I've tried to copy all the files to 3 1/2 floppy. It states that some of the files are copies and do I want to overwrite them. the only ones that I have been able to copy are the ones that pertain to winxp. I've put in the floppy when prompted and still it won't stop coming badk to the please insert floppy screen.There are only three files. I've looked all thru the ABIT web site and down loaded the SATA drivers. They all seem to apply to RAID. I just want the oS to recognize the HHD. I have only one drive and will not be using RAID until I can afford to purchase another one. They seem to have appeared in many places on C:/Windows/temp. I'm still lost. I'll check back in the morning.
The RAID controller drivers ARE what's required. The SATA ports on the board are run from the RAID controllers. This does not mean that you must have a RAID setup. The controllers will allow for a single SATA drive cofiguration. Select the correct drivers for your mobo from the ABit website. Make sure that the drivers are specific to the RAID controller on our board. Most likely these driver came on the CD with the mobo, but downloading the latest RAID controller drivers make sense. Your almost done.
Everyone. It's taken me a while to finish up and figure out what was wrong. I went back, disassembled everything, tested and then reassembled. The problem all along was my brand new floppy drive. I replaced it with one from a 10 year old unit that I salvaged, and it loaded and worked fine. I appreciate all the help you gave me. PS: It has taken me several days to get up the courage to admit this, I feel kinda dumb. Here is what I ended up with. ABIT KV7 motherboard 54.85 Athlon XP 2800+ 90.00 2 X 256 MB PC3200 DDR400MHz RAM 109.98 WD 120 GB SATA Hard Drive 89.00 Gigabyte GeForce FX 5200 AGP 8X 57.00 Lite-On 16X DVD ROM 20.50 Opto-Rite Double layer 12X4X2.4 DVD+- RW 61.00 CPU Fan EverCool All Copper 14.99 Floppy 12.95 Cyber Acoustics 5.1 Digital Speakers 79.99 Memorex Wireless Keyboard and Mouse 39.99 Powmax Lighted case W/ 480W Thermatake PS 67.00 Windows XP PRO $697.25 I feel pretty good about what I spent and what I got. Had some problems getting what I thought I bought on eBay., So at the end I shied away from bidding and just searched the internet. Odd, the only thing I bought at a store locally was the floppy that didn't work Shade
Don't sweat it. The purpose for all of this stuff is to help, and if nothing else start the process of elimination....in this case, you obtained lots of good information and still fixed the issue yourself. I don't think any of us recommended that you test your floppy drive. Glad you got it working.
Yeh good job mate :good: Just out of curiosity did your system report any errors or warnings or just post a message or two saying something about conductor cables? or just cables in general.. if so this usually means that one of the devices connected to the IDE cables are either in the wrong order or are not connected properly, or cannot communicate with mobo e.t.c (does on mine anyway)
The system did not report an error of any kind. When prompted to insert the RAID set up disk in drive A: it just kept asking for the disk to be inserted. During boot up it recognized the floppy. Thanks for the help again. I'm now going to try to replace the MOBO on an IBM thinkpad, so I'll be back for help.
