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GA-8KNXP, how to configure BIOS for SATA?
I have two Seagate 160GB SATA HDDs in RAID-0 config on the same board.
First drive is mapped to SATA Port 0 and the second one is mapped to SATA Port 1 (that's on the ICH5R Intel Chipset, not the Silicon Chipset). I'm not in the BIOS right now but there is an option to I believe under something like "SCSI Boot Order" to set to boot from the ICH5R. I have the Silicon Chipset disabled as I'm not using it. I had to install the RAID driver from floppy during XP installation (hit F6 when prompted to install SCSI drivers). Since then I have upgraded the RAID driver and the BIOS to version F6, in that order (as per instructions on Gigabyte's website). I know this isn't quite the same setup as your's, but hopefully something here will click and help you with your setup. Also see the newsgroup articles with the subject of "8KNXP w SATA for boot and SATA- Raid" which you can find in this newsgroup. Hope this helps! -- John Ward www.CompletePhoneService.com "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan |
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"John Ward" wrote in message ...
I have two Seagate 160GB SATA HDDs in RAID-0 config on the same board. First drive is mapped to SATA Port 0 and the second one is mapped to SATA Port 1 (that's on the ICH5R Intel Chipset, not the Silicon Chipset). I'm not in the BIOS right now but there is an option to I believe under something like "SCSI Boot Order" to set to boot from the ICH5R. I have the Silicon Chipset disabled as I'm not using it. I had to install the RAID driver from floppy during XP installation (hit F6 when prompted to install SCSI drivers). Since then I have upgraded the RAID driver and the BIOS to version F6, in that order (as per instructions on Gigabyte's website). I know this isn't quite the same setup as your's, but hopefully something here will click and help you with your setup. Also see the newsgroup articles with the subject of "8KNXP w SATA for boot and SATA- Raid" which you can find in this newsgroup. Hope this helps! -- John Ward www.CompletePhoneService.com "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan Thank you for prompt answer. But there is one point that I still didn't understand: Can I configure SATA0 connector as SATA0 IF I INSTALL WINDOWS 98SE? Thanks again. Orhan |
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Thank you for prompt answer. But there is one point that I still didn't understand:
Can I configure SATA0 connector as SATA0 IF I INSTALL WINDOWS 98SE? No. You have use Windows XP. If using 98SE, you must remap the S-ATA to IDE as shown in the boards BIOS. Udo. |
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Udo Kammer wrote in message ...
Thank you for prompt answer. But there is one point that I still didn't understand: Can I configure SATA0 connector as SATA0 IF I INSTALL WINDOWS 98SE? No. You have use Windows XP. If using 98SE, you must remap the S-ATA to IDE as shown in the boards BIOS. Udo. Thank you, Udo. I think that's the answer. Thanks to all. Orhan |
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So, if SATA0_SB is Pri Master, you will no doubt not see IDE1.
If SATA0_SB is configured as SATA0, then your disc is not recognised. The onchip SATA controller works best if it is configured as RAID even if you do not have a RAID config. Unlike the ITE / Gigabyte controller which is absolutely stupid the Intel one is smart enought to see and run with ordinary non raid discs. You should install the intel RAID drivers under XP in this config. IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Clear? BTW: when you look at the mobo in a tower case with the PCI's on the left, CPU towards the top, the SATA0_SB connector is the 'top right' one. - Tim "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan |
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IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of
it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Nope, nope.... Set the SATA to Manual and enable it - don't set it up as a RAID. You can then boot off it as a SATA drive and still have all your IDE's available. If you can't set the boot order 'cos you can't see it, then enable all RAID controllers. Taliska "Tim" wrote in message ... So, if SATA0_SB is Pri Master, you will no doubt not see IDE1. If SATA0_SB is configured as SATA0, then your disc is not recognised. The onchip SATA controller works best if it is configured as RAID even if you do not have a RAID config. Unlike the ITE / Gigabyte controller which is absolutely stupid the Intel one is smart enought to see and run with ordinary non raid discs. You should install the intel RAID drivers under XP in this config. IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Clear? BTW: when you look at the mobo in a tower case with the PCI's on the left, CPU towards the top, the SATA0_SB connector is the 'top right' one. - Tim "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan |
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I went around this issue tons of times before I got it to work.
The *only* way it works on *this* mobo is with the Intel SATA as RAID - even though I am not using raid. This is completely contrary to what you are saying, to what I was expecting, and how other SATA / PATA RAID controllers work. With the Intel SATA as IDE, the standard IDE1 and 2 disappear!!!!!!!! This had me absolutely miffed for weeks 'cos it meant I had not choice but to use that horrid ITE device as an IDE device, which in turn elongated my boot times by 22 or so seconds. I am more than happy to be proven wrong, but would suspect something else has been fixed first (EG m/b revision, bios). I use F6 bios. - Tim "Taliska" wrote in message ... IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Nope, nope.... Set the SATA to Manual and enable it - don't set it up as a RAID. You can then boot off it as a SATA drive and still have all your IDE's available. If you can't set the boot order 'cos you can't see it, then enable all RAID controllers. Taliska "Tim" wrote in message ... So, if SATA0_SB is Pri Master, you will no doubt not see IDE1. If SATA0_SB is configured as SATA0, then your disc is not recognised. The onchip SATA controller works best if it is configured as RAID even if you do not have a RAID config. Unlike the ITE / Gigabyte controller which is absolutely stupid the Intel one is smart enought to see and run with ordinary non raid discs. You should install the intel RAID drivers under XP in this config. IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Clear? BTW: when you look at the mobo in a tower case with the PCI's on the left, CPU towards the top, the SATA0_SB connector is the 'top right' one. - Tim "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan |
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Is there someone who has a single SATA HDD running as SATA UNDER 98SE, please?
Orhan "Tim" wrote in message ... I went around this issue tons of times before I got it to work. The *only* way it works on *this* mobo is with the Intel SATA as RAID - even though I am not using raid. This is completely contrary to what you are saying, to what I was expecting, and how other SATA / PATA RAID controllers work. With the Intel SATA as IDE, the standard IDE1 and 2 disappear!!!!!!!! This had me absolutely miffed for weeks 'cos it meant I had not choice but to use that horrid ITE device as an IDE device, which in turn elongated my boot times by 22 or so seconds. I am more than happy to be proven wrong, but would suspect something else has been fixed first (EG m/b revision, bios). I use F6 bios. - Tim "Taliska" wrote in message ... IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Nope, nope.... Set the SATA to Manual and enable it - don't set it up as a RAID. You can then boot off it as a SATA drive and still have all your IDE's available. If you can't set the boot order 'cos you can't see it, then enable all RAID controllers. Taliska "Tim" wrote in message ... So, if SATA0_SB is Pri Master, you will no doubt not see IDE1. If SATA0_SB is configured as SATA0, then your disc is not recognised. The onchip SATA controller works best if it is configured as RAID even if you do not have a RAID config. Unlike the ITE / Gigabyte controller which is absolutely stupid the Intel one is smart enought to see and run with ordinary non raid discs. You should install the intel RAID drivers under XP in this config. IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Clear? BTW: when you look at the mobo in a tower case with the PCI's on the left, CPU towards the top, the SATA0_SB connector is the 'top right' one. - Tim "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan |
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Orhan,
Sorry for getting off on the wrong track. You may be out of luck as the Gigabyte web site at: http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard...r_GA-8KNXP.htm lists the ICH5 RAID drivers as being for NT upwards only. No mention of Win9x althought there is under the Intel Chipset drivers. Perhaps try the list from this web page and *hope* that the correct driver combination is installed under Win9x. F6 bios does seem to have sorted a lot of issues. If you change the SATA controller to RAID and then don't see it on the Boot Order list, then save bios, shutdown, power off / wait / power on and go back in and check. This bios (F5 and F6) has a horrid time with the the boot order menu. For me to get this to work, I have the SATA RAID drivers installed under XP & they are working even though the SATA disc is by itself and not RAID. The Intel Raid manager app even works and tells me I have 'No RAID Volumes' but with 1 "Non-RAID Disc". This is for Intel Application Accelerator RAID edition v 3.0.0.2246 downloaded from Gigabyte page above. If you can boot off the SATA drive in IDE config, then install the Intel drivers then under Win98 - ensure you have the latest matching set of drivers and F6 bios. Make sure you have the same driver versions also installed in 2K before changing the SATA controller from IDE to RAID. It does not matter if the drivers report or come up not working, the important thing for W2K is that they are installed & ready to use if needed which they will if you boot under RAID. Then try configuring the SATA controller as RAID on Auto (IE not IDE), and boot into Win2k / Win98. For Multi boot to work, Win98 has to be installed first, then W2K. If not in this order then you will need to 'patch it up' and that is an entirely different issue. Let us know how you get on. Does it boot when Raid under W2K? Do you get the boot Menu? - Tim "Orhan" wrote in message om... Is there someone who has a single SATA HDD running as SATA UNDER 98SE, please? Orhan "Tim" wrote in message ... I went around this issue tons of times before I got it to work. The *only* way it works on *this* mobo is with the Intel SATA as RAID - even though I am not using raid. This is completely contrary to what you are saying, to what I was expecting, and how other SATA / PATA RAID controllers work. With the Intel SATA as IDE, the standard IDE1 and 2 disappear!!!!!!!! This had me absolutely miffed for weeks 'cos it meant I had not choice but to use that horrid ITE device as an IDE device, which in turn elongated my boot times by 22 or so seconds. I am more than happy to be proven wrong, but would suspect something else has been fixed first (EG m/b revision, bios). I use F6 bios. - Tim "Taliska" wrote in message ... IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Nope, nope.... Set the SATA to Manual and enable it - don't set it up as a RAID. You can then boot off it as a SATA drive and still have all your IDE's available. If you can't set the boot order 'cos you can't see it, then enable all RAID controllers. Taliska "Tim" wrote in message ... So, if SATA0_SB is Pri Master, you will no doubt not see IDE1. If SATA0_SB is configured as SATA0, then your disc is not recognised. The onchip SATA controller works best if it is configured as RAID even if you do not have a RAID config. Unlike the ITE / Gigabyte controller which is absolutely stupid the Intel one is smart enought to see and run with ordinary non raid discs. You should install the intel RAID drivers under XP in this config. IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Clear? BTW: when you look at the mobo in a tower case with the PCI's on the left, CPU towards the top, the SATA0_SB connector is the 'top right' one. - Tim "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan |
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Apologies, checking the BIOS settings are trickly when answering a post...
:-) Wasn't clear enough, you enable the RAID, but don't actually make a RAID. Taliska "Tim" wrote in message ... I went around this issue tons of times before I got it to work. The *only* way it works on *this* mobo is with the Intel SATA as RAID - even though I am not using raid. This is completely contrary to what you are saying, to what I was expecting, and how other SATA / PATA RAID controllers work. With the Intel SATA as IDE, the standard IDE1 and 2 disappear!!!!!!!! This had me absolutely miffed for weeks 'cos it meant I had not choice but to use that horrid ITE device as an IDE device, which in turn elongated my boot times by 22 or so seconds. I am more than happy to be proven wrong, but would suspect something else has been fixed first (EG m/b revision, bios). I use F6 bios. - Tim "Taliska" wrote in message ... IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Nope, nope.... Set the SATA to Manual and enable it - don't set it up as a RAID. You can then boot off it as a SATA drive and still have all your IDE's available. If you can't set the boot order 'cos you can't see it, then enable all RAID controllers. Taliska "Tim" wrote in message ... So, if SATA0_SB is Pri Master, you will no doubt not see IDE1. If SATA0_SB is configured as SATA0, then your disc is not recognised. The onchip SATA controller works best if it is configured as RAID even if you do not have a RAID config. Unlike the ITE / Gigabyte controller which is absolutely stupid the Intel one is smart enought to see and run with ordinary non raid discs. You should install the intel RAID drivers under XP in this config. IE when the intel SATA controller is configured as RAID you can boot of it, if it is not, it has to be set to IDEx to boot and that removes the real IDEx from your machine. Clear? BTW: when you look at the mobo in a tower case with the PCI's on the left, CPU towards the top, the SATA0_SB connector is the 'top right' one. - Tim "Orhan" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Maxtor 120GB SATA HDD and GA-8KNXP motherboard. I configured SATA Port0 as IDE Pri. Master in BIOS, because I couldn't install XP when remapped this to SATA0 (XP installer can't find my HDD). How can I use my HDD as a SATA drive and not as PATA (DMA100)-without crashing my system- ? I run a dual boot system (98SE+XP) and it works fine except that SATA problem. There is no SATA option available under Boot Order in BIOS (anyhow disappeared!) I am not sure,which connector did I connect my SATA drive to. But I think, to SATA0-SB. Is there any difference? Gigabyte Technical Support says I should upgrade my F5 BIOS to F6. Would that be a solution for me? In User's Manual of GA-8KNXP I read that this port must be remapped to SATA0 when running XP or later OS only. What if dual booting? And why didn't XP find my SATA HDD? What is the right setting for BIOS? I would be grateful for any helps. Orhan |
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