SATA driver help!

[BabyHeadCrab]

ugh, so heres whats up

I run the following

av8 socket 939 uguru mobo (K8T800 PRO / 8237 chipset)
OEM xp-PRO sp1a
2 WD raptors 10krpm SATA

I need to reformat.. but I boot windows and the sata drives are not recognized. I figure out I need to format a floppy with the drivers necisary for windows to recognize the drives but whenever I do that I get errors.. does anyone know where to find the drivers that actually work and how to format them onto the floppy?

 

[J_Tweedy]

go to www.viaarena.com and select drivers, then select your motherboard, os, and chipset (which should be the 8237 chipset) and download, unzip to a bootable floppy, and you're away. Don't forget to press F6 when asked to specify a thrid party driver for SATA, and wait. (it seems like pressing F6 doesn't do anything, but it comes back to it later on in the process)

You can use Drdflash to create a bootable floppy, just google it. If I were better at using these forums I could post the exact file you need, but i'm not.

And after that im sure you'll want to create a RAID array, you should be able to find all the drivers you need on that website.

Actually, heres the one you'll want http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2

 

[PickledGecko]

The drivers are somewhere in your motherboard driver CD. There should be somewhere that tells you where they are on the CD, the manual or a pdf file on the disk. It'll tell you where the correct files are for Win XP. Copy those onto a regular floppy, not in a folder just the files. The floppy does not need to be bootable as you will still be booting from the windows CD. When windows setup boots you will need to keep pressing F6 to tell it you need drivers for your HDs.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

go to www.viaarena.com and select drivers, then select your motherboard, os, and chipset (which should be the 8237 chipset) and download, unzip to a bootable floppy, and you're away. Don't forget to press F6 when asked to specify a thrid party driver for SATA, and wait. (it seems like pressing F6 doesn't do anything, but it comes back to it later on in the process)

You can use Drdflash to create a bootable floppy, just google it. If I were better at using these forums I could post the exact file you need, but i'm not.

And after that im sure you'll want to create a RAID array, you should be able to find all the drivers you need on that website.

cant seem to find the exact driver I need (the ones you put onto the floppy)

The drivers are somewhere in your motherboard driver CD. There should be somewhere that tells you where they are on the CD, the manual or a pdf file on the disk. It'll tell you where the correct files are for Win XP. Copy those onto a regular floppy, not in a folder just the files. The floppy does not need to be bootable as you will still be booting from the windows CD. When windows setup boots you will need to keep pressing F6 to tell it you need drivers for your HDs.

i'l look for said pdf

 

[J_Tweedy]

oh yeah, it doesn't have to be bootable, just ignore that part in my first post, im just confusing myself

Did you try the second link?

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

ok the PDF doesn't say how to format the floppy for it recognize what I need.. i've tried takeing out the obvious (text oem file, xp drivers etc) and I either get an error right off the bat, or when I select VIA XP from the little list of drivers windows gives you.

 

[PickledGecko]

it just needs to be a regularly formated disk, like you would format it for a word doc or whatever.

and the files in the folder on my disk are called:
Si3112r.inf
Si3112r.mpd
Si3112r.sys
SIISUPP.VXD
SIWinAcc.sys
TxtSetup.oem

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

it just needs to be a regularly formated disk, like you would format it for a word doc or whatever.

and the files in the folder on my disk are called:
Si3112r.inf
Si3112r.mpd
Si3112r.sys
SIISUPP.VXD
SIWinAcc.sys
TxtSetup.oem

right except I need via correct?

 

[PickledGecko]

There was a readme.txt in there as well, is there one in you're folder. Maybe that would shed some light on the problem.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

There was a readme.txt in there as well, is there one in you're folder. Maybe that would shed some light on the problem.

theres just a million folders and subfolders full of driver related things and I have no idea which to use (I know xp and via)

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I believe it is this: http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=5&ArticleID=93

that I want.. but how do I format the damn floppy

 

[PickledGecko]

Try doing a search for SATA, there will probably only be one folder and in that it should have sub folders relating to the driver. Either just "\driver" and all the files in there, or maybe "\driver\winxp" or something like that.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

bump.. ready to smash comp to bits. Have tried alot of different combinations >.<

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

i'm starting to think it might be an error in windows because it says "texsetup.oem caused an unexpected error 1024 in line 1742 or something" and lists D:\....something something xpsp1

maybe it's because my xp comes with sp1a

I Just keep getting text.oem contained error blah blah blah :angry:

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

my computer is now a paper weight lol.. this is my brothers.. I tried to do a raid array and it formatted the disks.. well low and behold godamn windows still wont recognize my sata drives no matter what I do... SOS

 

[J_Tweedy]

that error just means you havent got the right folder set up on the disk- dont worry- it is not broken, i had the exact same problem. just look on that viaarena link i gave you- the download ahould be about 6.5mb, and find the right folder for your os. the floppy should go:
PIDE (folder) within this all operating system folders, each with 'viapdisk' and 'viapide'
SATA (folder within this another txtsetup and vt6420 files, and more os folders, each with 3 diff 'viaraid' files.
TXTSETUP.OEM
VT6420

 

[duffers20]

Also, you should look on teh cd you got with the mobo as there may be the drivers on there for the SATA controller too. THats where I found mine when I installed xp on my SATA drive.