Vapor Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 The first thing after assembling my comp: Booted up was trying to run off cd then would say disk error, I then popped in winxp it booted up went through setup asks me if I wnt to install windows did that then rqstd me to format specific hd like normal … I did one of the hds went through that xp wntd me to reboot , rebooted . Goes right into setup again so I formatted other drive . To my knowledge when it reboots after formatting and installing window drivers it goes right into installation of windows but it just keeps repeating the process. So I restarted comp after formatting both drives it goes back into windows setup and now showing its partitioned on both drives in setup, one of them shows drive C: in windows setup when its asking u to format the drive….. So I rebooted and hit f10 to set hd array. Added both drives to the right and setting it to stripping then exited . I then entered bios now before I added those hd’s it showed in bios in standard cmos my hds showed up under sata 1 and sata 2 after I setup array and added them in f10 when I go back to standard cmos they are not there just sata 3 and sata 4 , sata 1 and 2 are missing…. ? (im sure that’s normal)…. In cd rom priority it shows: Both my dvd drive and dvd burner In hard disk priority its showing 1. Scsi-0 nvidia stripe 149.00 ( is the 11 gigs that’s already used up from the windows drivers that were installed, damn that’s big) 2. Bootable add ins In removable priority’s showing : 1. floppy disk( it doesn’t show and specific name not sure if it should, is my floppy even working??? , it’s a sony) Network priority’s showing : 1. Lagacy lan card I rebooted again it shows up on booted up nvidia stripe 149.00 I hit f10 again and it shows same thing healthy hds both master so I exited. Now I just let it boot and right after it shows irq numbers and such then Dmi pool data it says disk read error occurred ctrl alt del to reboot. So I rebooted from cd went into setup I then noticed I had a disk labed sata drivers I guess I do that before win setup by hitting f6 to install I hit f6 and nothing happens it then problems me unknown mass storage device scsi or cd rom yadda yadda hit (s)specify specific device or hit enter to continue , when I hit s it asks me for disk I enter disk in and it says please wait for like 10 seconds the nit prompts me for disk again??? Im like wtf??? So I just continued and it goes through same process as I explained earlier and when I attempt to pick a drive to install windows on it says Os already on not good to install windows on it again… but I havn’t fully installed windowsxp on one of them yet… So my question is that disk I have for those sata drivers is that the reason why its not letting me install windows? Do I need a start up disk? Is my floppy not working? If I have a disk in floppy and booted and it prompt me to take out disk does that mean its working??? Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause , I just built this machine finally and I cant figure how to install windows on my hd hehe I guess im just a windows xp noob….. I know u might get confused but its pretty straight forward I haven’t done much and I know I have everything hooked up right let me know if your confused L I don’t really have anyone to talk to or to help me out , I just know this comp will scream when I get it working right ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpuz Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 welcome to ya. See it this link HERE helps ya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapor Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 so this is my problem huh ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapor Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 can u tell me more about my 2 hard drives and how to set array? did i do it right by hitting f10 then tapping right and adding both harddrives so it shows up together? That disk it comes with is to be installed by hitting f6 on startup of windows? im so sorry just a little confused Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapor Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 the sata raid driver disk nvidia nf4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpuz Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 can u tell me more about my 2 hard drives and how to set array? did i do it right by hitting f10 then tapping right and adding both harddrives so it shows up together? That disk it comes with is to be installed by hitting f6 on startup of windows? im so sorry just a little confused sounds ok, when you go into bios is should show it as an array. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 See this guide for setting up the RAID Array... http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8790 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
txmale36 Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 and what atx 500 watt psu is that? native 24 pin? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapor Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 no its 20 pin but i have an 24 pin adapter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 adapters = no good read the critical stickies in the motherboard section...there's a post in the critical thread specific to psu's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vapor Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 crap so i need to go buy a new one? damn it looks soo nice 2! This isnt going to work? http://aspireusa.net/product.php?pid=64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 16, 2005 Posted June 16, 2005 read the psu sticky in the amd motherboard 64bit section...try to stick to something that is quality, reliable, and known to work with many other DFI users Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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