Cannont install OS (mobo problem?)

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DC80

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Hi all,

Recently i bought a new motherboard and installed it as is written in the manual. Everything is working nice but i have a problem.

When i boot up the computer it does recognize the hard drives, however when i try to install windows xp professional setup says there are no hard drive to install.

I did try most (if not all) of the configurations in the BIOS but this did not help. Some of the configurations i tried led to keeping rebooting the computer.

Can someone assist me in this?

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

DC80

Some additional information:

- Motherboard: GA-MA770T-UD3
- Rivision: v1.4
- BIOS version: F7 / ID: 07/09/2010-RX780-SB710-7A66AG0KC-00
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 7600GT 256 Mb
- Processor: AMD Athlon 2X 250 64 bit 3.0Ghz
- OS: None
- Memory: Kingston, DDR3, 2 Gb, 1333 Mhz
- Power supply: Cooler Master Stacker 550v (original bij kast?)
- HDD: 1TB WD Caviar Green 64 Mb cache S-ATA II
 
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Can you toss the drive in another PC to see if it has the same issues? First as a non-boot drive, just to see if your existing OS recognizes it at all, second as a boot drive and begin the installation process - obviously don't finish it, just see if the same problem comes up.
 
sweloop64 said:
maybe no sata-controller drivers...
F6 during install to add drivers
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I do have a driver cd with SATA/RAID drivers. However, i do not want to use them. I do have a 1 Tb drive with backup files. Also i have one 500 Gb drive with my previous OS on it. I need to read these out before i can install a new version of the OS. My old mobo died by the way.

My previous OS was Kubuntu 10.10, no windows for me ;).
 
KatalDT said:
Can you toss the drive in another PC to see if it has the same issues? First as a non-boot drive, just to see if your existing OS recognizes it at all, second as a boot drive and begin the installation process - obviously don't finish it, just see if the same problem comes up.
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I only have a laptop so no other computer to test the drive. In my reply to sweloop64 i said that i have more drives. Those drives are not recognized as well. Besides, it keeps bugging me that the BIOS is recognize them but cannot install a OS. So why is the BIOS recognize them at all and cannot install a OS?

I will try windows 7 today.
 
Well if it's XP, a quick, easy, and dirty way of installing XP on a SATA drive is to go into the BIOs and set the SATA mode to IDE. You won't get AHCI but the mobo will present the hard drive as a regular ol' IDE drive to XP.

Though Windows 7 should pick up the drives just fine if SATA mode is set to AHCI. Though just in case Windows 7 can't find your drives, make sure to have a flash drive with your motherboard's SATA drivers on it. Use it when prompted by 7.
 
I do not require AHCI to get it to work. I just need them to install (and copy my old files from my other hard drives). These options are available from the BIOS:

- OnChip SATA Controller (enable/disable only)
- OnChip SATA Type
- OnChip SATA Port 4/5 Type

(sub) options:

OnChip SATA Type: Native IDE, RAID, AHCI
OnChip SATA port 4/5 Type: (AHCI must be enabled) As SATA Type, IDE

I do not want to use RAID so how to configure this.
 
Thanks for that. Does it matter in which port i put the connector? I assume port 0?
 
Finally it works! Thanks you guys (or ladies in case I read your nickname wrong)

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