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Repo-mtl · 01-21-06

Ok well the system in my sig has just been assembled and boots up fine. CPU temp is about 35 and MB is about 30

I have only one IDE device and one sata drive, sata drive reads in bios as 4th master (shouldnt it read as 3rdf master since I put it on the sata 1 connector?) is this alright?

Anyhow, my bro put in the windows cd to install and it started thg set-up automatically but I wanted to verify that everything was right in the bios and that I didint go ahead and install windows for nothing so I cancelled it when it asks you to agree/disagree. For some reason now though it wont start up the installation again it just sits there with a blinking cursor...

Would like to get this thing up and going, first time installing windows in 3 years so I forget just about everything, apprieciate any help...

edit to add: When I use a boot disk, I cant access the dvd drive as it doesn't have an assigned label and in bios and cant find the label either...

**The Duke** · 01-21-06

1. Did you fromat the HD?
2. Is the SATA drive recognized as the "Boot" drive?
3. Did you set BOOT other devices so when it cant find a HD it will look for the CD-ROM?
4. When you get to the install and it asks for third party drivers hit F6 and in a few minutes it will ask for the drivers. Hit "S" to load SATA/RAID drivers. Load them in order and thne repeat the th "s" load drivers process a second time.

pauldovi · 01-21-06

You should put your SATA drive in SATA 0. Go to BIOS to configure boot priority.

Repo-mtl · 01-21-06

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Duke

1. Did you fromat the HD?
2. Is the SATA drive recognized as the "Boot" drive?
3. Did you set BOOT other devices so when it cant find a HD it will look for the CD-ROM?
4. When you get to the install and it asks for third party drivers hit F6 and in a few minutes it will ask for the drivers. Hit "S" to load SATA/RAID drivers. Load them in order and thne repeat the th "s" load drivers process a second time.

1.No, not sure how to format a sata. I downloaded the maxtor maxblast but it freezes on the maxtor logo for some reason...
2.how would I tell?
3.dunno how
4.will do (why a second time?)

woops, drive was actually in sata 2 slot...

**The Duke** · 01-21-06

1.The drive can be formated when you load Windows... do a "FULL" format in NTFS.
2. First it should show up in the Main screen ... not sure where it lists the boot drive in your BIOS.
3. Look around for the BOOT order... on that page it should have an option to boot other devices.
4. Why, no idea, just that the very first time I ever did it on my NF2 system and only ran the driver load only once it would not find the SATA drive. Asked around and the answer was do it twice.

Repo-mtl · 01-21-06

ok got it to load windows cd...nice

so if I want to partition is it better to do it now or later from windows?

Repo-mtl · 01-21-06

crap its telling me the raid driver files are corrupted (64 bit extended and itanium)

i made the floppy using the asus disk the mobo came with so I dont get it...

it also says "none" under devices to be installed on or something like that...

what should I do? do I even need these drivers if I am not using raid?

Repo-mtl · 01-21-06

do I use 64bit or 32bit and should I use nvidia or silicon image drivers?

01-21-06	#1 (permalink)
Repo-mtl New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 58 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	Finish building new system...couple of questions Ok well the system in my sig has just been assembled and boots up fine. CPU temp is about 35 and MB is about 30 I have only one IDE device and one sata drive, sata drive reads in bios as 4th master (shouldnt it read as 3rdf master since I put it on the sata 1 connector?) is this alright? Anyhow, my bro put in the windows cd to install and it started thg set-up automatically but I wanted to verify that everything was right in the bios and that I didint go ahead and install windows for nothing so I cancelled it when it asks you to agree/disagree. For some reason now though it wont start up the installation again it just sits there with a blinking cursor... Would like to get this thing up and going, first time installing windows in 3 years so I forget just about everything, apprieciate any help... edit to add: When I use a boot disk, I cant access the dvd drive as it doesn't have an assigned label and in bios and cant find the label either... __________________ Rig A: AMD x2 3800 / Asus A8N32 SLI / 2x1gb OCZ 3200 plat. el / Ati X1900XTX / Maxtor Maxline 300gb Sata & Seagate Barracuda 80gb Sata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / SB Audigy :yuck: / OCZ 520SLI / Antec SX1040 (smoke grey) / XP Pro w/ SP2 Rig B: Celeron D 2.93 / Asus P4P800-E-Dlx / 2x256 DDR 333 / Geforce Ti4600 / WD 80gb Caviar SE sata + WD 160gb Caviar SE pata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / Sunbeamtech NUUO 550 / Coolermaster Centurion 530 / XP Pro w/ SP2 Last edited by Repo-mtl : 01-21-06 at 09:10 PM

01-21-06	#6 (permalink)
Repo-mtl New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 58 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	ok got it to load windows cd...nice so if I want to partition is it better to do it now or later from windows? __________________ Rig A: AMD x2 3800 / Asus A8N32 SLI / 2x1gb OCZ 3200 plat. el / Ati X1900XTX / Maxtor Maxline 300gb Sata & Seagate Barracuda 80gb Sata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / SB Audigy :yuck: / OCZ 520SLI / Antec SX1040 (smoke grey) / XP Pro w/ SP2 Rig B: Celeron D 2.93 / Asus P4P800-E-Dlx / 2x256 DDR 333 / Geforce Ti4600 / WD 80gb Caviar SE sata + WD 160gb Caviar SE pata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / Sunbeamtech NUUO 550 / Coolermaster Centurion 530 / XP Pro w/ SP2

01-21-06	#7 (permalink)
Repo-mtl New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 58 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	crap its telling me the raid driver files are corrupted (64 bit extended and itanium) i made the floppy using the asus disk the mobo came with so I dont get it... it also says "none" under devices to be installed on or something like that... what should I do? do I even need these drivers if I am not using raid? __________________ Rig A: AMD x2 3800 / Asus A8N32 SLI / 2x1gb OCZ 3200 plat. el / Ati X1900XTX / Maxtor Maxline 300gb Sata & Seagate Barracuda 80gb Sata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / SB Audigy :yuck: / OCZ 520SLI / Antec SX1040 (smoke grey) / XP Pro w/ SP2 Rig B: Celeron D 2.93 / Asus P4P800-E-Dlx / 2x256 DDR 333 / Geforce Ti4600 / WD 80gb Caviar SE sata + WD 160gb Caviar SE pata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / Sunbeamtech NUUO 550 / Coolermaster Centurion 530 / XP Pro w/ SP2 Last edited by Repo-mtl : 01-21-06 at 10:40 PM

01-21-06	#8 (permalink)
Repo-mtl New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 58 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	do I use 64bit or 32bit and should I use nvidia or silicon image drivers? __________________ Rig A: AMD x2 3800 / Asus A8N32 SLI / 2x1gb OCZ 3200 plat. el / Ati X1900XTX / Maxtor Maxline 300gb Sata & Seagate Barracuda 80gb Sata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / SB Audigy :yuck: / OCZ 520SLI / Antec SX1040 (smoke grey) / XP Pro w/ SP2 Rig B: Celeron D 2.93 / Asus P4P800-E-Dlx / 2x256 DDR 333 / Geforce Ti4600 / WD 80gb Caviar SE sata + WD 160gb Caviar SE pata / LG 16x DVD 4167B / Sunbeamtech NUUO 550 / Coolermaster Centurion 530 / XP Pro w/ SP2

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