p67 sabertooth only wrks on marvel

[Tycoon4u]

Just got my new p67 sabertooth together & it all looks good. However it only recognizes the hard drive when plugged in to the marvel 6.0 sata con. (the hard drive is a wd caviar black). How can I change it to see it in the intel 6.0 sata con. Do I need to install windows first then use the MOBO disc to change it?
Thanks, Dale

[glc]

Is the board the new 3.0 version? Are the Intel 6.0 ports turned on in the bios?

[SARGE]

Sheesh, mine still in wrapper and I got to see this? Why would they have a Marvel vs Intel 6.0 option? I know Intel is a better driver though for 6gbs so if there's a way to change it, great!!

A quote from a slightly old review but maybe still appluicable:

"The X58 and P55 platforms produced roughly 222 MBps reads and 165 MBps writes, all while connected to the Intel ICH10 Southbridge. In comparison, the Marvell SATA 6G controllers produced approximately 154 MBps read speed, and 106 MBps write. This results in a 42% advantage for the ICH10 SATA 3G controller over Marvell's 9123/9128 SATA 6G controller in read speed, and a 55% advantage in write-to performance. Why, you might ask? It's all in the driver."

[glc]

2 ports on each controller, Sarge.

[Tycoon4u]

I havn't figured out how to check if the ports are turned on yet. I'll go look again. Yes it's the B3 revision.

[Tycoon4u]

Whoa, I found it they we're both disabled in the sata conf. Thanks GLC, I only have HDD & an optical drive for sata connections, should I plug them both into the intel ports?

[glc]

If you have a SATA 6.0 hard drive, put it on the Intel port, and put the optical on a regular SATA 3.0 port. Turn the Marvell off.

[Tycoon4u]

OK, I got the HDD on the intel 6.0 & the dvd on a 3.0. They both show up on the appropriate port in the bios but it's still not recognized on bootup. If I boot off of the dvd with a windows xp disc I get an error. 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

[glc]

If you are going to use XP you are going to have to use the Marvell and load the driver with a FLOPPY DISK to get the drives seen and installed - press F6 at the beginning of setup when the prompt appears at the bottom of the screen to install a 3rd party storage driver. Without an onboard floppy controller, you are going to have to buy a USB floppy drive. The driver CANNOT be installed using a USB flash drive, a floppy is REQUIRED.

With Windows 7, you can use whatever you want.

[Tycoon4u]

I switched the sata mode from AHCI to IDE & it booted the xp disc to the install screen but the f8 key won't work for I agree to terms & cond. I guess I need to make a trip to best buy for win 7.

[SARGE]

Originally Posted by glc 2 ports on each controller, Sarge.

Is this something unique to this particular board or 1155? If it's on the Asus P7P55d-e, I missed it.

[Tycoon4u]

It is reading the dvd drive just not the HDD are the drivers I need on the MOBO disc? I do have a usb floppy if I need it but I don't know where to get the drivers to put on it.

[SARGE]

Have you installed the stuff off the mobo disc? This could get interesting as mine still in wrapper, but I have copies of Win7

[Tycoon4u]

Best buy wants too much for win7 still trying to work on XP. The MOBO disc won't install anything, it just gives me choices then says plug floppy in drive A: I keep trying different usb but no A: recognized yet & this mobo has 10 usb's counting the 3.0 ones.

[SARGE]

You can get an OEM Win7 Home for $100 - gotta ask for it. If you do get that and still have same problems, I'm waiting on sidelines b4 doing mine.

[Tycoon4u]

Is that at best buy Sarge?

[birddog_61]

newegg
64 bit
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - Operating Systems

32bit
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - Operating Systems

Didn't know which version you would need

[Tycoon4u]

Thanks birdog, I know neweggs got 'em. I just wanted to find a copy of win 7 64 bit tomorrow, so I can see this thing run. We got a Staples and a Best buy 1/2 hour away.

[birddog_61]

Originally Posted by Tycoon4u Thanks birdog, I know neweggs got 'em. I just wanted to find a copy of win 7 64 bit tomorrow, so I can see this thing run. We got a Staples and a Best buy 1/2 hour away.

Neither carries the OEM version that I know of.

[SARGE]

Originally Posted by birddog_61 Neither carries the OEM version that I know of.

Fry's does, believe me. Seems others would. They just don't advertise it.

[glc]

Here's the driver you need for your floppy disk:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...=2101&lang=eng

It's a zip file - extract all the files in it to a blank formatted floppy. When XP tells you to press F6 to install a 3rd party storage driver, press it.

[Tycoon4u]

Thanks again, I got it downloaded on my floppy. When I boot win xp it does say press F6 but nothing happens. I made several attempts, nothing so I guess I'm going to order win 7 from newegg. I have win 7 on the rig in my sig & I like it. The only negative is that Company of Heros won't work with it. Maybe there is a patch for that by now (havn't checked for several months).

[glc]

Press F6 several times - and wait. You will get a screen after a couple minutes telling you what to do.

You can get Windows 7 Professional and use XP Mode.

[Tycoon4u]

Tried 1 more time, hit F6 all the way through to the install screen no luck. I went ahead & ordered Win 7, got it yesterday & everything works fine using the intel 6.0 port.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by Tycoon4u I switched the sata mode from AHCI to IDE & it booted the xp disc to the install screen but the f8 key won't work for I agree to terms & cond. I guess I need to make a trip to best buy for win 7.

The F8 key may not work if you're using a usb keyboard. Temporarily plug in a ps/2 keyboard and it'll probably work. Once XP's loaded, you should be able to get the AHCI drivers. Run the install program, uninstall the old ide driver and reboot. On bootup enter bios and change your setting from ide to ahci and XP will load the correct driver.

Sorry for the late post, but if you really wanted to load XP, that should do the trick.

[SARGE]

Originally Posted by Tycoon4u Tried 1 more time, hit F6 all the way through to the install screen no luck. I went ahead & ordered Win 7, got it yesterday & everything works fine using the intel 6.0 port.

Stay in touch please. Mine been in the wrapper for a week. Seems there is an Intel and Marvel port from what you write. Weird - why would anyone want the Marvel?

[Tycoon4u]

Just an update here. Put win 7 in & it runs flawlessly. I have seen reviews about problems coming out of sleep mode no problem here it wakes right up fast. Thanks again for all the help everyone & GLC hope the recent weather hasn't disrupted your life.

[glc]

Thank you for your concern. I'm doing fine, but life in this city will never be the same again. I'm about 3 miles from "ground zero" and suffered no damage except for some tree limbs down and no power for 24 hours. We are under a boil order and they have no idea when we will have our cable TV back. There's a couple threads in General Discussion on the situation here.

The charitable response has been overwhelming. I opened my front door tonight and found a case of bottled water on it. I stopped by the VFW this afternoon, and the whole hall was packed with donated clothes and goods.