Help with SATA drive/vista - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

debaser · 09-15-2007, 12:39 PM

I'm building a new system, and I can't get Vista to recognize my SATA hard drive.

I can't get the drive to partition either.

I'm just running it native IDE for now.

Has anyone had this problem?

Got a quick fix, other than loading XP instead?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Dilbert1234567 · 09-15-2007, 03:11 PM

what mother board?

debaser · 09-15-2007, 04:38 PM

Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H.

I got it to find the drive, now I am deal with a whole other rash of shit. This is the first time I have built a 64 bit system, what fun...

xepherys · 09-16-2007, 01:41 AM

Native IDE? It has both?

At any rate, I had a similar situation installing Vista64 with my SATA drive. I was never able to partition it or anything during the setup... I ended up starting over and just clicking "Next" through the whole process. It worked fine. *shrug*

debaser · 09-16-2007, 04:51 PM

Yeah, This supports native and legacy IDE, as well as raid and AHCI.

I still need some help, and this will take a serious tech geek:

If try to boot straight from the HD, the computer freezes up right after it POSTs, and gives me the following string in ASCII:

180, 66, 138, 220, 36, 180, 66, 138, 220, 36

which looks vaguely like:

lBèo$lBèo$

except that the "l" has a tick halfway up it on the left side, and the "o" is a square block.

If you are still reading this, you can see what the characters look like here in the extended table:

http://www.asciitable.com/

Does anyone have any clue what this is?

If I put my other HD in, it finds them both and gives me the option to boot to vista or xp.

xepherys · 09-17-2007, 05:07 AM

I meant the drive supports IDE and SATA? Most boards do, still. I would check, since the drive supports both (which is odd, what drive is it) if there is a jumper setting that needs to be put on. Frankly, if the drive supports SATA, put it on SATA and disable PATA/IDE on the board outright if you are not using any IDE devices. Mixed-mode has always been flakey, even with recent boards. If you must use mixed-mode, be sure that your BIOS is properly configured to support both simultaneously. My old Gigabyte board had an oddly worded setting that allowed it (the one that SOUNDED like it should did not). Also, be sure your boot order is correct if you are trying to boot from the SATA drive or set it up as your primary boot drive for Vista. Vista can, but does not like to, boot from non-primary devices.

Daemon1313 · 09-19-2007, 09:11 AM

Vista has a lot of issues with the ATI SB600 chipset (I believe that's what that MB has). You can do searches on it and its AHCI conflicts. Most of the people I know that got it to work did one of two things (or both). Removed all drives except the DVD drive and the boot drive or used updated drivers.

09-15-2007, 12:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
debaser Sir, I have a plan... Location: 38S NC20943324	Help with SATA drive/vista I'm building a new system, and I can't get Vista to recognize my SATA hard drive. I can't get the drive to partition either. I'm just running it native IDE for now. Has anyone had this problem? Got a quick fix, other than loading XP instead? Any insight would be appreciated. __________________ Fortunato became immured to the sound of the trowel after a while.

09-15-2007, 03:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	what mother board? __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

09-15-2007, 04:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
debaser Sir, I have a plan... Location: 38S NC20943324	Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H. I got it to find the drive, now I am deal with a whole other rash of shit. This is the first time I have built a 64 bit system, what fun... __________________ Fortunato became immured to the sound of the trowel after a while.

09-16-2007, 01:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	Native IDE? It has both? At any rate, I had a similar situation installing Vista64 with my SATA drive. I was never able to partition it or anything during the setup... I ended up starting over and just clicking "Next" through the whole process. It worked fine. shrug __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage

09-16-2007, 04:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
debaser Sir, I have a plan... Location: 38S NC20943324	Yeah, This supports native and legacy IDE, as well as raid and AHCI. I still need some help, and this will take a serious tech geek: If try to boot straight from the HD, the computer freezes up right after it POSTs, and gives me the following string in ASCII: 180, 66, 138, 220, 36, 180, 66, 138, 220, 36 which looks vaguely like: lBèo$lBèo$ except that the "l" has a tick halfway up it on the left side, and the "o" is a square block. If you are still reading this, you can see what the characters look like here in the extended table: http://www.asciitable.com/ Does anyone have any clue what this is? If I put my other HD in, it finds them both and gives me the option to boot to vista or xp. __________________ Fortunato became immured to the sound of the trowel after a while.

09-17-2007, 05:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	I meant the drive supports IDE and SATA? Most boards do, still. I would check, since the drive supports both (which is odd, what drive is it) if there is a jumper setting that needs to be put on. Frankly, if the drive supports SATA, put it on SATA and disable PATA/IDE on the board outright if you are not using any IDE devices. Mixed-mode has always been flakey, even with recent boards. If you must use mixed-mode, be sure that your BIOS is properly configured to support both simultaneously. My old Gigabyte board had an oddly worded setting that allowed it (the one that SOUNDED like it should did not). Also, be sure your boot order is correct if you are trying to boot from the SATA drive or set it up as your primary boot drive for Vista. Vista can, but does not like to, boot from non-primary devices. __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage

09-19-2007, 09:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
Daemon1313 Crazy Location: Atlanta	Vista has a lot of issues with the ATI SB600 chipset (I believe that's what that MB has). You can do searches on it and its AHCI conflicts. Most of the people I know that got it to work did one of two things (or both). Removed all drives except the DVD drive and the boot drive or used updated drivers. __________________ A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.