Win XP 64 cannot see SATA drive

[keithrider]

Hi there
My PC has a removable HD Caddy, so I can use other OS.
I thought that I would upgrade, and put in a Maxtor DiamondMax 320Gb SATA
drive, to use as extra storage, accessible for all the various OS.
Windows Vista can see and use it, without me needing to do anything, and
also Ubuntu 8.
Win XP 64 Pro cannot see it. On boot up, if I look in the SATA bios, the HD
is listed, but I cannot do anything as nothing is ‘highlighted.’ But I don’t
think this would solve the problem.
I have an Optronix MB OP-K9A8PRO-ALF, chipset Via K8T800Pro+VT8237 with an
AMD 64 3500, and 2Gb Ram. The Optronix CD is no help, and the company seem to
have disappeared now.
I could do with some driver for XP 64, but have had no luck.
Any ideas?

KJR

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Win XP 64 cannot see SATA drive

You'll need a driver for that SATA controller. It looks like it's a VIA
VT8237 from your description, so go directly to www.viaarena.com. You can
download a driver there.

--
Charlie.
"keithrider" <keithrider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8992C079-6193-4C5E-AA4A-5C6C5CC26A26@microsoft.com...
> Hi there
> My PC has a removable HD Caddy, so I can use other OS.
> I thought that I would upgrade, and put in a Maxtor DiamondMax 320Gb SATA
> drive, to use as extra storage, accessible for all the various OS.
> Windows Vista can see and use it, without me needing to do anything, and
> also Ubuntu 8.
> Win XP 64 Pro cannot see it. On boot up, if I look in the SATA bios, the
> HD
> is listed, but I cannot do anything as nothing is ‘highlighted.’ But I
> don’t
> think this would solve the problem.
> I have an Optronix MB OP-K9A8PRO-ALF, chipset Via K8T800Pro+VT8237 with an
> AMD 64 3500, and 2Gb Ram. The Optronix CD is no help, and the company seem
> to
> have disappeared now.
> I could do with some driver for XP 64, but have had no luck.
> Any ideas?
>
> KJR
>
>

 

[keithrider]

Re: Win XP 64 cannot see SATA drive



"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> You'll need a driver for that SATA controller. It looks like it's a VIA
> VT8237 from your description, so go directly to www.viaarena.com. You can
> download a driver there.
>
> --
> Charlie.

Thanks Charlie - did the job fine, once I managed to get past the Driver
Detective.
> "keithrider" <keithrider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8992C079-6193-4C5E-AA4A-5C6C5CC26A26@microsoft.com...
> > Hi there
> > My PC has a removable HD Caddy, so I can use other OS.
> > I thought that I would upgrade, and put in a Maxtor DiamondMax 320Gb SATA
> > drive, to use as extra storage, accessible for all the various OS.
> > Windows Vista can see and use it, without me needing to do anything, and
> > also Ubuntu 8.
> > Win XP 64 Pro cannot see it. On boot up, if I look in the SATA bios, the
> > HD
> > is listed, but I cannot do anything as nothing is ‘highlighted.’ But I
> > don’t
> > think this would solve the problem.
> > I have an Optronix MB OP-K9A8PRO-ALF, chipset Via K8T800Pro+VT8237 with an
> > AMD 64 3500, and 2Gb Ram. The Optronix CD is no help, and the company seem
> > to
> > have disappeared now.
> > I could do with some driver for XP 64, but have had no luck.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > KJR
> >
> >
>
>