SATA blues

[coverdinskin]

Hello all, i built a computer recently, with SATA capabilities....after installing XP OS on ide drive...i proceeded to install all drivers for the gigabyte 7n400 pro2, from the cd that came with it(sound didnt work after that). When i plugged the SATA in after that, the hard drive showed up in the device manager, but i was unable to access it.
So i downloaded nvidia's unified driver....and then the sound worked, but on restarting the computer, after windows loads, the computer restarts over and over again. I unhooked the SATA cable and it starts up fine....but i still dont have a second hard drive...I uninstalled the drivers for the raid utility, to be sure it wouldnt screw anything up.
Also the ethernet that came on the board still is
inoperable....
I've downloaded every driver/patch that applies to my setup, but is still not full functional

Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[paparazi]

Didn't see any mention of you installing the SATA drivers?
You need these for the SATA drive to work.
Also SATA and Ethernet should be enabled in the bios
Sounds like things have got a little screwed up and often the best thing to do is start again.
Possibly use your system restore to take the PC back to just after the OS clean install, then re-apply latest unified platform drivers.
I would also apply SP2
Martin

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[coverdinskin]

i have installed the invidia unified drivers, which include SATA drivers.....and the ethernet in enabled but the driver is faulty....

 

[coverdinskin]

ok got it to work....downloaded disc wizard from seagate...and applied it...but the disc screwed up the windows log off, and had to restart a couple times before the windows took hold...thanks for the reply though paparazi

 

[cdogg]

Martin,
Guess it depends on the system and drive. I've built two recent systems with SATA integrated and did not need to install any drivers initially. Some mobo CD's include a driver set for SATA (to enhance performance), but without it I've noticed it works fine for initial setup and overall performance.

~cdogg
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