Re: BSoD on Windows Install - ASUS P5WD2

In article <1151355353.630503.20860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"lilrubberduky" <lilrubberduky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

i got an internal floppy drive to try that and see if it would respond
better to the S option in F6 driver menu, but windows does not ever try
to use the floppy drive. the light is always green (even without a
disk) but it never even sounds like it's in use. I'll try another
floppy drive.

I was hoping that this would load drivers when I hit S instead of
loading them when I hit enter, but that's not working at all.

It is recognizing the floppy drive though. If I disable the BIOS Legacy
Floppy option (it's set to 3.5" 1.44MB option) then the windows setup
doesn't think there is a floppy drive. (So I know that option has an
effect)

The setup atleast loaded the .sys files I was feeding it through the
external USB FDU (after skipping the S option, I hit enter and it reads
the files and puts them into memory).

So I'm at a loss again,
Thoughts?

Thanks,
-Dan

Intel ICH7R Southbridge supports:
- 1 x Ultra DMA 100/66/33 hard disk
- 4 x Serial ATA 3 Gb/s hard disks
- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configuration
- Intel Matrix Storage Technology
ITE IDE controller support:
- 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 hard disks

SIL3132 has nothing to do with your board, so using that
driver won't help.

You've used a slipstreamed WinXP SP2 disk, and that should
contain Microsoft native drivers suitable for "Enhanced" "SATA"
BIOS setting and the use of the SATA ports on the ICH7R.

1) Make sure the CDROM used for the install, is connected to
the Southbridge PATA connector. I would not use the ITE
ports for a CDROM.

2) Connect one SATA drive, then go into the BIOS and verify
that the name and capacity of the drive can be seen
by the BIOS. If you aren't getting that far, then it is
a waste of time to try and install Windows. There are occasional
problems with SATA drives and chipsets and compatibility.

3) Boot the Windows slipstreamed install CD. No need for F6.
Windows should see a physical drive and ask you how to
partition/format it etc. The Microsoft native driver should
pick up the drive via the PCI address space.

If you are still getting an "Inaccessible Boot Drive" setting,
make sure it is not the CD that is being flagged as not
bootable, versus the actual SATA drive that is not being
detected.

The Southbridge PATA port is the blue colored connector, and
that is where the CD drive should be connected. In the user
manual, it is edge mounted and labelled "PRI_IDE". Assuming this
is a PATA (ribbon cable) CD drive...

http://www.asus.com.tw/prog_content/middle_enlargement.aspx?model=550

Paul
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