udated ASUS a8v motherboard bios, now theres no Hard Disk?!?!

[maniac618]

right i can't believe this i need urgent help now please if you will....

I'm typing to you lot from my brother's computer....

I updated the bios for my asus a8v deluxe, the thing is i chose not to clear the CMOS.

I restarted after updating via asus on the internet site and it says i have no hard drive, i restarted again and it said the same thing and then again and it said i had a new processor!!!!!?!?!?!


Anyway, it wants me to set up an array for my SATA hard drive, would doing this wipe my current data on the drive???

Here's the options if i choose to "fast build"...


Fast Build Utility 2.01 for Promise.

Auto Setup

View Drive Assignments > if i choose this it says the following...

my drive is not assigned as it says "free" and it has the mode "U6" which is UDMA 6 or whatever. The other options on the first menu are as follows...

Define Array

Delete Array

Rebuild Array

This has got out of hand! I never set up an array at the beginning of setting up the PC in the first place so what is this?

Help Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

Maniac618.

 

[maniac618]

dunno how to clear the cmos i have no option for that anymore.

I installed a lower version of the bios and still have the same problem...

any idea how i can reinstall the promise driver for the sata hard drive? How can i get it running in dos? any ideas? I've only got access to the A floppy drive.

will reinstalling a hard disk controller's software wipe the hard drive contents?

What do you make of the following?

Important

If you wish to include your current bootable Serial or Parallel ATA drive using the Windows NT4.x, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system on your SATA150 TX Series Controller, do NOT connect the hard drive to the controller yet.

You MUST install the Windows NT4, 2000, or XP driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.

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