New Maxtor SATA pci card install needs ptipbm.dll file

[blackrain]

I am installing a SATA 200GB HD. It came with a SATA card which I have to install first before I hook up the drive. I followed the manual and pointed to the cdrom that came with te product. It started to copy files form the cd and then all of a sudden its asking for ptipbm.dll

It's not anywhere on my install drive (inf, system32, etc) and its not on the cdrom either.

Now I found someone else with a similar problem but his solution isn't too detailed.

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-2360075.php

Problem fixed! Yeahhh! Had to go to Passion Technologies website for the drivers. Maxblast was on the CD that came with the HDD. Once I got the dll file that I needed, I was able to partition and am currently formatting it as I type. Yee haa (Go Seahawks!!)

I think hemeans "Promise Technologies" instead of Passion technologies

any help would be greatly appreciated guys

 

[Nick5324]

Link

I don't know which model you have, hopefully this helps.

 

[blackrain]

ON the Promise Technologies website, I downloaded the SATA150 TX Windows Driver and inside the zip file is the file I am looking for. However. I am not installing it yet. I would like to see some feedback because I don't like randomly using dll's from other sites. I can't seem to find anything on Maxtor's site.

 

[blackrain]

Originally posted by: Nick5324
Link

I don't know which model you have, hopefully this helps.

Therein lies the problem. I had no advanced notice of this issue. Therefore, I didn't really look at the card. It just says maxtor on it. I have no idea as to what kind of a card this is. There's no documentation other than a basic setup manual.

 

[blackrain]

Found this:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1754854&enterthread=y

Should I assume that I can use the file from any of their downloads?

 

[Nick5324]

I assume what you have is the Maxtor drive that staples had for $70 this week. I'm sure many other AT'ers got this drive.... someone tell us what model the SATA controller card is!

 

[blackrain]

Yep that's one I got...I edited the title of the thread to reflect that

I'm surprised no one else ran into this issue...or maybe everyone else just went to promise technologies

okay I think I have it figured out...Promise Technology only offers a TX2 plus and a TX4 Sata 150 driver. The TX4 appears to be for 4 ports and the Tx2 plus appears to be for 2 ports (my case). Wish me luck