Connect the DVD drive to SATA1 or SATA2 connector. In BIOS under
Advanced menu, Enable OnChip SATA Boot ROM.

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:26:01 -0700, Link77
<Link77@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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!
>>
>>