SATA Drivers

last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved from a
PATA drive to a SATA.

During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA drivers. The
OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is a full version. I
seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at the time.

The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am going to clean
install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.

Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in question
thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.

thanks
dj

Me wrote:
> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved
> from a PATA drive to a SATA.
>
> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA
> drivers. The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is a
> full version. I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at the
> time.
> The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am going
> to clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>
> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in
> question thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>
> thanks
> dj

You'll likely need 'em again, but there's only one way to find out..

SteveH

"Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved from a
> PATA drive to a SATA.
>
> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA drivers.
> The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is a full version.
> I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at the time.
>
> The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am going to
> clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>
> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in question
> thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>
> thanks
> dj
>

Hi dj,

You "should" only need to do the F6-Install 3rd Part Drivers thang if you
intend to use RAID. If you're just using the SATA drives as you would any
IDE drives then they should be detected as normal. Try it, I would imagine
installing RAID drivers onto a non-RAID system is not a good idea.

Hope this helps

Andy

Andrew Bailey wrote:
> "Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:qq6dnXQ63ruwNhDanZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...
>> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved
>> from a PATA drive to a SATA.
>>
>> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA
>> drivers. The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is
>> a full version. I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at
>> the time. The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am
>> going
>> to clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>>
>> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in
>> question thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>>
>> thanks
>> dj
>>
>
> Hi dj,
>
> You "should" only need to do the F6-Install 3rd Part Drivers thang if
> you intend to use RAID. If you're just using the SATA drives as you
> would any IDE drives then they should be detected as normal. Try it,
> I would imagine installing RAID drivers onto a non-RAID system is not
> a good idea.
> Hope this helps
>
> Andy

Not always the case. I've built 2 or 3 PC's in the past where drivers are
needed just to get the SATA ports to work in IDE mode under XP. I think it's
only where the SATA ports run in native mode that you don't need XP drivers.

SteveH

"SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE@MEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Andrew Bailey wrote:
>> "Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:qq6dnXQ63ruwNhDanZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...
>>> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved
>>> from a PATA drive to a SATA.
>>>
>>> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA
>>> drivers. The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is
>>> a full version. I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at
>>> the time. The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am
>>> going
>>> to clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>>>
>>> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in
>>> question thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> dj
>>>
>>
>> Hi dj,
>>
>> You "should" only need to do the F6-Install 3rd Part Drivers thang if
>> you intend to use RAID. If you're just using the SATA drives as you
>> would any IDE drives then they should be detected as normal. Try it,
>> I would imagine installing RAID drivers onto a non-RAID system is not
>> a good idea.
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Andy
>
> Not always the case. I've built 2 or 3 PC's in the past where drivers are
> needed just to get the SATA ports to work in IDE mode under XP. I think
> it's only where the SATA ports run in native mode that you don't need XP
> drivers.
>
> SteveH
>

SteveH is correct, when I first installed XP on this MoBo it would not
recognise the drive until I used the drivers on a floppy........

Still I shall be trying it out on Friday........I'll let you know.

I did not need them on my other new Intel/Sata build which I mentioned in
another post.

thanks
dj

Me wrote:
> "SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE@MEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:nKpjj.78282$c_1.17607@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>> Andrew Bailey wrote:
>>> "Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:qq6dnXQ63ruwNhDanZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved
>>>> from a PATA drive to a SATA.
>>>>
>>>> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA
>>>> drivers. The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is
>>>> a full version. I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at
>>>> the time. The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am
>>>> going
>>>> to clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>>>>
>>>> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in
>>>> question thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> dj
>>>>
>>> Hi dj,
>>>
>>> You "should" only need to do the F6-Install 3rd Part Drivers thang if
>>> you intend to use RAID. If you're just using the SATA drives as you
>>> would any IDE drives then they should be detected as normal. Try it,
>>> I would imagine installing RAID drivers onto a non-RAID system is not
>>> a good idea.
>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>> Andy
>> Not always the case. I've built 2 or 3 PC's in the past where drivers are
>> needed just to get the SATA ports to work in IDE mode under XP. I think
>> it's only where the SATA ports run in native mode that you don't need XP
>> drivers.
>>
>> SteveH
>>
>
> SteveH is correct, when I first installed XP on this MoBo it would not
> recognise the drive until I used the drivers on a floppy........
>
> Still I shall be trying it out on Friday........I'll let you know.
>
> I did not need them on my other new Intel/Sata build which I mentioned in
> another post.
>
> thanks
> dj
>
>

I'm not sure if it matters, but are you working with a service pack
applied copy of XP Pro? If not, you can save considerable time by
slipstreaming SP2.

Ari

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"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message
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> Me wrote:
>> "SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE@MEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:nKpjj.78282$c_1.17607@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>>> Andrew Bailey wrote:
>>>> "Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:qq6dnXQ63ruwNhDanZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved
>>>>> from a PATA drive to a SATA.
>>>>>
>>>>> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA
>>>>> drivers. The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is
>>>>> a full version. I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at
>>>>> the time. The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I
>>>>> am going
>>>>> to clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in
>>>>> question thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> dj
>>>>>
>>>> Hi dj,
>>>>
>>>> You "should" only need to do the F6-Install 3rd Part Drivers thang if
>>>> you intend to use RAID. If you're just using the SATA drives as you
>>>> would any IDE drives then they should be detected as normal. Try it,
>>>> I would imagine installing RAID drivers onto a non-RAID system is not
>>>> a good idea.
>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>> Not always the case. I've built 2 or 3 PC's in the past where drivers
>>> are needed just to get the SATA ports to work in IDE mode under XP. I
>>> think it's only where the SATA ports run in native mode that you don't
>>> need XP drivers.
>>>
>>> SteveH
>>>
>>
>> SteveH is correct, when I first installed XP on this MoBo it would not
>> recognise the drive until I used the drivers on a floppy........
>>
>> Still I shall be trying it out on Friday........I'll let you know.
>>
>> I did not need them on my other new Intel/Sata build which I mentioned in
>> another post.
>>
>> thanks
>> dj
>
> I'm not sure if it matters, but are you working with a service pack
> applied copy of XP Pro? If not, you can save considerable time by
> slipstreaming SP2.
>
> Ari
>
> --
> spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply
> Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant. Please
> volunteer to be a marrow donor and literally save someone's life:
> http://www.abmdr.org.au/
> http://www.marrow.org/

yes, XPSP2 will be loaded.............thanks.

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:14:24 -0000, "Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote:

>
>"SteveH" <steve.houghREMOVE@MEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:nKpjj.78282$c_1.17607@text.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
>> Andrew Bailey wrote:
>>> "Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:qq6dnXQ63ruwNhDanZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved
>>>> from a PATA drive to a SATA.
>>>>
>>>> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA
>>>> drivers. The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is
>>>> a full version. I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at
>>>> the time. The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am
>>>> going
>>>> to clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>>>>
>>>> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in
>>>> question thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> dj
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi dj,
>>>
>>> You "should" only need to do the F6-Install 3rd Part Drivers thang if
>>> you intend to use RAID. If you're just using the SATA drives as you
>>> would any IDE drives then they should be detected as normal. Try it,
>>> I would imagine installing RAID drivers onto a non-RAID system is not
>>> a good idea.
>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> Not always the case. I've built 2 or 3 PC's in the past where drivers are
>> needed just to get the SATA ports to work in IDE mode under XP. I think
>> it's only where the SATA ports run in native mode that you don't need XP
>> drivers.
>>
>> SteveH
>>
>
>SteveH is correct, when I first installed XP on this MoBo it would not
>recognise the drive until I used the drivers on a floppy........
>
>Still I shall be trying it out on Friday........I'll let you know.
>
>I did not need them on my other new Intel/Sata build which I mentioned in
>another post.

The K8S755A has two different SATA interfaces. If you use the SiI3112,
you definitely need to load its driver. If you use the SiS 964
southbridge SATA interface and configure it as IDE, you probably
don't.

>
>thanks
>dj
>

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:56:22 GMT, "Andrew Bailey" <andy@manyplay.com>
wrote:

>
>"Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
>news:qq6dnXQ63ruwNhDanZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...
>> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved from a
>> PATA drive to a SATA.
>>
>> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA drivers.
>> The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is a full version.
>> I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at the time.
>>
>> The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am going to
>> clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>>
>> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in question
>> thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>>
>> thanks
>> dj
>>
>
>Hi dj,
>
>You "should" only need to do the F6-Install 3rd Part Drivers thang if you
>intend to use RAID. If you're just using the SATA drives as you would any
>IDE drives then they should be detected as normal. Try it, I would imagine
>installing RAID drivers onto a non-RAID system is not a good idea.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Andy


That's what I thought, as my first s939 SATA II mobo (Nforce4
Ultra chipset), didn't need them, but my current AM2 mobo (ATI Xpress
1150 + SB600 chipset) does need them. I only use a single SATA II HDD.
However, I used nLite to slipstream the drivers into my WinXP Pro SP2
install disk.

"Me" <to@youbtinternet.com> wrote in message
news:qq6dnXQ63ruwNhDanZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...
> last year I replaced my old MOBo with a WinFast K8S755A and moved from a
> PATA drive to a SATA.
>
> During the OS installation I had to do the F6 to load the SATA drivers.
> The OS being an upgrade Windows XP Home which in theory is a full version.
> I seem to recall having to show it the 98 disc at the time.
>
> The OS has been rather flaky over the last few months so I am going to
> clean install XP Pro onto the same SATA drive.
>
> Will Pro have the SATA drivers or is this a trait of the MoBo in question
> thus having to do F6 again for the drivers.
>
> thanks
> dj
>

Is it the IDE drivers that are required for the SATA ports. The disc that
came with the MoBo only has IDE or SATA RAID.

Maybe that's where I went wrong last time. I think I used the raid driver.

I assumed IDE drivers were for the standard IDE port but I think I could be
wrong.