SATA Hard Drive not detected during installation of Windows XP

[Huffy08]

Ok, first off here are my systems Specs....

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA 80 GB
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Thermaltake Venus 7+ CPU fan
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
RAIDMAX ATX-868WBP
1 GB Corsair PC 3200

Now to the problem.
--Here are the steps I have taken so far--
1. Installed the drive properly in the case.
2. Ran DiskWizard 2003
3. Configured the BIOS

After this I tried to install Windows XP Pro using the CD, and it would go fine untill it came to this --->

http://seagate.com/support/disc/images/sata_detect1.jpg

I downloaded the following Asus driver Promise SATA378 Driver V1.00.0.26 (ATA Mode). I put this on a disk, and ran it when I got to this screen by pressing F6 in the begingin of installation --->

http://seagate.com/support/disc/images/sata_detect2.jpg

It came up with with the driver for XP and I selected it. I continued installing only to come to the same problem, "Setup did not find any hard disk drives on your computer."

I have contacted Asus for support, only to be given a ticket in which they will call me back. Any help or suggestions would be great. Thanks.

 

[paparazi]

Is there an option in the bios to change SATA raid to "base" or "ATA"
I know with my Gigabyte and with a single SATA drive the "base" setting needed to be sellected.
I've checked on the Asus site and it looks like the correct driver you are using.
I also notice Via SATA raid controller drivers 220d (you have two controllers) just check the single drive is attached to a Promise controller SATA out connector not Via.
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[ceh4702]

You may have to load Chipset Drivers for SATA. They may be on the Chipset CDROM for your motherboard. You have to have them on a floopy and load them when you install windowsXP. During the install you will be prompted for drivers for SCSI OR RAID and you have to insert the disk in the A:\ drive (Floppy). These are not the Hard drive drivers but control the RAID or SATA chip on the motherboard/controller.

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[dakota81]

The floppy disc you need during the installation of Windows XP is not just a copy of the normal Windows drivers directory as you would use for any hardware device, but rather includes som extra special files for Windows setup to detect what is on the disc.

XP setup tells you what file it is looking for on the floppy disc when it cannot detect it, search the motherboard cd for that file and put that directory onto a floppy.