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    Default Re: Help me buy an upgradable system

    Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
    Sound like a bad onboard SATA controller to you?
    Could be, but it's hard to know for sure with Windows error messages.

    Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
    Also, my understanding was that most SATA drives would detect in Windows as an IDE drive. Is this the case?
    I really can't answer for the newest motherboards. On my newest (1 year-old) mobo, SATA drives aren't recognized at all by Windows setup without the F6 driver install. I suspect it has a lot to do with how advanced is the BIOS code.

    Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
    Regardless, I would've thought the fact that Windows setup detected the drive without needing a special driver would suggest I was in good shape.
    That's the impression I get also, but then we're dealing with Microsoft's products here, aren't we?

    From you problem description, it seems you're not installing from a slipstreamed SP2 CD. There's a good guide here (http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1626), as long as you have access to another PC that's working. You can even add the current SATA drivers to the final CD.
    Last edited by Geezer57; 03-04-2007 at 18:07.
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