istalling sata dvd burner with asus p4s8x mobo

Need help
Cant get computer (xp pro)to recognize the sata dvd burner (liteon).
Have the sata cable going to the pri_ata contector on the mobo (asus
p4s8x) and the dvd does power up and spin. Dont know if I have to
enable something else in the bios or need a different driver am totaly
lost. Have the bios set to auto recognise ata but still not getting
though. Any help will be appreciated Thanks


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Have you loaded the motherboard SATA driver from the motherboard's
installation CD? Are you using XP Pro with SP2 installed? It's required.

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> Need help
> Cant get computer (xp pro)to recognize the sata dvd burner (liteon).
> Have the sata cable going to the pri_ata contector on the mobo (asus
> p4s8x) and the dvd does power up and spin. Dont know if I have to
> enable something else in the bios or need a different driver am totaly
> lost. Have the bios set to auto recognise ata but still not getting
> though. Any help will be appreciated Thanks
>
>
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> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=28852
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DaveW wrote:
> Have you loaded the motherboard SATA driver from the motherboard's
> installation CD? Are you using XP Pro with SP2 installed? It's
> required.

Silly question time: Do you have a SATA power cable hooked up to it?
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Shaun.

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> "n8jx" <n8jx.2wtfe8@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in message
> news:n8jx.2wtfe8@no-mx.wirelessforums.org...
> >
> > Need help
> > Cant get computer (xp pro)to recognize the sata dvd burner (liteon).
> > Have the sata cable going to the pri_ata contector on the mobo (asus
> > p4s8x) and the dvd does power up and spin. Dont know if I have to
> > enable something else in the bios or need a different driver am
> > totaly lost. Have the bios set to auto recognise ata but still not
> > getting though. Any help will be appreciated Thanks
> >
> >
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> > View this thread:
> > http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=28852
> > http://www.wirelessforums.org