Re: Feedback

Sorry I have the A8N and misread your post. Via does need drivers.


"Christian Hougardy (MS MVP XP)" <> wrote in
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> Hi guys,
>
> So, I installed a AV8 Deluxe mobo with AMD 3500 and 2 gig ram.
> Two sata and two ide HD, Creative Labs Live! soundcard and nVidia GeForce4
> 4600 videocard.
> Well, to be honest, it wasn't that easy.
> My point was to repaire or reinstall XP32bit without losing all my data
> and my config. Forget it. Because you have to install the sata raid
> drivers (with floppy and F6) (I don't understand why I need a raid driver
> as I'm not using any raid), the setup didn't propose me to repair or
> reinstall. I had to make a fresh install and find my way out to get
> everything working.
>
> But, when it comes to X64, it's worse. Because my bootdisk is a sata disk,
> when I try to install X64 (on one of the IDE HD's), the setup doesn't see
> the bootdisk. So, the install starts, but at the first reboot, the newly
> created boot.ini is not on the bootdisk and guess what: I'm back to XP32.
>
> I did rewrite the boot.ini file but not to avail. So, I have to figure out
> what I have to do to make it work. I suppose that I'll have to install X64
> on the second sata, to be on the safe side.
>
> Any comment or help or suggestions or whatever appreciated.
>
> Have a nice sunday
>
> Christian Hougardy (MS XP MVP)
> Johannesburg - South Africa
> http://msmvps.com/xpditif
>
>

John Barnes