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"Peter Bungart" wrote in message ... Mr. Trout has it nailed, although I didn't need On-chip SATA RAID function I tried it without enabling this and it didn't see any drive in the BOOTUP priority. enabled. I would also suggest, for the sake of simplicity, only hooking up either the dvd or cdrom drive until you get your OS installed & working correctly (not both, & skip the zip for now, too). I'm not sure about this, but having the cdrom/dvd on the primary ide may cause issues too. If so, put it on the secondary controller. I leave my ide controller empty, but since you have 3 removable drives, one of them will have to eventually go either on ide1 or on the ide 3 or 4 on the bottom of the mobo. I remember having headaches with putting devices on ide 1, as the boot sequence & windows seemed to naturally want to access it first. Maybe I could have done it smarter, but I know I went through several variations before success. Bottom line, your best bet is to simplify things by connecting the minimum number of devices during initial install, then adding them one by one so that if something goes awry you'll have a better idea of where the problem lies. As for me, I throw everything in all at once & then spend 2 days trying to figure out why it won't work..... That sounds like me. "Kilgore Trout Jr" wrote in message ink.net... You need to go to the "Integrated Peripherals" screen and set: On - Chip SATA [ Manual] SATA Port0 configure as [SATA Port0] SATA RAID function [Enabled] I think you'll find that you won't be able to boot from your HD without enabling RAID, even though you only have one drive. Onboard H/W SATA [Disabled] Onboard H/W Gigaraid [Disabled] Now go to the Advanced BIOS Features screen and set: SCSI/RAID Boot Cntlr Boot Order to Intel RAID Controller. You should find that this is the only option. If you had enabled the H/W controllers mentioned above, you would find them listed here as well. First Boot Device [SCSI] Second Boot Device [CD-ROM] You may find that you have to re-boot after enabling the SATA controller before these options appear on the Advanced BIOS Features screen. Please note that some BIOS options remain hidden until you press Ctrl-F1 while viewing the main menu. You won't need to do that to change the settings mentioned above. When you load XP you will need to load the driver for the ICH5R controller. Windows will ask you to press F6 if you need to load any SCSI drivers. Watch carefully for this during the initial portion of the installation routine. Later on in the installation, Windows will ask for the floppy with the drivers. Without the drivers, the installation will fail when it tries to reboot. You need to make your own floppy disk since Gigabyte doesn't include them with the board. The drivers are on the utility CD included with the board but you must transfer them to a floppy so you can load them. You can also go to Intel.com and download a file that creates the necessary installation disk with the latest version of the driver. When you finally get XP up and running, use the Gigabyte CD to load the remaining drivers and the IAA. (Intel Application Accelerator.) "Striker" wrote in message ... Well I got the board in the case and I'm trying to get my computer to find the SATA drive I have in the Serial ATA0 Connector controlled by ICH5R. I have my DVD burner on Primary Master, CDROM on Primary Slave, and a Zip Drive on Sec. Master. Am I suppose to have the boot device set at SCSI? If so, I don't even have SCSI in there as an option. In Advanced BIOS options- Hard disk Boot Priority- My ATA Hard disk isn't even in there. All that is in there is the zip drive. Would someone tell me what all these settings should be on? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, |
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My board was shipped with the FB BIOS but I've used all the upgrades and am
now running on FG. If you upgraded the BIOS yourself, you need to Load the Fail-Safe Defaults and then go through and make your changes. It seems to me when I flashed to FG, I couldn't find SCSI as an option in the boot order either. I chose HD0 and it booted up OK. Later, I went back into the BIOS and discovered the SCSI option and changed to that. Making changes in the Integrated Peripherals does definitely make changes in the Advanced Features menu and you may have to re-boot to see them. If it's any consolation, many people have had a difficult time setting up this board. Too damn many bells & whistles and inadequate documentation! I fully agree with Peter's comments about starting basic and adding components after you get the OS up and running. This is a very good strategy. However, I don't know of any reason not to put your CD drive on IDE 1. That's where I have my Plextor DVD burner & it seems quite happy there. I have a Plextor DVD-ROM on IDE 2. -- GA-8KNXP v2.0 "FG" Pentium 4 2.8 w/800 MHz FSB 1GB Kingston HyperX PC3500 (@ 2.6v) 2 Western Digital 120 GB SATA RAID 1 on ICH5R (v3.5.0.2568) MSI FX5600 - VTDR 128 (Nvidia v.52.16) Plextor PX-708A DVD-RW Audigy II Platinum Win XP Pro SP-1 O.E.M. "Striker" wrote in message news "Kilgore Trout Jr" wrote in message ink.net... You need to go to the "Integrated Peripherals" screen and set: On - Chip SATA [ Manual] SATA Port0 configure as [SATA Port0] SATA RAID function [Enabled] OK, Did this I think you'll find that you won't be able to boot from your HD without enabling RAID, even though you only have one drive. Onboard H/W SATA [Disabled] Onboard H/W Gigaraid [Disabled] Did this also Now go to the Advanced BIOS Features screen and set: SCSI/RAID Boot Cntlr Boot Order to Intel RAID Controller. You should find that this is the only option. If you had enabled the H/W controllers mentioned above, you would find them listed here as well. This what has me ready to pull my hair out. The only thing listed here is: 1. SCSI-0 : WDC WD1200JD- 00GGB0 2. Ch0 M. : IOMEGA ZIP 720 3. Bootable add-in Cards That is all that is in there First Boot Device [SCSI] Second Boot Device [CD-ROM] There is no option in here for [SCSI} There are 10 other options but no [SCSI] I don't get it. You may find that you have to re-boot after enabling the SATA controller before these options appear on the Advanced BIOS Features screen. I did this too. Please note that some BIOS options remain hidden until you press Ctrl-F1 while viewing the main menu. You won't need to do that to change the settings mentioned above. Tried this too, didn't make any difference. What version BIOS do you have? I have the newest version FG Maybe I should go back to a older version. What do you think? I really appreciate all your help When you load XP you will need to load the driver for the ICH5R controller. Windows will ask you to press F6 if you need to load any SCSI drivers. Watch carefully for this during the initial portion of the installation routine. Later on in the installation, Windows will ask for the floppy with the drivers. Without the drivers, the installation will fail when it tries to reboot. You need to make your own floppy disk since Gigabyte doesn't include them with the board. The drivers are on the utility CD included with the board but you must transfer them to a floppy so you can load them. You can also go to Intel.com and download a file that creates the necessary installation disk with the latest version of the driver. When you finally get XP up and running, use the Gigabyte CD to load the remaining drivers and the IAA. (Intel Application Accelerator.) "Striker" wrote in message ... Well I got the board in the case and I'm trying to get my computer to find the SATA drive I have in the Serial ATA0 Connector controlled by ICH5R. I have my DVD burner on Primary Master, CDROM on Primary Slave, and a Zip Drive on Sec. Master. Am I suppose to have the boot device set at SCSI? If so, I don't even have SCSI in there as an option. In Advanced BIOS options- Hard disk Boot Priority- My ATA Hard disk isn't even in there. All that is in there is the zip drive. Would someone tell me what all these settings should be on? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, |
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"Kilgore Trout Jr" wrote in message ink.net... My board was shipped with the FB BIOS but I've used all the upgrades and am now running on FG. If you upgraded the BIOS yourself, you need to Load the Fail-Safe Defaults and then go through and make your changes. It seems to me when I flashed to FG, I couldn't find SCSI as an option in the boot order either. I chose HD0 and it booted up OK. Later, I went back into the BIOS and discovered the SCSI option and changed to that. Making changes in the Integrated Peripherals does definitely make changes in the Advanced Features menu and you may have to re-boot to see them. If it's any consolation, many people have had a difficult time setting up this board. Too damn many bells & whistles and inadequate documentation! Never did find the SCSI option in the bootup Priority. I unhook the Zip drive that was using the Primary master so there was nothing on the Primary Channel. Let the DVD burner and the CDROM stay on Secondary Channel and everything worked great. Got WinXPPro installed and booting up then went in and hooked the 720 Zip drive back up to Pri. Master. Everything seems to be working great. I fully agree with Peter's comments about starting basic and adding components after you get the OS up and running. This is a very good strategy. However, I don't know of any reason not to put your CD drive on IDE 1. That's where I have my Plextor DVD burner & it seems quite happy there. I have a Plextor DVD-ROM on IDE 2. I now fully agree with both of you guys about starting basic, too. I want to thank both of you and everyone else who responded to my problem. You guys are awesome. Thanks again, GA-8KNXP v2.0 "FG" Pentium 4 2.8 w/800 MHz FSB 1GB Kingston HyperX PC3500 (@ 2.6v) 2 Western Digital 120 GB SATA RAID 1 on ICH5R (v3.5.0.2568) MSI FX5600 - VTDR 128 (Nvidia v.52.16) Plextor PX-708A DVD-RW Audigy II Platinum Win XP Pro SP-1 O.E.M. Nice setup! "Striker" wrote in message news "Kilgore Trout Jr" wrote in message ink.net... You need to go to the "Integrated Peripherals" screen and set: On - Chip SATA [ Manual] SATA Port0 configure as [SATA Port0] SATA RAID function [Enabled] OK, Did this I think you'll find that you won't be able to boot from your HD without enabling RAID, even though you only have one drive. Onboard H/W SATA [Disabled] Onboard H/W Gigaraid [Disabled] Did this also Now go to the Advanced BIOS Features screen and set: SCSI/RAID Boot Cntlr Boot Order to Intel RAID Controller. You should find that this is the only option. If you had enabled the H/W controllers mentioned above, you would find them listed here as well. This what has me ready to pull my hair out. The only thing listed here is: 1. SCSI-0 : WDC WD1200JD- 00GGB0 2. Ch0 M. : IOMEGA ZIP 720 3. Bootable add-in Cards That is all that is in there First Boot Device [SCSI] Second Boot Device [CD-ROM] There is no option in here for [SCSI} There are 10 other options but no [SCSI] I don't get it. You may find that you have to re-boot after enabling the SATA controller before these options appear on the Advanced BIOS Features screen. I did this too. Please note that some BIOS options remain hidden until you press Ctrl-F1 while viewing the main menu. You won't need to do that to change the settings mentioned above. Tried this too, didn't make any difference. What version BIOS do you have? I have the newest version FG Maybe I should go back to a older version. What do you think? I really appreciate all your help When you load XP you will need to load the driver for the ICH5R controller. Windows will ask you to press F6 if you need to load any SCSI drivers. Watch carefully for this during the initial portion of the installation routine. Later on in the installation, Windows will ask for the floppy with the drivers. Without the drivers, the installation will fail when it tries to reboot. You need to make your own floppy disk since Gigabyte doesn't include them with the board. The drivers are on the utility CD included with the board but you must transfer them to a floppy so you can load them. You can also go to Intel.com and download a file that creates the necessary installation disk with the latest version of the driver. When you finally get XP up and running, use the Gigabyte CD to load the remaining drivers and the IAA. (Intel Application Accelerator.) "Striker" wrote in message ... Well I got the board in the case and I'm trying to get my computer to find the SATA drive I have in the Serial ATA0 Connector controlled by ICH5R. I have my DVD burner on Primary Master, CDROM on Primary Slave, and a Zip Drive on Sec. Master. Am I suppose to have the boot device set at SCSI? If so, I don't even have SCSI in there as an option. In Advanced BIOS options- Hard disk Boot Priority- My ATA Hard disk isn't even in there. All that is in there is the zip drive. Would someone tell me what all these settings should be on? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, |
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