 

[Bar81]

Set memclock from auto to 166

 

[icydragonclaw]

My specs:
Athlon64 3000+
2x512 mb Mushkin PC3200 (tried only 1 stick during install I should mention, and swapped sticks too)
Gforce2 MX 32mb vid card
WD 37 gig 10000 rpm sata hd I think it's a Raptor not sure
Liteon DVD-RW/CD-RW
other stuff irrelevant I think, only other card inside besides vid card is cbox3 which came with my motherboard....thermaltake xaserIII case with neat temp gauge, wish comp worked

 

[Bar81]

Also, make sure you download the nForce3 250 driver set. Extract the files using winrar then go into the IDE\Win2k and copy all the files to a floppy disk except for the three graphics. It will barely fit. During windows install at the start when it says to hit F6, hit F6. Then when it prompts for a mass storage device, hit S, then insert the floppy and select nForce3 storage driver. You should be all set.

 

[o1die]

If it's bluescreen errors, it's probably a memory compatability issue. What brand and rating are you using?

 

[icydragonclaw]

The memory speed fixed the BSOD. I changed from auto to 166 in bios and now it fails beautifully each time, which is better than crashing. Now it doesn't recognize my SATA hard drive. I only have one, no RAID. I've done the F6, I've done all combinations of the drivers, and to no avail still. It does not see my hd. btw, o1die I posted my ram earlier and I don't think it is a problem anymore. Just need ol window to see my hd, the bios does..

 

[icydragonclaw]

mmm maybe I should get a pci to sata card... that would come with its own drivers and they'd probably be good. Any comments on this idea?

 

[spork27]

Along with the RAID drivers you're also installing the nForce Storage drivers, right?

You have SATA enabled in the bios?

Maybe enable RAID and enable SATA0 as the master in the bios.

 

[icydragonclaw]

I have found no options in the bios relative to SATA or RAID. In the motherboard manual it says nothing about changing anything in the bios. It just says to push F6 and enter the drivers via floppy. I've tried installing the storage driver, the raid driver, and both.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: icydragonclaw
I have found no options in the bios relative to SATA or RAID. In the motherboard manual it says nothing about changing anything in the bios. It just says to push F6 and enter the drivers via floppy. I've tried installing the storage driver, the raid driver, and both.

That sounds familiar. I had this board for about a week and couldn't get Windows to load on a RAID 0 (which is why I bought the damned board to begin with). I returned it to wait for the MSI K8N Neo, which is now available BTW. Chaintech's manual is a total piece of crap, I've had a Chaintech rep actually admit/agree with me on this.

 

[icydragonclaw]

I've returned the board for refund.

 

[Lionel]

The only thing I can remember that I had a problem with was I had too raise the voltage on the ram. I can't help much more than that, I don't have sata or raid. I'm using Mushkin pc3200 222 w/A64 3400.