GNome108 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 Got all my parts yesterday, extremely excited.... Windows installs in 20 minutes, great... I load the drivers (only SMBus and Ethernet, no IDE or audio) from the DFI CD (6.66) and windows BSOD's on boot. Same happened with downloaded drivers from nvidia site (6.70). P.S. Windows runs just fine until I try to install the damn drivers... Thanks anyone who may be of any help. :cool: Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeyefan Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 did you remember to install SATA drivers from a floppy disk using F6 at the beginning of the Windows installation process (during blue screen)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkoza Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 did you remember to install SATA drivers from a floppy disk using F6 at the beginning of the Windows installation process (during blue screen)? U dont need those unless u are running raid array it sounds like you didnt follow the build guide, u need to search for the build guide in this forum and follow it.... memtest your ram before you install os Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madian225 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 Hi You will still need to install the SATA drivers for the WD SATA Hard drives, I would also recommend that you use the latest SATA drivers off of the DFI web site rather than off of the CD. I had problems using the Nvidia drivers from the Nvidia web site but the DFI drivers fixed the problem, well worth a try really. I suspect it is a conflict between the MB drivers and the 6.66 drivers, if you get the latest MB drivers and the GPU drivers off of the NVidia web site ( 6.70 and 81.98 from memory) and the RAID drivers off of the DFI web site then you should be fine as that is what I have done and am using without a problem. It will mean a fresh install of windows unfortunately so have the RAID drivers on a floppy and the the latest MB and GPU on a CD and you will be fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNome108 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 Yup, tried 4 times now, twice with, twice without... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeyefan Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 U dont need those unless u are running raid array it sounds like you didnt follow the build guide, u need to search for the build guide in this forum and follow it.... memtest your ram before you install os that is absolutely not true. In addition to raid drivers (if you need them), you have to install the drivers for the sata controller. If you don't, you're not going to be able to boot from (most) Sata drives. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNome108 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 I'm having trouble finding the build guide you're referring to. The first search result is this thread, and nothing but other threads of Q/A's. (sorry, at work, can't dig as hard as I'd like to) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 That's odd, i didn't think you needed the SATA drivers for any of these DFI mobo's. I have a WDC 400 which i'm running on SATA1 and didn't need to press F6 while installing Windows which found it without drivers anyway. Where are these drivers for the SATA, are you talking about only on the EXPERT and not the ULTRA-D/NF4-D ect....? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatasiaus Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 two build guides Ed Jacobson’s Build Guide and Angry Games Build Guide with Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeyefan Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 That's odd, i didn't think you needed the SATA drivers for any of these DFI mobo's. I have a WDC 400 which i'm running on SATA1 and didn't need to press F6 while installing Windows which found it without drivers anyway. Where are these drivers for the SATA, are you talking about only on the EXPERT and not the ULTRA-D/NF4-D ect....? that was what I understood as well, but went I went to DFI from previous builds, tried with no F6 on a single SataI seagate barracuda = no dice, no boot and had to start over. Reinstalled using F6 and presto. LP UT NF4 Sli-D here. I wonder if it depends on the sata drive itself? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madian225 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 I have always installed the SATA drivers at the F6 stage for all my previous non DFI boards and then for the SLI-DR, the Expert and soon the Venus I hope ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNome108 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 The only deviation I have from AngryGames setup is not having the additional power connection on the motherboard. The system runs fine and I can do anything I want in windows until I install the chipset drivers, then it fails to boot with BSOD. I'll try the extra connector and follow ed_jacobson's guide after I get home from work... Back to the meeting.. *sigh* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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