Need drivers for SATA

Rob_D · Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:16 pm

Hi
I am attempting a clean install of Win XP - but set up does not recognise the hard drive.

I understand I need to install the correct drivers during setup of XP so that the HDD is recognised.

The only information about the motherboard I have is the following:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
03/04/2005-SiS-661-6A7I4ACC-10

If anyone can point me towards a download for this I will be very grateful!

Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:11 pm

Abit SG-80 board
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherbo ... YPE=LGA775

Rob_D · Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:21 pm

Fantastic response. I assume the SIS SATA Driver is what I need so i am downloading that now.

I will post the result for other users.

Thank you again.

Rob_D · Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:55 pm

This is much more complicated than I thought.

I have downloaded the ZIP file from the location given above.

How do I find out which files I need to put on to floppy to get the correct driver for the HDD?

Perhaps I should have mentioned that I am doing a clean install on to a HDD which has no OS?

Rob_D · Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:32 pm

OK. I found this: http://drivers.softpedia.com/progDownlo ... 52468.html

Is this OK to run from floppy and then run set up for XP?

Sorry for being such a hopeless noob...

Rob_D · Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:11 pm

I have downloaded the latest BIOS update from here (http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherbo ... DINFO=BIOS - that'll be the SG8018 ZIP file) so I am going to try and run the runme BAT file from floppy tomorrow and hope it works. Unless anyone tells me otherwise!

Rob_D · Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:05 am

Any further advice from anyone before I crack on with this today? I have already spent hours with this and want to try and avoid spending too much more time...

Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:54 pm

unpack the driver. copy the contents of the directory RAID411a\FloppyImage\964_180 to a floppy disk. the contents are: SISRAID, TXTSETUP.OEM and the dir RAID. that's all.

Rob_D · Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:30 pm

Fantastic. Thank you.

Rob_D · Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:41 pm

After following the instructions above the HDD is still not seen during Windows installation.
The HDD is a Maxtor 6L160P0 with SATA/133 interface.
I have updated the BIOS to see if that made any difference, but it didn't.

Is there anything else I can do to get XP installed?

Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:37 pm

are you SURE that the drive is a SATA drive?

Rob_D · Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:40 pm

Just removed the HDD and it shows:
"DiamondMax 10
Model: 6L160P0
160GB PATA133 HDD"

Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:49 pm

PATA133 looks like a standard IDE harddrive, it should have a standard power connectior and a wide IDE cable with 40 pins at the connector. SATA has a much smaller cable.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?v ... ge=Support

It looks like you have to take a closer look at the jumpers. It's best to use Cable select for them and use an 80-wire cable with the blue end connected to the motherboard and the black end to your Maxtor drive.

If the link above does not work then go to
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/suppor ... ssistance/
and enter your model number 6L160P0 in the search frame

Rob_D · Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:49 pm

I have just moved the jumper from cable select to just master and tried it that way and vice versa - no difference

Rob_D · Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:50 pm

Yes it looks like a PATA.

The drive is shown as primary in initial boot screen.