New Build Can't Get Passed Stop Error Screen

[mfenn]

Refer to my last post with the screenshot. I put my floppy drive back in and copied the files from the SB750 folder onto the floppy. I updated the screenshot.

Just to be sure you said to "In the BIOS, go to Integrated Peripherals. Set OnChip SATA Controller to Enabled. Set OnChip SATA Type to AHCI. Set OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type to As SATA Type." I only ask because earlier someone had said to set "OnChip SATA Type [Native IDE]".

So where in the BIOS do we ensure that the floppy drive is active?

Ah yes, I see now. Your screenshot looks correct.

About the SATA config, what I said is correct. To enable the floppy drive, go to Standard CMOS Features and set Drive A to 1.44M/3.5".

 

[dcloud]

Yep, thank you. His floppy is already set to that, but we will double check anyway before proceeding. How should we set the boot order - Lite-On drive (which has his OS disc in it), then HD, then floppy?

 

[mfenn]

Yep, thank you. His floppy is already set to that, but we will double check anyway before proceeding. How should we set the boot order - Lite-On drive (which has his OS disc in it), then HD, then floppy?

Yeah, that will work.

 

[Athadeus]

Make sure Floppy 3 Mode Support is set to [Disabled] (it is by default), cause that is a setting for Japanese drivers or something according to the MB manual. Make sure you orient the floppy data connector properly, since many aren't keyed to fit in only one way. The colored connection should be to pin 1.

There is a tiny chance that the drive controller chip on the MB is bad, and I'm sorry that I tried to completely discredit your troubleshooting attempts. I just assumed you were doing something wrong (probably a very minor mistake, but that can make all the difference), because of some of the things you said that made me think you didn't have much experience doing XP installs.

I just hope it isn't a hardware problem and that you guys can get it working and he can enjoy his new computer.

 

[dcloud]

Once again after doing everything you said when we get to the F6 option it will not read anything off the floppy and just keeps asking for the HD manufacturer disc over and over. Thankfully, my friend brought a co-worker home, a young guy with quite a bit of knowledge about computers, and he got the OS installed without having to use the floppy (or the drivers on it) at all.

All he did was set OnChip SATA Type to Native IDE and the first boot device to CD-ROM.

So after all this we didn't even need these files or the floppy.

Interesting...

 

[mfenn]

Once again after doing everything you said when we get to the F6 option it will not read anything off the floppy and just keeps asking for the HD manufacturer disc over and over. Thankfully, my friend brought a co-worker home, a young guy with quite a bit of knowledge about computers, and he got the OS installed without having to use the floppy (or the drivers on it) at all.

All he did was set OnChip SATA Type to Native IDE and the first boot device to CD-ROM.

So after all this we didn't even need these files or the floppy.

Interesting...

Glad you were able to get it working. I didn't suggest this because I was under the impression that you had already tried IDE mode. You said "We even tried setting the hard drives to IDE mode in the BIOS and that didn't get us anywhere, either," back in the first post.

Sounds like you have a bad floppy cable or had it hooked up the wrong way (many times, the connectors aren't keyed).

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

All he did was set OnChip SATA Type to Native IDE and the first boot device to CD-ROM.

Well people! When you expect someone to have done this in the first place, this is how far you get in a thread 🙄

:hmm:

 

[mfenn]

Well people! When you expect someone to have done this in the first place, this is how far you get in a thread 🙄

:hmm:

Take your smug attitude and stuff it. :awe: He even said that he tried IDE mode in the first post.

 

[0roo0roo]

NP, thanks for your reply. Yes, we get the F6 option while Windows is loading up its files. We tried doing this by hitting F6 when it comes up, but for some reason it takes a while for it to recognize that we're hitting the F6 key. When it does stop it says to insert the HD disc, which we don't have because he bought the drive OEM. We tried the floppy with the BIOS update, but the floppy wasn't big enough to extract the downloaded file into. So we used a USB stick instead.

set sata to compatibility mode in bios as well. just using the driver disc is not enough.

if you get that far into an install its not a simple ram or hardware problem, you are dealing with sata wrong..xp freaks easy.

i see you've found this out.

i wonder how many boards get rma'd cuz of this😛