So i got my pc running... except

Kaldar · Jan 23, 2006, 02:55 AM

as you guys know i built my pc and had a bit of trouble with the pin connectors, thats all done with (i think lol)... i started up my pc for the first time everything seemed ok except..... it didn't detect my harddrive, i tried everything i could think of, changing the sata connectors around, changing the jumpers etc... then i finally got to one setup with the jumpers where when i loaded it, it detected my hd.....(5-6 on the jumpers)

then after that i went into my bios and set up the boot order to first my cd rom driver, then hd. after that i put the windows xp cd in and restarted, everything was going perfect untill i got to the end.... it said i didn't have a hard drive? i was like WTF!!!!!!!!! so after about an hour or two or me screwing around, i decided to ask you guys. plesae any help at all, heres my hard drive:

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822135106

my psu:

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817103931

and my mobo

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131541

niceguyrichy · Jan 23, 2006, 12:45 PM

you installed sata drivers for your hdd yet?

davidnsibs · Jan 23, 2006, 12:57 PM

http://www.hothardware.com/forum/mes...&enterthread=y

this might be of some help

Kaldar · Jan 23, 2006, 05:28 PM

yeah, i was looking around last night and i realized, i needed to get drivers for it, lol. but the problem is i DONT have a floppy drive so i looked into slipstreaming.... but eh i'm still confused on which files to slipstream onto the disc for my drivers.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 23, 2006, 09:26 PM

You want the file that's under the drivers section...usually like WIN_2k or WIN_XP and then there should be an inf file, and a dll file with the same name

Kaldar · Jan 23, 2006, 09:35 PM

but i mean, do i use the ones that came with my motherboard or do i need to download the western digital drivers

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 23, 2006, 09:48 PM

The ones that came with your mobo are the ones to use

Kaldar · Jan 23, 2006, 10:18 PM

im a bit confused of what to use off my motherboard disc, alot of files came with, like 500mb worth of files. it has four folders.... bin, drivers, manual, software... i'm guessing in drivers, but in tehre it breaks downinto more: 4in1, audio, amd, lan, promise, usb2 and viaraid

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 23, 2006, 10:26 PM

Your mobo is similar to mine then. You want viaraid.

Kaldar · Jan 23, 2006, 10:36 PM

ok but the viaraid folder is 10mb so when i open it up, it says "6420raid" then i click that, and it goes into a folder that looks like this:

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 23, 2006, 10:53 PM

Now you go into SATA

Not 10 seconds ago I was listening to Iced Earth

Kaldar · Jan 23, 2006, 11:01 PM

just copy the sata to a floppy and i'm done?

oh yeah and haha iced earth owns

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 24, 2006, 04:34 PM

Yeah should be OK. Gotta make sure the file txtsetup.oem is in the folder too

niceguyrichy · Jan 24, 2006, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaldar

yeah, i was looking around last night and i realized, i needed to get drivers for it, lol. but the problem is i DONT have a floppy drive

I had that problem.
don't understand why xp needs a floppy drive, I haven't used one in years

anyway, hope you got it sorted.
sometimes you don't need drivers, you just have to disable raid0 function in the bios just btw.

Kaldar · Jan 24, 2006, 10:56 PM

where in the bios would that be?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 24, 2006, 11:03 PM

That won't fix it....that'll just break any RAID arrays that are there, the controller itself needs the same driver I believe. VIA chipsets are like that

Kaldar · Jan 24, 2006, 11:14 PM

ahhhhhh i don't know what to do, this is indeed myfirst build so i may of missed over some the most basic things. i tried that sata thing and it didn't work. what if i didn't hook up my floppy drive right? =/ lol i mean the floppy drive is about 6 or more years old lol i hijacked it from my ancient computer. i even tried with an ide hard drive but it wouldn't let me format the drive or something

GRRRRRRr

any ideas at all guys? i could try again with the drivers i guess butttttttt idk

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 24, 2006, 11:24 PM

If you look in the zip file and sort by Folder name I believe there is a directory that says "FLoppy setup" or something similar, that folder is what you need on the disk

Kaldar · Jan 25, 2006, 02:19 AM

there is a program called "makedisk" and i did that and it told me to put a floppy disc in the drive, so i did it copied a bunch of files to it. so then i pressed f6 when it started up and when it asked for them, i put it in and pressed enter.......it waited a few seconds then went bac kto the same screen, wtf??? you guys think i may of hooked up my floppy driver wrong?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 25, 2006, 02:25 AM

The floppy is hooked up wrong if the light is always green

Kaldar · Jan 25, 2006, 03:39 AM

lol yeah..... i think that MAY be it, becuase whenever i happened to glance down at my pc the light was green. lol =/

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 25, 2006, 04:14 AM

The end with the twist is the one you want to reverse, it should be connected to the drive itself

Kaldar · Jan 27, 2006, 11:49 PM

ok i got a bit farther this time, my floppy drive actually works this time but when it asked for the drivers it was loading them etcetc it told me to select which one and i chose for xp then it said it had an unexpected error with like oemdisk.c or something? i tried like 10 different floppys with different drivers (the via chipset ones, hd ones, asus ones etc)

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 28, 2006, 04:33 AM

Maybe the drive is too old? Floppy drives tend to die when used very infrequently I find

Kaldar · Jan 28, 2006, 05:00 AM

but it WORKED, as i said i had like 10 different drivers on my floppy disk and one of them worked but it wasnt the right one rofl so technically it didnt work =/

Kaldar · Jan 28, 2006, 05:22 AM

and when i said "my floppy drive actually worked" i meant, before i hooked it up wrong so thats what i was referring too lol

Kaldar · Jan 29, 2006, 04:09 AM

not to rush anything but uh any help?

i want to use the pc i built so bad.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 29, 2006, 04:34 AM

Keep fiddling till you find the right drivers.

Or find a friend whose actually done this before, or phone the tech support for your mobo I mean hey part of what you pay for is for them to have to figure this crap out.

The driver on the floppy that came with the mobo has to work or they did something wrong

Jan 23, 2006, 02:55 AM	#1
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	So i got my pc running... except as you guys know i built my pc and had a bit of trouble with the pin connectors, thats all done with (i think lol)... i started up my pc for the first time everything seemed ok except..... it didn't detect my harddrive, i tried everything i could think of, changing the sata connectors around, changing the jumpers etc... then i finally got to one setup with the jumpers where when i loaded it, it detected my hd.....(5-6 on the jumpers) then after that i went into my bios and set up the boot order to first my cd rom driver, then hd. after that i put the windows xp cd in and restarted, everything was going perfect untill i got to the end.... it said i didn't have a hard drive? i was like WTF!!!!!!!!! so after about an hour or two or me screwing around, i decided to ask you guys. plesae any help at all, heres my hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822135106 my psu: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817103931 and my mobo http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131541

Jan 23, 2006, 12:57 PM	#3
davidnsibs 9500pro Forever Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 273 Rep Power: 0	http://www.hothardware.com/forum/mes...&enterthread=y this might be of some help __________________ Goodbye 9500pro, you've been a faithful servant through Half life, Deus Ex, Unreal 2, Max Payne 1+2, Nolf 1+2, CoD, Far Cry, Civ IV, F.E.A.R and many more

Jan 28, 2006, 05:00 AM	Thread Starter #25
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	but it WORKED, as i said i had like 10 different drivers on my floppy disk and one of them worked but it wasnt the right one rofl so technically it didnt work =/ __________________ Operton 185 w/ Zalman CNPS9500 , Sapphire HD 4850, ABIT AT8, OC Z 700W PSU, Asus 16x DVD writer, 2GB Crucial pc3200 RAM, Xoxide X-Ventilator, WD800JDx2, MX500. 05 Mustang GT 5 Spd

Jan 28, 2006, 05:22 AM	Thread Starter #26
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	and when i said "my floppy drive actually worked" i meant, before i hooked it up wrong so thats what i was referring too lol __________________ Operton 185 w/ Zalman CNPS9500 , Sapphire HD 4850, ABIT AT8, OC Z 700W PSU, Asus 16x DVD writer, 2GB Crucial pc3200 RAM, Xoxide X-Ventilator, WD800JDx2, MX500. 05 Mustang GT 5 Spd

Jan 29, 2006, 04:09 AM	Thread Starter #27
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	not to rush anything but uh any help? i want to use the pc i built so bad. __________________ Operton 185 w/ Zalman CNPS9500 , Sapphire HD 4850, ABIT AT8, OC Z 700W PSU, Asus 16x DVD writer, 2GB Crucial pc3200 RAM, Xoxide X-Ventilator, WD800JDx2, MX500. 05 Mustang GT 5 Spd

Jan 23, 2006, 05:28 PM	Thread Starter #4
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	yeah, i was looking around last night and i realized, i needed to get drivers for it, lol. but the problem is i DONT have a floppy drive so i looked into slipstreaming.... but eh i'm still confused on which files to slipstream onto the disc for my drivers.

Jan 23, 2006, 09:26 PM	#5
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	You want the file that's under the drivers section...usually like WIN_2k or WIN_XP and then there should be an inf file, and a dll file with the same name

Jan 23, 2006, 09:35 PM	Thread Starter #6
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	but i mean, do i use the ones that came with my motherboard or do i need to download the western digital drivers

Jan 23, 2006, 09:48 PM	#7
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	The ones that came with your mobo are the ones to use

Jan 23, 2006, 10:18 PM	Thread Starter #8
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	im a bit confused of what to use off my motherboard disc, alot of files came with, like 500mb worth of files. it has four folders.... bin, drivers, manual, software... i'm guessing in drivers, but in tehre it breaks downinto more: 4in1, audio, amd, lan, promise, usb2 and viaraid

Jan 23, 2006, 10:26 PM	#9
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Your mobo is similar to mine then. You want viaraid.

Jan 23, 2006, 10:36 PM	Thread Starter #10
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	ok but the viaraid folder is 10mb so when i open it up, it says "6420raid" then i click that, and it goes into a folder that looks like this:

Jan 23, 2006, 10:53 PM	#11
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Now you go into SATA Not 10 seconds ago I was listening to Iced Earth

Jan 23, 2006, 11:01 PM	Thread Starter #12
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	just copy the sata to a floppy and i'm done? oh yeah and haha iced earth owns

Jan 24, 2006, 04:34 PM	#13
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Yeah should be OK. Gotta make sure the file txtsetup.oem is in the folder too

Jan 24, 2006, 10:56 PM	Thread Starter #15
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	where in the bios would that be?

Jan 24, 2006, 11:03 PM	#16
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	That won't fix it....that'll just break any RAID arrays that are there, the controller itself needs the same driver I believe. VIA chipsets are like that

Jan 24, 2006, 11:14 PM	Thread Starter #17
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	ahhhhhh i don't know what to do, this is indeed myfirst build so i may of missed over some the most basic things. i tried that sata thing and it didn't work. what if i didn't hook up my floppy drive right? =/ lol i mean the floppy drive is about 6 or more years old lol i hijacked it from my ancient computer. i even tried with an ide hard drive but it wouldn't let me format the drive or something GRRRRRRr any ideas at all guys? i could try again with the drivers i guess butttttttt idk

Jan 24, 2006, 11:24 PM	#18
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	If you look in the zip file and sort by Folder name I believe there is a directory that says "FLoppy setup" or something similar, that folder is what you need on the disk

Jan 25, 2006, 02:19 AM	Thread Starter #19
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	there is a program called "makedisk" and i did that and it told me to put a floppy disc in the drive, so i did it copied a bunch of files to it. so then i pressed f6 when it started up and when it asked for them, i put it in and pressed enter.......it waited a few seconds then went bac kto the same screen, wtf??? you guys think i may of hooked up my floppy driver wrong?

Jan 25, 2006, 02:25 AM	#20
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	The floppy is hooked up wrong if the light is always green

Jan 25, 2006, 03:39 AM	Thread Starter #21
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	lol yeah..... i think that MAY be it, becuase whenever i happened to glance down at my pc the light was green. lol =/

Jan 25, 2006, 04:14 AM	#22
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	The end with the twist is the one you want to reverse, it should be connected to the drive itself

Jan 27, 2006, 11:49 PM	Thread Starter #23
Kaldar DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 213 Rep Power: 0	ok i got a bit farther this time, my floppy drive actually works this time but when it asked for the drivers it was loading them etcetc it told me to select which one and i chose for xp then it said it had an unexpected error with like oemdisk.c or something? i tried like 10 different floppys with different drivers (the via chipset ones, hd ones, asus ones etc)

Jan 28, 2006, 04:33 AM	#24
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Maybe the drive is too old? Floppy drives tend to die when used very infrequently I find

Jan 29, 2006, 04:34 AM	#28
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Keep fiddling till you find the right drivers. Or find a friend whose actually done this before, or phone the tech support for your mobo I mean hey part of what you pay for is for them to have to figure this crap out. The driver on the floppy that came with the mobo has to work or they did something wrong