The installation disks include Microsoft SATA drivers which work with
nForce 4 for the install. You only need the nVidia drivers on a floppy
if you want to install on a RAID setup: standard SATA is covered by the
Microsoft drivers.
If it is the only machine you have, you must have the nVidia chipset
drivers to hand before installing because one of the drivers not present
on the installation disk is the nForce 4 ethernet driver.
On 23/07/2009 00:39, tsperling wrote:
> I'm sorry - it would seem that you are both missing the point (unless I
> am?) - even though the board may have SATA support the OP will have to
> activate that support via the F6 & floppy method. This is because SATA
> is IDE and is internally wired to the SCSI device which prohibits any
> IDE drive to be enumerated by the BIOS until SATA/SCSI is enabled.
>
> It would be possible to install the OS to an ATA/IDE and install the
> drivers to the running system later and use those as data drives, but
> without a 'slipstreamed' OS installation, you cannot see a SATA drive to
> install to. I have had my own headaches trying all manners of boot
> options and the most devastating experience was that even a XP x64
> 'repair install' again rendered the SATA drives invisible.
>
>
> Apart from this, there is nothing wrong with your argumentation that I
> can see.
>
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
> "Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> XP, x64 XP, Vista & Windows 7 will all install on nForce 4 without the
>> need for drivers unless the install is on a RAID array. For all except
>> Windows 7, the nVidia drivers will need to be installed subsequently
>> to get all devices functioning. (I assume, but have not tested, that
>> Windows 7 includes the nForce 4 RAID drivers.)
>>
>> If the disk is not seen, it may be dead or not properly connected but
>> it is most likely that it is connected to the secondary controller
>> which is deactivated in the BIOS, or, if it is the DeLuxe, that the
>> disk is connected to the SiL RAID controller.
>>
>> I have installed all the OSes on my A8NSli DeLuxe.
>>
>>
>> The OP asked about both x64 XP and Windows 7 x64.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22/07/2009 20:10, Bobby Johnson wrote:
>>> But, he's trying to install x64 XP and that does not have native support
>>> for the nForce 4 chipset.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dominic Payer wrote:
>>>> If you have an A8N-SLi, you only need the nVidia drivers.
>>>>
>>>> If you have an A8N-SLi Deluxe, you may have connected your disk to the
>>>> SiL SATA port which could be why you cannot see the disk.
>>>>
>>>> W7 x64 supports nForce 4 natively. nForce 4 is now a legacy product,so
>>>> there will be no specific nVidia W7 drivers for it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 22/07/2009 18:52, -Karl wrote:
>>>>> Ok, I have an ASUS ASN-SLI (?? Not at home atm to verify) 64-bit mobo
>>>>> with a AMD 64 3800 CPU. I was trying to get x64 XP on the system but
>>>>> alas, it can't detect the freaking SATA Drive!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, no problem. I know I need to grab the chipset drivers from ASUS.
>>>>> I also know that it uses NVIDIA. So I went to NVIDIA's web site and
>>>>> grab their files as well,
>>>>>
>>>>> However, no matter which package I use, I can't get XP to see the HD.
>>>>> I am not using SATA RAID drivers, I am using their SATA IDE drivers.
>>>>> And yes, I did try their SATA RAID Drivers just to be sure...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm lost on this and was wondering if anyone might be able to shed
>>>>> some light. Many thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. Anyone using W7 x64 yet??? Thoughts? Does it support the SATA
>>>>> drives natively now or do you still need the drivers from the mobo?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
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