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03-20-2007, 12:36 AM
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hard drive/bios error
Hi, don't know what forum this would go under, but here is my problem. I'm trying to install 2 80GB sata drives on my mom's computer but cant because the bios doesn't support this. I'm trying this on a AsusRock K7S8X motherboard with bios P1.20. Whenever I try to run the bios flash utillity in DOS I recieve the following, ERROR! CAN'T FIND SYSTEM BIOS' HOOK. What is a bios hook and why doesn't my floppy point the computer to the right location?
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03-20-2007, 02:05 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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How are you going to connect 2 SATA hard drives to a motherboard that doesn't even have SATA ports or controllers? Are you using a PCI SATA controller card?
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03-21-2007, 12:01 AM
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yes, I have a SIIG pci sata raid card hooked up to the computer. the pci card recognizes the hard drives but bios doesn't.
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03-21-2007, 12:31 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Did you install the SIIG PCI card drivers?
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03-21-2007, 05:32 PM
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The system bios will not see the drives on a PCI card - the card has its own bios. To install Windows on one of those drives you have to use a floppy with the drivers and press F6 when prompted to install 3rd party storage drivers.
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03-22-2007, 11:25 AM
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Did what you suggested glc, and it worked. Thanks. For some reason I thought that the bios had to recognize the drives to be able to install windows.
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03-22-2007, 04:12 PM
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Yes, the bios DOES have to see the drive - the CARD'S bios in this case.
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