spanakorizo Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 (edited) i would like to know an easy way to install the SATA drive also in XP the sata must recognized in IDE ATAPI CONTROLLERS? cause mine isn't cause i need to find the devid maybe i do something wrong from the bios and it doesnt fuction as SATA in XP? anyway from VIA SERIAL ATA RAID CONTROLLER i got :VEN_1106&DEV_3149 or should it be WIN XP PROMISE SATA378 IDE CONTROLLER? but those are in SCSI and RAID CONTROLLERS,i saw some user to have the SATA controller in IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers plz help something is wrong... also if someone has the same mobo plz tell me what he did to install SATA i have AMD FINAL dvd ,but i have also used goatsecx,jas and never had luck to install the SATA drive Edited January 6, 2007 by spanakorizo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37683-asus-a8v-sata-install-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanakorizo Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 still can't install the SATA drive... it's connected in the mobo via the red cable and in bios its set to "IDE OPERATING MODE (not RAID) in bios also: PROMISE CONTROLLER: enabled and there is a 3rd choise for SATA : ENABLE SATA BOOTROM if i "enable" this ,i cant see the disK not either in XP maybe all this time it fuctions as PATA and not SATA in my XP? what about the osx86 ,why cant see the sata? my mobo is fully supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37683-asus-a8v-sata-install-problem/#findComment-268734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanakorizo Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37683-asus-a8v-sata-install-problem/#findComment-269730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 You should be able to use the VIA SATA to install osx if you choose the VIA package. In your bios you should only have options for SATA or RAID nothing about IDE, if you're using an SATA drive it will definitely not be seen as a PATA drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37683-asus-a8v-sata-install-problem/#findComment-269745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanakorizo Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 can you plz make it a little more simple? you say that in bios i should use RAID mode but everybody says to use IDE mode in order to OSX see it in bios i have 3 options for the SATA enable SATA bootrom (enabled) enable promise controller (enabled) operating mode :IDE operating mode (there are 2 modes=IDE and RAID) if i choose with RAID mode not either XP cannot see the SATA drive the drive is a WD 300GB SATA DISK in XP device manager its called as SCSI Disk Drive but for sure its not a SCSI! are the SATA called SCSI? how should it be recognized in XP ,i know a lot about Windows etc but not about SATA stuff its connected with the RED cable via the SATA controller in the motherboard what is wrong...? i really cannot understand all this stuff with SATA and RAID ,im old school's with IDE disks and IDE cables so plz help to solve this ,where is the mistake? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37683-asus-a8v-sata-install-problem/#findComment-269750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanakorizo Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 (edited) hehehe i did it ofcourse i knew that is a "connection" problem and not a problem with my OSX etc etc so what was wrong...? you won't blv it i was too lazy to open the tower and look at my mobo but when i opened it i noticed something not good the cable that connects the SATA disk to the mobo is RED and there were 2 ports there that fits the cable in RED colour so when i bought the DISK i connected the cable there i looked closer and i noticed that the ports had the label "SATA RAID 1 and 2" hmmmm then i found the correct (same size) ports but in black with the label only "SATA 1 and 2" ofcourse i knew when i connected the cable there that its gonna work then i booted to bios and removed the promise controler cause i noticed than now the promise check says" nothing..no bios" now i have real SATA ,i knew all this time that it was not SATA in XP either problem solved ,and thankz me very much for my help ofcourse nooffence to you,it would be difficult to imagine this (i think only MINE asus a8v-deluxe has red colour for SATA RAID port and if the cable also is RED it can confuse you and connect it wrong ..it should be black as i saw in many photos) Edited January 6, 2007 by spanakorizo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37683-asus-a8v-sata-install-problem/#findComment-269776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitosuc Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 hey! you are not alone! I got the same problem. OSX install couldn´t see my disk and I decided to have a look inside... wrong connector... Tested in ASUS K8V SE deluxe Bios adjustments: On board SATA controller [enable] On board PROMISE controller [disable] now leopard detects your SATA drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/37683-asus-a8v-sata-install-problem/#findComment-1102890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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