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Gizmo · 10-24-2005, 04:49 PM

If I'm not mistaken, SATA is controlled by the ICH5 Southbridge I/O controller chip on that motherboard. Windows should therefore have generic SATA drivers. You would only need to install specific SATA drivers if SATA was controlled by a seperate controller chip designated for SATA on the motherboard and not the Southbridge I/O controller chip. Just leave the drive connected up to the Primary SATA controller chip socket, run the setup console in XP from the CD and let it do it's thing. Once done, reboot and the motherboard BIOS should go straight ahead and boot the newly installed OS on that hard drive.

EDIT: Also, it could be that PATA settings are overiding the SATA settings, considering that they are both controlled by the same controller chip. RJ has a point.

10-24-2005, 04:49 PM	#7
Gizmo Supergeek in training Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,690	If I'm not mistaken, SATA is controlled by the ICH5 Southbridge I/O controller chip on that motherboard. Windows should therefore have generic SATA drivers. You would only need to install specific SATA drivers if SATA was controlled by a seperate controller chip designated for SATA on the motherboard and not the Southbridge I/O controller chip. Just leave the drive connected up to the Primary SATA controller chip socket, run the setup console in XP from the CD and let it do it's thing. Once done, reboot and the motherboard BIOS should go straight ahead and boot the newly installed OS on that hard drive. EDIT: Also, it could be that PATA settings are overiding the SATA settings, considering that they are both controlled by the same controller chip. RJ has a point. __________________ Pure geek and proud. "Success is not final and failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last edited by Gizmo; 10-24-2005 at 04:54 PM.