Tony, are you trying to install windowsXP from an original xp disk pre service pack's? I have installed windows xp on at least a dozen SATA only motherboards without any drivers. Also, I can't understand why your motherboard did not come with a cdrom. I don't think I have ever bought a new motherboard without a cdrom coming along with it as well as a new metal part for the case to allow the connections to be properly positioned.
I looked at your specifications and your board has video, floppy and ide as well as 6 SATA connections. My bottom line is that you got taken by buying a mb without a cdrom and you need to get a new version of XP with SP2 on it. Rich At 12:00 AM 6/7/2008, you wrote:
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:47:40 -0400 From: Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WinXP & SATA [rant] What a PITA. This Intel DQ965GF board, purchased 4/07, didn't come with any floppy disk (or files) despite the fact WinXP is still the most common OS. No problem, if their website responds to an obvious "DQ965 floppy drivers" query, but of course it doesn't. At the time I simply kicked the bios to emulate EIDE, then forgot about it. But darnit, now I'd like very much to kick these drives to AHCI (SATA) mode. But, a year later, I still can't find the right files at Intel! I think there should be a law. If you're going to sell a motherboard with SATA, and if WinXP still doesn't support SATA without a floppy, then dammit, pack a floppy with your board! [/rant] PS My existing Vista wouldn't change to new SATA drivers either, throwing a 7B blue screen.
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