Hi,
I had forgotten all about this issue when I built this new system.
I
now remember having to choose RAID for an SATA drive on my A7N8X-E Deluxe (which also has a floppy drive!).
I don't
mean to sound so stupid, (so
please, no smart responses)
but can I just clarify this please?
I installed XP on an SATA drive with BIOS set to IDE.
Consequently the drive information is not under SCSI & RAID controllers in System Properties
as on my A7N8X. Instead I get drive info as if it's an IDE drive with UDMA etc. Is this what everyone sees?
After doing a headless chicken for hours, thinking I'd completely messed up the install, I was about to do a fresh XP install on what was a nicely running system, when I read this thread. Thanks!!!
I only have a single SATAII WD drive. If I follow these instructions from GLk*zaP, will the system then recognise the drive as an SATAII ? Also, will the rear E-SATA ports work and recognise an external drive ?
gLk*zaP said; "2. Now i am not sure which registry fix you are supposed to use for Raid mode and 32-bit XP.
Either the old ICH8R or the ICH9R. I have to rely on feedback from other users here."
Has anyone tried one of these fixes for ICH9R & WinXP, and did you get a file when you clicked his link, or a page of reg code like I did? I would also be grateful for feedback re: if it works.
(By the way, I'm sure I read on the Asus site that AHCI doesn't work with ICH9, can anyone confirm that?)
Cheers,
M