On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:15:26 -0500, you wrote: >At 02:02 PM 3/25/2006, Hugh Gundersen typed: >>The only way I can get to use the SATA drive is to use the Gigabyte >>CD after XP is installed - F6 >>just ignores what I want to do like - installe the SATA drivers from >>the CD - perhaps they are just >>"Windows" software and won't run in the installation routine? > >On the Gigabyte CD there should be a utility that creates a OEM >floppy disk with the SATA drivers on it. This must be done prior to >installing Windows & probably from another machine which I thought >was strange at the time but no you can NOT install the drivers on >boot up from a CD as this MUST be done from a bootable floppy drive.
Did the floppy thing - still no install??? > >>BTW - Wayne.... You mentioned a Gigabyte MOBO similar to this (mine >>has the P4 @ 3.2Ghz) with the >>AMD 64 939 pin socket. >> >>I have just bought a Gigabyte MOBO with a 3400 CPU "GA-K8NS-pro" - >> >>AMD Athlon 64 3400+ S754 512M cache >> >>2x512MB matched pair Corsair DDR Memory >> >>Gigabyte S754 motherboard GA-K8NS pro >> >>An ATI Radeon 9800pro 128MB AGP graphics card >> >>480W power supply >> >>Any good? > >Should be great. > > >----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson >Ashland, OH, USA 44805 ><http://www.wavijo.com> Sir Hugh of Bognor -- Remember. You may honestly believe that you understood everything you thought I said but what you thought you heard wasn't exactly what I said. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
