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Kerry

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:20 am
Post subject: Can't read SATA in BIOS or CMOS
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My classmates and I installed an MSI PM8M2-V motherboard and installed
a Maxtor SATA HD 100GB; however, when installing Windows XP Pro SP1,
the BIOS and CMOS are not recognized. We checked the connections, but
to no avail -- please help! Thanks

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Tom Lake

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:55 pm
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"Kerry" <kerry_ford.DeleteThis@webmail.pittcc.edu> wrote in message
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> My classmates and I installed an MSI PM8M2-V motherboard and installed
> a Maxtor SATA HD 100GB; however, when installing Windows XP Pro SP1,
> the BIOS and CMOS are not recognized. We checked the connections, but
> to no avail -- please help! Thanks

You have to have a driver floppy or CD while installing XP to recognize the
SATA.
At one point during install, you have to hit a function key to allow the
install to load
the SATA drivers from the floppy or CD.

Tom Lake

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NuTCrAcKeR

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:23 pm
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"Tom Lake" <tlake RemoveThis @twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Kerry" <kerry_ford RemoveThis @webmail.pittcc.edu> wrote in message
> news:1141838431.713332.13470@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>> My classmates and I installed an MSI PM8M2-V motherboard and installed
>> a Maxtor SATA HD 100GB; however, when installing Windows XP Pro SP1,
>> the BIOS and CMOS are not recognized. We checked the connections, but
>> to no avail -- please help! Thanks
>
> You have to have a driver floppy or CD while installing XP to recognize
> the SATA.
> At one point during install, you have to hit a function key to allow the
> install to load
> the SATA drivers from the floppy or CD.
>
> Tom Lake
>
>

F6 ...

are you also saying that the bios does not detect the drive? If thats the
case, feeding XP the driver for the SATA controller wont get you where you
need to be.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:29 pm
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> F6 ...
>
> are you also saying that the bios does not detect the drive? If thats the
> case, feeding XP the driver for the SATA controller wont get you where you
> need to be.

XP doesn't use the BIOS.

Tom Lake
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