ok - not sure why.... but when i go to press F6 it doesnt work - it just continues on and says press F2 for bla bla bla.... then continues to load the default stuff... any ideas?

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"Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver ..." When you receive this message, press the F6 key, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen to install the third-party drivers for your controller card. You will need to press the S key to Specify an Additional Device(s). ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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it doesnt give me any instructions.... it just continues on as if i didnt press F6 if you want you can IM me on AIM @ complexmethod1 thanks Matt

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After you press F6, it does SEEM that Windows has ignored this keypress, but it has taken note of it. It does go on to write installation files to disk and to ask for your input in the installation procedure. At some point, however, it will ask you to press S to install additional drivers (which you have called for by pressing F6 earlier). You then will be prompted to place a floppy in the A: drive and to press the appropriate key to copy the files from the floppy. You will be asked to do this each time you indicate that you have additional drivers to install (by pressing S). ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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ok - i got it to where it has you press S and then asks to "Please insert the disk labled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready." well, all i have is the CD-ROM from NVIDIA and it wont except it... (I'm assuming Drive A: is the floopy drive... but i dont have a floppy disk) thanks, Matt

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You will need to extract the drivers from the CD to a floppy drive. Alternatively if you know the driver, you can get it from the manufacturers website and put it onto a floppy. I do NOT believe you can use the CD to load the drivers. You do need the floppy. I could be wrong though. ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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i dont think it can read from my floopy :/ the light is on...but it doesnt sound like it accesses the disk...ill check the connecters but im sure they're on there tight...maybe i have to set something up in the bios?

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If the floppy light is on permanently it is possible you have the cable reversed. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.

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ok, i think i got it... it found the floppy anyway... and said it was loading it for xp - so hopefully we're getting there...however little the steps maybe lol thanks a BILLION for all your help guys "Setup is starting Windows" lets hope it gets there...

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ok.... now im getting an error "STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error \SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll" now what? lol

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I do not know anything about that. It could be that you have loaded an incorrect driver. However, if you do a google search I am sure you will find some thing. By the way is your BIOS upto date? It could be the problem - you never know. Check it out. Anyway here are a few related URLs to look at: netforums. microsoft support. annoyances.org. abxzone. ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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ok, im not figureing this out...its really starting to bug me now its been saying "starting windows" for like, 15 minutes now... gerrrrrr....

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Which driver did you load during the F6 / S phase? According to the Gigabyte site there are two versions of SATA drivers. These being: 1. Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATALink Controller Driver 2. Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller OS Driver Then there is also the "ITE IDE Gigaraid driver" You need to ensure that you are using the right drivers based on how you are using the motherboard SATA and IDE ports. ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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i installed the Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATALink Controller Driver for Windows XP / 2000 I dont know what I did, but apparently posting "gerrrrrr" on this forum / board did the trick...that and restarting a couple of times and doing the same thing. I did switch install CD's to XP Home - but that was a while back... anyway - so far so good...its at 11% formatting the drive then installing (hopefully *knocks on wood*) so I'll post the results Thanks a ton guys (and gals?) Matt

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ok, so heres the deal - it doesnt install, sure i can get the thing to format...but then nothing... anyway - i ended up taking it to the local comp shop and the guy said that that with an AMD setup like mine SATA drives usually dont work on their own....but the documentation says otherwise...so... either theres some option in the bios that i missed or i need another hard drive to setup a RAID...gerrrr

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Hey, I'm just now looking into booting from SATA so I won't be able to help you much, but I did notice on your last post here that you said your local comp guy said SATA drives wouldn't work by themselves with AMD. Not so. At least, maybe you have to have a RAID to have them bootable, but you don't have to have a RAID to have an AMD machine running XP to recognize them. I've got two SATA drives running, not in RAID and I got them several months apart. AMDs run SATAs just fine by themselves. I've got an AMD XP2600+ o/c'd to 2800+ and the famed ASUS nVidia Platinum board. Please be sure to post your final solution!

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not sure what / how he did it...but he went through all the connections, and figured it out.... basically he did everything ive been trying but must have done something with the way it was connected. i was sooo happy cause i didnt feel like dumping more $$ into this system...shoot, im a poor college kid :P thanks for the help everyone Matt

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Glad you are sorted. Enjoy your new PC. I am envious, I only have a p3-1Gig on a Abit SA6R. Best Wishes ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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