Well then what you're really saying is the SATA controller is not generic so no driver which means no hdd or optical media once BIOS hands off control.
That means even if you put entire install on USB whatever there's no using that controller. I'd look into the PID on the win8 driver and search for the win7 equivalent even if that means hacked INF. Reminds me of Dell & video drivers where they intentionally changed the reported PID to protect consumers from evil non-dell drivers. Same hardware but good luck getting it to install a driver without a hacked INF and that again is not just Dell or HP. On Nov 30, 2013 2:12 AM, "Steve Tomporowski" <[email protected]> wrote: > First I have to correct myself. in HP systems, the MB is on the wrong > side of the computer case, but it's not backwards. > > Right now I'm trying to run down the Win7 drivers to get this board > working. HP does not provide them for this model, although there are > models with the same MB that do have drivers. It just feels like DOS days. > The main problem has been the driver for the HD controller. They > apparently have an AMD RAID controller on the MB. There's not much to go > on, the only description is 'AMD RAID Controller'. You're right, I'll have > to put the RAID driver on a USB stick and see if I can load it at the > critical time. I noticed that the Win7 install does also allow you to swap > DVDs to load a driver. > > Steve > > On 11/30/2013 2:15 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: > >> Sorry but what in all of that is HP vs. norm for all? >> >> Worst case you're looking at using a thumb drive to do the installation? >> On Nov 29, 2013 11:17 AM, "Steve Tomporowski" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning >>> in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise >>> has >>> devolved into a marketing driven 3rd world assembly house. But you know >>> all of that. >>> >>> My sister, who is legally blind, bought an HP (h8-1414) because the Mac >>> was driving her crazy (her words not mine). We hooked it up to a 32" TV >>> and then discovered that her magnification program doesn't work under >>> Windows 8 and won't for a while. So... we bought an OEM copy of Win7 >>> Home >>> Premium. She had used Win7 at work for years and knows how to get around >>> in it. (She recently retired on disability at age 55). Then the fun >>> began. >>> >>> Secure Boot sucks. I can see no reason for it. Nor can I see a reason >>> why HP has to have their motherboards backwards or why they have to use >>> F10 >>> to enter BIOS. Forget the fact that the BIOS seems almost entirely >>> devoid >>> of options. >>> >>> Finally I get it to boot to DVD. Win7 loads, then stops, saying it can't >>> access the DVD drive and needs a driver. Well, it's not on the Win7 DVD >>> nor does the Win8 work. Nor does HP provide Win7 drivers for this >>> particular model. This is going to have to be a hack job, piecing >>> together >>> drivers from the primary manufacturers. >>> >>> It seems to be poetic justice that a marketing-driven company blindly >>> follows another marketing-driven company's demands. >>> >>> Just had to complain..... >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >
