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    M570U Motherboard Sata

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by aeioe, Aug 1, 2008.

  1. aeioe

    aeioe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi again,

    So I recently purchased the 320GB Hitachi 2.5in 7200rpm SATA drive from Tiger and have run into the inability to install XP on it. Supposedly I can take VIA SATA drivers and slip them into an image of my windows disc and that will do it, but I'm not sure how to figure out which SATA drivers I need. Even if I just stick them on a Floppy Disk, how can I determine which drivers are for me?

    Always thankful,
    ~Aeioe
     
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    aeioe Notebook Enthusiast

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    I figured out how to slip the "text-mode" drivers onto a new disc with nLite but I apparently didn't use the right drivers because I still get "no hard drive found" during setup. I used
    the Intel 32-Bit floppy drivers here.

    If these aren't the drivers how to I figure out which are?

    ~Geoff
     
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    KillerNotebooks Notebook Consultant

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    Go to my support page and download the F6 Driver for AHCI and RAID Mode. You don't need to slipstream the drivers into the install package; it's nice, but I think you can just hit F6 when Windows setup starts and use a floppy drive to feed the OS the ICH7 (or whatever they were) drivers.

    If my memory serves me correctly, that is all you need to do.
     
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  4. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    Actually there is no need for SATA Drivers. Try disabling the Robson Turbo Memory (AHCI) in bios and that will likely fix your problem. :)
     
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    aeioe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry if I'm slow, I visited http://www.killernotebooks.com/entrance_page.aspx and moused over support, but I'm not sure where to go from here.

    I know how to slip the drivers on with nLite, the only reason I was going that route is because I don't have a USB floppy drive.

    ~Aeioe

    P.S. I have no BIOS options for AHCI that I can find anywhere. The BIOS is actually very limited looking compared to others I've seen.
     
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    I would recommend trying the suggestion I have provided as it likely fix your problem. There is no need for SATA Drivers as previously reported.
     
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    aeioe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do I need a newer BIOS version to change AHCI settings? I have the Stock Phoenix 1.0

    ~Geoff
     
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    You can do it in the standard bios.
     
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    Ok I will try again as soon as I'm off work, I must have been looking at something wrong.

    I'll update when I've found it,
    Geoff
     
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    aeioe Notebook Enthusiast

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    My BIOS is telling me that I can't change any settings in User Mode. I have no "Supervisor" Password so How am I supposed to change my settings?

    How do I turn User Mode off?

    ~Aeioe
     
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    I would like to know this as well. I think it may be the only way for me to get the DVD drive working in Vista.
     
    omniphonix, Aug 26, 2008
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