Vista requested SATA / IDE driver

goldfries · 20th Aug 2008, 05:20 AM

Hi guys,

I just jumped into Vista bandwagon and so far it's a nightmare over certain matters.

Now the thing is this, I installed Vista on a new SATA drive - all things worked fine.

I plugged in a SATA drive and it was fine, detected and I could browse the content but Vista (SP1 btw) kept asking me for the drivers and I said NO NO NO.

Fine, everything went on well.

The next time I placed that same SATA drive into the same slot - nope, no chance to access it. Detected on BIOS and everything, I just can't access it.

After fiddling around with some settings and changing port, I manage to access it again ........... and it still keeps bugging me for drivers.

Both drives are from Seagate. 320GB and 250GB respectively. I just can't understand why the OS residing drive would work fine but it kept bugging me for the other SATA driver.

So now, have you guys face this? What was the solution?

I'm tired of Googling and browsing for information. The mobo driver CD doesn't seem to have any driver for SATA, I don't think it needs it since primary HDD worked fine. Seagate website doesn't say much, AFAIK SATA is plug and play....... it could read my drive fine, why need another driver?

IIRC it even asked for drivers when I plugged in my IDE drive.

So again - have you guys face this? What was the solution?

PsYkHoTiK · 20th Aug 2008, 09:20 AM

HMM!

Thats odd.

What is on that hard drive? Just data or is there another OS on it?

I have done some plug and play with Vista and I didn't have that issue.

Dashken · 20th Aug 2008, 10:00 AM

Huh? Now... this is the first. Normally it detects as soon as I plug it in (for AHCI and RAID), for IDE has to restart though. Hmm... any new clues in the Disk Management area?

goldfries · 20th Aug 2008, 01:14 PM

I'm actually confused.

First it tells me it refuses to detect, hence me starting this thread.

After I posted this thread, the add-on SATA drive appears on the Device Manager along with the OS-residing SATA drive.

Dashken · 20th Aug 2008, 02:14 PM

Then if next time something's wrong. Create a thread here.

Lacus · 20th Aug 2008, 03:16 PM

thats weird o_O..it happening to you on the new amd platform? what mobo is that are you using o_o?

goldfries · 20th Aug 2008, 04:57 PM

ASUS M3A78 Pro.

anyway, now i have a greater problem.

Windows both Vista and XP refuses to be installed on my usual P35 setup + E7200 (new proc la) and my usual HDD and PSU.

ahhh............ whole night trouble-shooting. Vista just loads to full bar and stops at BSOD. XP, goes through the installation setup but stops at checking the HDD part.

oh well, I'll leave that for other story. now, back to the lab.

zy · 20th Aug 2008, 09:10 PM

maybe change your SATA mode so something else

in BIOS

Dashken · 21st Aug 2008, 12:25 AM

Hmm... good idea zy.

What's the mode now?

goldfries · 21st Aug 2008, 05:56 AM

erm. nah. i saw the AHCI and whatever stuff, decided it stays as IDE.

anyway solved the BSOD shit that i face - by just removing 1 stick of RAM. after that, put the RAM back and it's as if nothing ever happened.

the past 3 days was a horrible start with Vista.

20th Aug 2008, 05:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
goldfries www.goldfries.com Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: KL/PJ Malaysia Posts: 7,953 Reputation: 539 Rep Power: 19	Vista requested SATA / IDE driver Hi guys, I just jumped into Vista bandwagon and so far it's a nightmare over certain matters. Now the thing is this, I installed Vista on a new SATA drive - all things worked fine. I plugged in a SATA drive and it was fine, detected and I could browse the content but Vista (SP1 btw) kept asking me for the drivers and I said NO NO NO. Fine, everything went on well. The next time I placed that same SATA drive into the same slot - nope, no chance to access it. Detected on BIOS and everything, I just can't access it. After fiddling around with some settings and changing port, I manage to access it again ........... and it still keeps bugging me for drivers. Both drives are from Seagate. 320GB and 250GB respectively. I just can't understand why the OS residing drive would work fine but it kept bugging me for the other SATA driver. So now, have you guys face this? What was the solution? I'm tired of Googling and browsing for information. The mobo driver CD doesn't seem to have any driver for SATA, I don't think it needs it since primary HDD worked fine. Seagate website doesn't say much, AFAIK SATA is plug and play....... it could read my drive fine, why need another driver? IIRC it even asked for drivers when I plugged in my IDE drive. So again - have you guys face this? What was the solution? __________________ no computer specs \| no photography gear list \| no userbars \| no quotes

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PsYkHoTiK "Little" Devil Join Date: 8 Apr 2004 Location: On the "throne" Posts: 14,661 Reputation: 4442 Rep Power: 64	HMM! Thats odd. What is on that hard drive? Just data or is there another OS on it? I have done some plug and play with Vista and I didn't have that issue. __________________ Intel SLAPL 4.3GHz @ 1.35v : 2x2GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 : Asus P5K Premium : WD RE3 250GB x2 RAID 0 : 3ware 9650SE-2LP : G92 8800GTS 512mb 820MHz Core : XFi Platinum : Silverstone OP650 : Silverstone TJ-07 : Dtek FuZion CPU : Swiftech MCW60 : MCP655 : Thermochill PA120.3 w Scythe Ultra Kaze CPU-Z: SLAPL : SLA9U : FX-55 : DDR 600 : VX www.techarp.com PsYkHoTiK's Meanderings

20th Aug 2008, 10:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,231 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	Huh? Now... this is the first. Normally it detects as soon as I plug it in (for AHCI and RAID), for IDE has to restart though. Hmm... any new clues in the Disk Management area? __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

20th Aug 2008, 01:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
goldfries www.goldfries.com Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: KL/PJ Malaysia Posts: 7,953 Reputation: 539 Rep Power: 19	I'm actually confused. First it tells me it refuses to detect, hence me starting this thread. After I posted this thread, the add-on SATA drive appears on the Device Manager along with the OS-residing SATA drive. __________________ no computer specs \| no photography gear list \| no userbars \| no quotes

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Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,231 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	Then if next time something's wrong. Create a thread here. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

20th Aug 2008, 03:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Location: Some gundam factory o.o Posts: 1,302 Reputation: 180 Rep Power: 4	thats weird o_O..it happening to you on the new amd platform? what mobo is that are you using o_o? __________________ GUNDAM 00[Intel Xeon E3110 E0 Stock\|Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\|Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2\|4x2gb DDR2 1000Mhz OCZ SLI-Ready Edition\|Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB\|Creative X-FI XtremeMusic\|Creative Inspire P5800\|Silverstone Strider ST56F\|Acer X233H\|Keyboard=Microsoft Sidewinder X6\|Logitech MX518\|Lian Li PC-7YCF]

20th Aug 2008, 04:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
goldfries www.goldfries.com Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: KL/PJ Malaysia Posts: 7,953 Reputation: 539 Rep Power: 19	ASUS M3A78 Pro. anyway, now i have a greater problem. Windows both Vista and XP refuses to be installed on my usual P35 setup + E7200 (new proc la) and my usual HDD and PSU. ahhh............ whole night trouble-shooting. Vista just loads to full bar and stops at BSOD. XP, goes through the installation setup but stops at checking the HDD part. oh well, I'll leave that for other story. now, back to the lab. __________________ no computer specs \| no photography gear list \| no userbars \| no quotes

20th Aug 2008, 09:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY / Penang MY Posts: 13,336 Reputation: 2158 Rep Power: 41	maybe change your SATA mode so something else in BIOS __________________

21st Aug 2008, 12:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,231 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	Hmm... good idea zy. What's the mode now? __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

21st Aug 2008, 05:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
goldfries www.goldfries.com Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: KL/PJ Malaysia Posts: 7,953 Reputation: 539 Rep Power: 19	erm. nah. i saw the AHCI and whatever stuff, decided it stays as IDE. anyway solved the BSOD shit that i face - by just removing 1 stick of RAM. after that, put the RAM back and it's as if nothing ever happened. the past 3 days was a horrible start with Vista. __________________ no computer specs \| no photography gear list \| no userbars \| no quotes

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