Installed SATA driver, but still no SATA

AL_n

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Oct 28, 2011, 1:21:08 PM10/28/11

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I've just acquired an HP 6710b Core 2 Duo laptop with a newly formatted
hard drive. I tried loading XP prfessional (SP3), but it would not
recognise the hard drive. I disabled SATA in the BIOS, after which I was
able to install XP, presumably accessing the drive in IDE mode.

After XP was installed, I downloaded the Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver
driver for this laptop, from the HP site.

I then enabled SATA in the BIOS, hoping I'd then be able to run the laptop
in the (faster) SATA mode, but when I tried this, the laptop wouldn't boot
up. After disabling SATA again, it booted up.

Can anyone tell me how to get SATA working?

Thank you..

Al

the wharf rat

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Oct 28, 2011, 4:17:08 PM10/28/11

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In article <Xns9F8CBA38...@130.133.4.11>,

AL_n <fgdf...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:
>After XP was installed, I downloaded the Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver
>driver for this laptop, from the HP site.
>

Ummmm you DID install the SATA driver, right?

AL_n

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Oct 28, 2011, 5:06:30 PM10/28/11

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wr...@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote in
news:j8f2k4$ji5$3...@reader1.panix.com:

I think so, because in Device Manager under IDE/ATAPI controllers, I see:
Intel (R) ICH8M 3 port Serial ATA storage controller 2828

and "the device is working properly"

Is the above evidence that the driver is installed?

TIA

Al

Bob_Villa

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Oct 28, 2011, 5:53:37 PM10/28/11

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When I had this problem I used a freeware called nLite and merged the
SATA drivers into an OEM copy of Windows. If I can do it...anyone
can! (I'm old)

Bob_Villa

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Oct 29, 2011, 8:49:16 AM10/29/11

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On Oct 28, 12:21 pm, "AL_n" <fgdfg...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericSoftwareDownloadIndex?cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&softwareitem=ob-51521-1&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

AL_n

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Oct 29, 2011, 11:42:28 AM10/29/11

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Bob_Villa <pheeh...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:39c2da9b-e141-42ea...@r21g2000yqi.googlegroups.com:

> When I had this problem I used a freeware called nLite and merged the
> SATA drivers into an OEM copy of Windows. If I can do it...anyone
> can! (I'm old)

Thanks. I tried this but it seems to require a complete reinstallation of
XP. On my system, it seems that this can only be done by reformatting the
hard drive. I was hoping to avoid that.

I guess it's not as simple as copying the driver files to
windows/System32... nor can it be done by updating the driver via evice
Manager, it seems.

Al

Bob_Villa

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Oct 29, 2011, 11:49:09 AM10/29/11

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On Oct 29, 10:42 am, "AL_n" <fgdfg...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:

AFAIK, it HAS to be done from the install of a formatted drive.

AL_n

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Oct 29, 2011, 11:51:48 AM10/29/11

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Bob_Villa <pheeh...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:b1def377-ce0a-467e...@s7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:

> AFAIK, it HAS to be done from the install of a formatted drive.

I see.. Did you notice a significant improvement in the speed of your
machine after you got SATA working with XP?

Al

Bob_Villa

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Oct 29, 2011, 12:56:44 PM10/29/11

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On Oct 29, 10:51 am, "AL_n" <fgdfg...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:

> Bob_Villa <pheeh.z...@gmail.com> wrote innews:b1def377-ce0a-467e...@s7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:
>
> > AFAIK, it HAS to be done from the install of a formatted drive.
>
> I see.. Did you notice a significant improvement in the speed of your
> machine after you got SATA working with XP?
>
> Al

On my Dell 1545 it wouldn't load initially (loading files) then crap-
out. I never tried emulating IDE.