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    SATA drivers & nForce 410/430 chipset

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Estlander, Jan 6, 2007.

  1. Estlander

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    I've seen many threads where installing a fresh OEM copy of windows on Intel-based laptops can be a nightmare because of the missing SATA drivers. Does the same also apply to HP laptops with nForce chipset, or is it pretty much a problem with Intel systems only?
     
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    Anyone??? I'm asking because so many Core 2 Duo owners with their Intel based systems have had many problems with their SATA drivers, but i haven't seen AMD nForce owners seeking help over this.
    All i've read is that it's supposed to be easier with nForce systems, but why exactly? What is so different about those systems - after all, they do have the same SATA drives?
    I am thinking of maybe using nLite and trying make a copy of XP MCE with the SATA drivers already included, but before i do that, i wanted to see if any nForce owners have had any problems with their systems.
     
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    It doesn't apply to nVidia chipsets. I'm not sure why, other than nVidia being a more clueful company than Intel.

    Check out RyanVM's Post-SP2 Update Pack and Integrator. I use that and integrate drivers and apps, and the wpa.dbl file from the old installation's c:\windows\system32 directory so I don't have to re-activate.
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No, need for any slipstreaming, I believe(not quite sure) that the Intel ICH-7 SATA drivers were released after SP2 was released & so the Win XP CD's do not contain this driver. HP should have slipstreamed it but I guess it wasnt their priority since they stopped giving out Win XP reinstall disc's.
     
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    Yep, that's what i did. But instead of using that Integrator, i used nLite. And just in case i also included those SATA drivers from SWSetup folder.
    I'm gonna look into that wpa.dbl file though.
     
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    But why is it that AMD based notebooks have no option in BIOS to disable SATA support while installing Windows, but Intel systems do?
     
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    AMD notebooks don't need it. More specifically, nVidia chipset notebooks don't need it, I think ATI (recently bought by AMD) chipsets do. The Radeon 200 series did, not sure about the 1150 and upcoming 1250. Most ATI chipset notebooks are still using IDE drives though so SATA support is a non-issue. I had a little fun getting WinXP installed onto a Radeon 200 chipset desktop box without a floppy drive though.

    The wpa.dbl backup method is documented here.
     
    brianstretch, Jan 7, 2007
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