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    SATA Driver for R500?

    Discussion in 'LG' started by slowhill, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. slowhill

    slowhill Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to switch back to XP, however I need a SATA driver. For the R500, does anyone have anything? I used the Intel Storage Matrix from the intel site (PM965 chipset, right?) And got the driver from Windows\System32, and slipstreamed it in but with no success. Anyone who has switched to XP from Vista on a R500 with keeping SATA, help please?
     
    slowhill, Dec 7, 2007
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    beefman Notebook Consultant

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    Here's how I got it working on my R200. Go into the BIOS and switch the controller into Legacy mode. Boot into XP. Find the driver, right click the INF and click 'Install'. Then, shut down, go into BIOS and go back into AHCI/'Native' mode. Should come up just fine.
     
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    slowhill Notebook Enthusiast

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    Uhh the Matrix Storage I installed on Vista doesn't seem to work, can you email me the inf and the other driver files? I'll pm you my email if you're okay with emailing the files. Thanks for the suggestion so far too by the way. :)
     
    slowhill, Dec 8, 2007
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    posttime Newbie

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    Have you tried these?

    http://ca.lgservice.com/index_b2c.jsp

    select notebook, r500 , xp and do a search. go to the second page and they are there. Let me know how things work out for you.

    Posttime
     
    posttime, Dec 18, 2007
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    slowhill Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ah I've tried that, but the setup says I don't have the requirements, which is true I suppose because SATA is disabled, and the drive is read as IDE in XP. If I enable SATA and try booting, I'll get a BSOD.
     
    slowhill, Dec 23, 2007
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