GA-P35-DS3L - installing XP (sp2)

[bob4432]

a friend has a new machine based on the GA-P35-DS3L and a 6750 w/ 2GB of ddr-800 (g.skill - 1.8V). running a ide rom and sata hdd. anything special about setting this up to install xp on? any certain configs?

i hate to say this but i have never installed a fresh os on a sata hdd as i have and will be running scsi for a long time, so your info will be greatly appreciated.

i am assuming just make the rom the boot device, make sure the sata ports are set to native eide mode, put hdd in sata port 0 and the rom as master on the ide - am i missing anything?

thanks in advance,
bob

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Optical can be Slave, Master, or Cable Select. Set IDE optical as 1st boot and HDD as 2nd boot in BIOS. Save BIOS and restart with CD/DVD in ROM drive. Be sure to zero fill a used HDD before you install windows. I normally have a blank primary active partition on the boot HDD. Vista requires NTFS. You can use FAT32 or NTFS with WXP. There is no need to hit F6 to install special drivers.