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[mechBgon]

Evil1, the Makedisk.exe isn't the driver itself. It's a utility that makes a floppy which contains the driver. So run the appropriate Makedisk.exe on a working computer, and it will construct the actual driver floppy for you to use during setup of your new computer.

 

[Evil1]

When I run it, a window pop up that says ASUS file image Extractor, I hit extract when I have a disk in drive A then i use that disk during set up, right! Because that what I was doing and it got me nothing.

 

[mechBgon]

Ok, sit tight while I scrounge for my K8V Deluxe's CD and try this myself.

 

[Evil1]

Cool, thanks. Think that I am losing my mind.

 

[mechBgon]

Well, that CD must be down at the office or something 😛 If you simply put the CD-ROM into a Windows computer and run it, does it have a button for making a driver diskette on its panel when it auto-runs?

 

[Evil1]

no

 

[mechBgon]

When you follow the instructions on page 5-32 of the manual and create a driver diskette, what is on it when it's done? List the files/folders out or post a screenshot. This is supposed to do the trick, as long as you've made the diskette for the controller that the drives are plugged into. As you can see, there are three flavors: two for Promise (depending on whether you chose RAID mode or IDE mode), and one for VIA.

 

[Evil1]

98-me nt4 win98-me win2000 win2003 winxp makedisk readme txtsetup.oem ulsata
That is what is on it.

 

[mechBgon]

That is as it should be. Which of the three Makedisks did you use to generate that? There is one for the VIA controller, and there are two for the Promise, since it can function in either RAID or "plain" modes.

Begin by plugging the drive's data cable into whichever controller you picked. SATA1/SATA2 are the VIA, PRI_SATA and SEC_SATA are the Promise.

If you picked VIA, then press the Tab key at POST and wait for the VIA controller's BIOS to come up. Define your drive as an array, save & exit, then start WinXP Setup, press the F6 key, and feed it this diskette.

If you picked Promise RAID mode, then press the CTRL F keys as shown on page 5-19 to enter the Promise controller's RAID BIOS, then define it as an array, press CTRL Y as shown to save the configuration, and again start WinXP Setup, press the F6 key, and feed it your diskette.

If you picked the Promise "plain ATA" mode, then the drive ought to be picked up without any fancy work. Start WinXP Setup from CD and press the F6 key and feed it your diskette.

Basically, this is all a re-hash of what's in Section 5 of your owner's manual. If you enable the SATA controllers in the motherboard's BIOS, and follow the instructions in Section 5, then it is going to work. If you're getting overwhelmed by it, then it may be time to hand this job off to a local computer shop, because I can only read the instructions to you a certain number of times here. 😉

 

[Evil1]

When I hit F6 to install the drivers it pass right over my request, but I can hit F2 for system recover.
I pick viaraid not promise and it still doesn't work. I think I going to pay my local computer shop to take a look at it. Thanks for all your help.

 

[mechBgon]

Let me ask one other long-shot question: do you have one of those fancy keyboards that has an F-Lock key, like lots of Logitechs do nowdays? 'Cause if you do, you'll have to hit that F-Lock button after power-up, in order for your F6 key to act as an F6 key. If it never asks you to press the S key to feed it drivers on floppy, then that's a sign that it's ignoring your keyboard's F-keys.

 

[Evil1]

I do have one of those keybroads, but I always made sure that the F-Lock was on. Also it did ask me for S key to feed the drivers from the floppy but it still did work. I would put the disk in and hit the enter key and I would get zip. Thanks anyways somebody else is going to take care of it now. Thanks again. :}