Re: A8V-XE WinXP 64 install problems.

Paul wrote:
wedge40 wrote:
I've reinstalled XP about 5 times so far. At one point I had it
running ok, but I'm trying to get XP to work with AHCI instead of IDE.
I have all SATA devices. Two hard drives, and two SATA DVD's
3Gb of Ram and EVGA 8600 video card.

Is there a way to install drivers at install time. If so where do I
get the drivers from to do this.

If I start the install process with AHCI enabled I get the blue screen
of death. Not sure what it say, other than if this is the first time
yada yada yada.

If I install with IDE enabled it will install fine, but at install and
first boot it will take 5 or 10 minutes to start.
I've gotten it started and install (in this order) the Via chipset up
dates, then Asus updates.

I'm thinking I should have gotten a different Motherboard. I had 3GB
of DDR400 ram that I didnt' want to waste, so this was one that would
allow me to use it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Wedge

Since you're using WinXP x64, I guess the correct INF file would have
been VIAMRX64.inf . In my previous post, I quoted the one for the
32 bit install. The line

PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_6287.DeviceDesc="VIA AHCI Controller - 6287"

is still in there.

Paul
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