quick Asus A8N-SLI

[Matt]

I used an A8V-Deluxe on my last computer and because I used a SATA drive as
the primary I had to install drivers from a floppy before the motherboard
would recognize the drive... will I have to do the same with the A8N-SLI?

 

[Natéag]

There are two different controllers on board. The first ones (marked as
SATA in the manual - the others
are shown as SATA _ RAID).

 

[Pete M Williams]

I used an A8V-Deluxe on my last computer and because I used a SATA drive as
the primary I had to install drivers from a floppy before the motherboard
would recognize the drive... will I have to do the same with the A8N-SLI?

I have two Mator SATA drives on the A8N-SLI Deluxe and I did not have to
install any drivers from a floppy using this motherboard.
The two SATA drives were recognised straight away.

 

[Matt]

I have two Mator SATA drives on the A8N-SLI Deluxe and I did not have to
install any drivers from a floppy using this motherboard.
The two SATA drives were recognised straight away.

Cool... thanks!!!

 

[Jon Radbourne]

I used an A8V-Deluxe on my last computer and because I used a SATA drive as
the primary I had to install drivers from a floppy before the motherboard
would recognize the drive... will I have to do the same with the A8N-SLI?

If you are doing a clean Windows XP install onto the drive then you will
need to install the drivers from the floppy disk. You create the disk using
the program that comes on the CD ROM with the motherboard and follow the
instructions during windows installation. Its all in the manual with the
board. Best of luck.

Jon

 

[Pete M Williams]

If you are doing a clean Windows XP install onto the drive then you will
need to install the drivers from the floppy disk. You create the disk
using the program that comes on the CD ROM with the motherboard and follow
the instructions during windows installation. Its all in the manual with
the board. Best of luck.

I beg to differ.
I built my system from scratch (clean install) on a Maxtor SATA drive and I
never used the SATA drivers "from floppy" at all.

I have also performed a format C: using the same combo of motherboard and
SATA drive to do a clean install of Win XP Pro and had no need for a floppy
with drivers then either.

 

[Simon]

I beg to differ.
I built my system from scratch (clean install) on a Maxtor SATA drive and
I never used the SATA drivers "from floppy" at all.

I have also performed a format C: using the same combo of motherboard and
SATA drive to do a clean install of Win XP Pro and had no need for a
floppy with drivers then either.

Yep same here. No drivers needed for the SATA controller unless you have
them in an array.

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the

Yep same here. No drivers needed for the SATA controller unless you have
them in an array.

I think it depends on what version of XP you are installing. SP2 is
certainly supposed to 'know about' SATA right out of the box. Vanilla XP
certainly didn't. Not sure where SP1 fits in.

 

[Natéag]

Of course that depends on the motherboard. A7N8 boards required a
floppy. Not An8X.

I think it depends on what version of XP you are installing. SP2 is
certainly supposed to 'know about' SATA right out of the box. Vanilla XP
certainly didn't. Not sure where SP1 fits in.

Dunno.

 

[Cuzman]

Natéag wrote:

" I think it depends on what version of XP you are installing. SP2 is
certainly supposed to 'know about' SATA right out of the box. Vanilla XP
certainly didn't. Not sure where SP1 fits in. "


I just built a system with an Abit NF8, Seagate ST3200826AS and an XP
Pro SP1a CD. I never needed to install any drivers from disk before XP
recognized the drive.

 

[OverKlocker]

Natéag wrote:

" I think it depends on what version of XP you are installing. SP2 is
certainly supposed to 'know about' SATA right out of the box. Vanilla XP
certainly didn't. Not sure where SP1 fits in. "


I just built a system with an Abit NF8, Seagate ST3200826AS and an XP
Pro SP1a CD. I never needed to install any drivers from disk before XP
recognized the drive.

i thought i read somewhere that it depends on if the sata controller
is native to the southbridge

 

[edde]

I beg to differ.
I built my system from scratch (clean install) on a Maxtor SATA drive and
I never used the SATA drivers "from floppy" at all.

I have also performed a format C: using the same combo of motherboard and
SATA drive to do a clean install of Win XP Pro and had no need for a
floppy with drivers then either.

I agree. If you setup your SATA drive on the nvidia controller, NO drivers
are needed as XP automatically sets it to a regular harddrive until you are
able to later install the Nvidia chipset drivers. I've done this many times
with the A8N-SLI DELUXE.

 

[Matt]

I used an A8V-Deluxe on my last computer and because I used a SATA drive as
the primary I had to install drivers from a floppy before the motherboard
would recognize the drive... will I have to do the same with the A8N-SLI?

Thanks everyone, no driver was needed! Of course I had to install/uninstall
the NIC drivers 3 times before I could get an internet connection, but
that's another story.

 

[Simon]

Of course that depends on the motherboard. A7N8 boards required a
floppy. Not An8X.

The question specifically mentioned the A8N-Sli...we'd be here all day if
you wanted to go through every other board

 

[Jon Radbourne]

Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the


I think it depends on what version of XP you are installing. SP2 is
certainly supposed to 'know about' SATA right out of the box. Vanilla XP
certainly didn't. Not sure where SP1 fits in.

Ah, my experience was with Vanilla XP so that explains the need for the
drivers.

Jon