I see that the SATA/Ide controller is both Via and Promise
2 channels Serial ATA 150 via VT8237 south bridge with RAID 0,1 support
1 channel ATA/133 via Promise PDC20378 with RAID 0, 1, 0+1 support
2 channels Serial ATA 150 via Promise PDC20378 RAID with RAID 0, 1,
Promise PDC20378 SATA/IDE RAID
with some of the older mobo you actually needed to load the RAID drivers..
and of course it depends upon which controller you have you CD/DVD drives
plugged into
I couldn't find a diagram to tell me which SATA connector runs from what
chip..a little short on time today..but I will try again
later on...or maybe your mobo manual has that info.
hopefully this was some help
peter
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"Link77" <Link77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It's ASUS A8V Deluxe. Looks like its the VIA chipset that might be the
> problem.
>
> "peter" wrote:
>
>> Could you post the motherboard name and model ....
>> This is a puzzling event I would like to research a little more...
>>
>> peter
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>> "Link77" <Link77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > The SATA chip is enabled in the BIOS. The computers are all running
>> > SATA
>> > hard
>> > drives. It's as if the BIOS can only see connected hard drives, but not
>> > DVD
>> > drives. Under Boot order only the floppy drive and SATA hard drive show
>> > up.
>> > When I boot with the Windows XP floppy disks and I provide the SATA
>> > chip
>> > drivers the installation picks up the DVD drive just fine, I simply
>> > can't
>> > boot directly from the DVD drive. That is why I need the updated disks
>> > for
>> > Service Pack 3. Can anyone help me in this regard?
>> >
>> > "Andrew E." wrote:
>> >
>> >> By default a MB designed for SATA or RAID is disabled until opted by
>> >> the
>> >> user,
>> >> try advanced chipset Integrated Peripherals (or similiar),on chip
>> >> Serial
>> >> ATA
>> >> (or similiar)..Also,read the owners manual.
>> >>
>> >> "Link77" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I have a couple computers with SATA DVD drives. While Windows
>> >> > detects
>> >> > them
>> >> > perfectly the BIOS does not. This means that I can not install
>> >> > Windows
>> >> > XP
>> >> > without using a floppy drive.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've come to rely on the Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install
>> >> > (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en).
>> >> > Microsoft has released a new version for every service pack except
>> >> > service
>> >> > pack 3.
>> >> >
>> >> > Are they still working on it? Does anyone know when it will be made
>> >> > available? I really need those disks!
>>
>>