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famil05 · 04-21-07

Just joined today and to clarify I AM VERY NEW TO BUILDING PC
(Questions at the bottom)

XP Home SP2

80GB SATA Seagate ST380811AS

DFI 945G-TMGF Motherboard (LGA775) - Socket 775, Intel Pentium 4 Prescott, 1066MT/s, PCI Express, Dual-Channel DDR2 667, Intel GMA 950 graphics, 6-channel audio, S/PDIF, 4 SATA 3Gb/s, 1 Gigabit LAN, 2 IEEE 1394 and 8 USB 2.0.

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz HT

Arctic-Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Fan(SKT 775/T)

Hi-Power (KC480) P4 20/24PIN ATX

LG L194WTX-BF 19 in. widescreen 5ms 1440x900 2000:1 300CD/M2 VGA/DVI-D F-Engine Monitor

Kingston KVR667D2N5K2/1G

GeForce 5200 PCI (Until I get a PCI-E card)

Samsung TS-H552B DVD±R/RW

Question: The highlighted part below - shouldn't that say something in the line of "In SATA mode??????

Intel(R) 82801GB/GR I/O controller hub (ICH7/ICH7R) SATA Controller found in IDE mode

Also; somehow my C: is H: and C: is labelled a removable disc??????????????????????????

Am hoping to try OC but am a little leary

gonX · 04-21-07

That is because you installed with a removable drive in your system... I can't remember the exact fix, but I know you can't do it with windows running plain out.

famil05 · 04-21-07

Installed OS using CD/DVD drive, don't have floppy and didn't have anything else hooked up except monitor and keyboard and mouse (which are wireless)
Not sure what you mean by a removable drive "IN" my system. As for changing back to having a C: can it be done in bios or in safe mode?

svtfmook · 04-23-07

when you install windows, you can't have any card readers hooked up. that's why it selected H: for your windows partition.

you'll have to disconnect the card readers, then reinstall windows, then hook up the card readers.

famil05 · 04-24-07

Thanks for the info svtfmook, I guess that would explain it as there is a multi card reader on the front panel.

Well; that's one question down. Thanks again.
My other question about --- SATA Controller found in IDE mode

Intel® Chipset Identification Utility
System Information

Chipset
Detected Chipset: Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset family
Chipset Components
Memory Controller: 82945G/GZ
I/O Controller: Intel(R) 82801GB/GR I/O controller hub (ICH7/ICH7R) SATA Controller found in IDE mode

Mr. Mojo · 04-24-07

Quote:

Here is the solution (it worked fine for me)

With the BIOS on IDE open Regedit and go to:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\msahci\Star t
and change whatever you have on DWORD to '0'

Raboot
Reboot again, enter BIOS
Change IDE to AHCI, Save
Let the OS redetect your drives
Reboot

That's it, hope it helps

I found that on neowin.net. This is to change your SATA controller from IDE mode to SATA mode after you have installed XP. If you do it before installing XP, you just change a setting in BIOS. I hope this is what you're looking for as I've never heard of the issue and I don't have an Intel mobo to try it on.

04-21-07	#1 (permalink)
famil05 New to Overclock.net Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	Questions for 1st time build (Didn't know where else to post) Just joined today and to clarify I AM VERY NEW TO BUILDING PC (Questions at the bottom) XP Home SP2 80GB SATA Seagate ST380811AS DFI 945G-TMGF Motherboard (LGA775) - Socket 775, Intel Pentium 4 Prescott, 1066MT/s, PCI Express, Dual-Channel DDR2 667, Intel GMA 950 graphics, 6-channel audio, S/PDIF, 4 SATA 3Gb/s, 1 Gigabit LAN, 2 IEEE 1394 and 8 USB 2.0. Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz HT Arctic-Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Fan(SKT 775/T) Hi-Power (KC480) P4 20/24PIN ATX LG L194WTX-BF 19 in. widescreen 5ms 1440x900 2000:1 300CD/M2 VGA/DVI-D F-Engine Monitor Kingston KVR667D2N5K2/1G GeForce 5200 PCI (Until I get a PCI-E card) Samsung TS-H552B DVD±R/RW Question: The highlighted part below - shouldn't that say something in the line of "In SATA mode?????? Intel(R) 82801GB/GR I/O controller hub (ICH7/ICH7R) SATA Controller found in IDE mode Also; somehow my C: is H: and C: is labelled a removable disc?????????????????????????? Am hoping to try OC but am a little leary

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04-21-07	#3 (permalink)
famil05 New to Overclock.net Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	Installed OS using CD/DVD drive, don't have floppy and didn't have anything else hooked up except monitor and keyboard and mouse (which are wireless) Not sure what you mean by a removable drive "IN" my system. As for changing back to having a C: can it be done in bios or in safe mode?

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famil05 New to Overclock.net Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	Thanks for the info svtfmook, I guess that would explain it as there is a multi card reader on the front panel. Well; that's one question down. Thanks again. My other question about --- SATA Controller found in IDE mode Intel® Chipset Identification Utility System Information Chipset Detected Chipset: Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset family Chipset Components Memory Controller: 82945G/GZ I/O Controller: Intel(R) 82801GB/GR I/O controller hub (ICH7/ICH7R) SATA Controller found in IDE mode

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