SSD install question

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Wolvie56X

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I just installed Win7 on my Intel 80gb x-25 and when I restarted to finish the install, the Win7 install CD just up and booted to the install screen.

So I changed the boot sequence to boot from the SSD first and it still went to the Win7 install DVD.

Any ideas why the system won't boot the SSD even though it recognizes it in the boot menu??
 
Go to the install area but got an error this time about Windows not being able to install a driver for an item

system restarted then I got an install error saying I needed to exit this install and do it all over again.

Hmmmm
 
Maybe the motherboard I'm using doesn't support SSD?? Asus A8N 32 deluxe socket 939
 
I'm confused. You install windows 7, once that's done it asks you to restart. You can remove the disk at that point, if you dont it'l ask you to press any key to boot from DVD media [at which point you do not press any key].

And no, SSD's adhere to the SATA spec, if your board supports SATA drives it supports SATA SSD's.

You might need to make sure that your SSD is plugged into a port directly off the south bridge (instead of bridged in through some SATA multiplexing chip). make sure the SSD is plugged into one of the four black ports closest to the south bridge (the piece of copper reading Asus Alite) all run directly off the south bridge).
 
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Copying windows files... Done
expanding windows files... Done
installing features... Done
installing updates... Done
completeing installation... Error at the end.
 
and in bios your HDD config is SATA not AHCI or RAID yes?
 
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It's working. Intel Toolbox is up and running. Installed a few games and what not. BIOS has no options for ACHI. Is that an acronym??
 
Wolvie56X said:
It's working. Intel Toolbox is up and running. Installed a few games and what not. BIOS has no options for ACHI. Is that an acronym??
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its IDE (a type of bus specification that means the device has its own integrated controller) sata with extended benefits, but it also requires that windows understood that it was being installed to an ahci enabled drive.

and yeah your bios will almost definately have an option to toggle the drive(s) into AHCI, RAID, or IDE (/standard/auto/whatever) mode.
 
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