Is RAID driver needed for single Maxtor SATA?

[SMatson]

Is the f6 driver area needed for a single Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300G?

I have tried to install windows but it failed to load. Now I'm reformatting with the mapblast program and wondering if f6 drivers are needed?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Scott

 

[TheInvincibleMustard]

From what I've been able to tell (reference my own post in this thread, towards the bottom -- http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=1504183&STARTPAGE=1 ), the A8N-SLI doesn't require RAID or SATA driver install with only one SATA device in a non-RAID configuration, provided the BIOS is set up correctly and you're using WinXP/Win2K/Win64. Also check out this thread which offers some other insights -- http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=1504503&enterthread=y

As I'm not thoroughly familiar with this particular board, I can't say for certain, however. A more thorough explanation of exactly what's going on could help, though -- where's it fail? Does the BIOS recognize the disc? You say you're formatting it now, so it would appear the system recognizes it.

EDIT -- fixed the b0rked linky