Dankubs2002 Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 Hi all, In my search for the fix to my problem I luckily stumbled onto your site so I figured I'd see if I could find some answers. For the last three days I have been trying to install my SATA drive on any of the four sata ports. I've had the help of three of my buddies and we have not been able to figure out what is wrong. Every combination that we use to install windows ends with a complete black screen when windows is starting up to install. At F6 we have tried installing WD's Sata drivers and files begin to load to the ram but when it says windows starting... the screen goes completely black and the system freezes. We've also monkeyed with BIOS settings. We tested the ram with memtest and it checked out fine. We even loaded knoppix I think this is a driver issue but I have no idea where to go. The MB recognizes the Harddrive and everything. I'm looking for recommendations for drivers and BIOS settings. I'd like to think this isn't a hardware problem. I've scoured this forum but haven't had much luck finding something exactly like this. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 Try the other SATA cable that came with the motherboard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dankubs2002 Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 Yeah I did that too, this problem has been occurring with both SP1 and SP2 XP Pro btw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikepags Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 Need more details here. Why RU using F6 if it is not a raid. On boot screen do you see ur drive listed? and installing Win can and have formatted the drive? WD's have quirks. Being a sata U prob don't have jumpers ?? U got another Hdd to try? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dankubs2002 Posted April 26, 2005 Posted April 26, 2005 I could try another HD but i'd prefer to hold off on that unless I really have to. In the BIOS setup my SATA drive is recognized. I thought that drivers would have to be installed from WD for it to be recognized. Then I started looking for Marvell and Nvidia drivers. Then I heard something about looking on the DFI Utility CD for a couple of drivers but I couldn't find anything relevant. The drive is recognized though and we even ran DBan on the drive to make sure that it was completely wiped clean. Every time it gets to the "Windows starting..." screen, the monitor goes black and the system seems to just freeze and go nowhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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