Solved Install not recognising HDD

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Peeko

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Hey folks,

I'm attempting to install Vista Business x64 on an Asus Rampage II Extreme motherboard which has the ICH10 Intel controller (as well as a JMicron controller).

I have a single Spinpoint F1 (1TB) connected to SATA1 and a PATA optical drive on the JMicron controller.

Supposedly Vista has the relevant drivers to locate my SATA HDD however it never finds it.

I have the Intel controller configured as ACHI in the BIOS and the JMicron as IDE which as far as I am aware is correct.

Anyone got any idea why this is not working?

Kind Regards,
 
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core i7 920
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage II Extreme
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator (cas8)
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS HD4870
    Sound Card
    Creative Xi-Fi Extreme
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 19"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    PSU
    700W Tagan (modular)
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    Antec P182
    Cooling
    120mm fans
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    Razer
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    Microsoft Habu
Hi,

I had this problem last night when installing the Win 7 64Bit beta ontoa Seagate 500Gb SATAII drive. The solution, I used a slower speed DVD ROM drive and it loaded perfectly. I have read on other forums that you can also use slower speed media as well.

hth
 

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I don't think I have a slower drive.

Weird thing is, when I connect the SATA drive to the JMicron controller instead of the Intel controller, Windows correctly identifies the HDD.

The JMicron controller is configured as IDE, even when I configure SATA as IDE, Windows still sees nothing.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core i7 920
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage II Extreme
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator (cas8)
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS HD4870
    Sound Card
    Creative Xi-Fi Extreme
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 19"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    PSU
    700W Tagan (modular)
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    120mm fans
    Keyboard
    Razer
    Mouse
    Microsoft Habu
Well I finally got the HDD issue 'resolved'.

Rampage II Extreme comes with two IO controllers, JMicron (1xSATA (IDE/ACHI)) & Intel (6xSATA (IDE/ACHI/RAID)). The Intel controller require(d|s) a driver to be slipstreamed into the Windows ISO (either that or a F6/FDD for XP or CD for Vista).

However, even using these methods, Windows still failed to locate the drives and sometimes didn't even locate the slipstreamed drivers. This was the case no matter even if SATA on the Intel controller was configured as IDE/ACHI/RAID.

The solution, I connected a HDD to the JMicron controller which was able to see the HDD without any extra drivers. Deleted then formatted the drive and got Windows installed on it cleanly. Performed all the usual updates for Windows and installed the Intel Storage Matrix driver. With that installed and Windows updated, booted into the BIOS and changed the SATA configuration on the Intel controller to ACHI and transferred the drive from the JMicron to the Intel controller and added a second drive. Restarted the PC and was successfully greeted by a Windows login screen.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core i7 920
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage II Extreme
    Memory
    6GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator (cas8)
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS HD4870
    Sound Card
    Creative Xi-Fi Extreme
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 19"
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    PSU
    700W Tagan (modular)
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    120mm fans
    Keyboard
    Razer
    Mouse
    Microsoft Habu
Glad to hear you got it sorted.:)
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
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    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
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