WD Raptor + A7N8X-Dlx (1.04) = BSOD and no boot

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I am wanting to use a WD Raptor 36 GB drive as the ONLY SATA drive on
the board. So no raid configuration etc. I have done the following:

1. Tried loading the drivers
2. Tried without loading the drivers
3. Setting the boot sequence to scsi, hdd0,hdd1,hdd2,hdd3
4. Flashing to 1007 bios and uber1007 bios
5. Using the latest drivers off of Silicon's site
6. Copying the data from the IDE drive to the SATA drive

All of these DO NOT allow me to install or boot off of the drive. I do
have a question. On the back of this drive, there is a jumper. Where
does that jumer need to go. (from right to left) 1 or 2 or 3 or where?
When I try to install XP on it, I get a BSOD saying
unmountable_boot_volume. I have posted on different forums and no
luck on any of them. I am leaning toward a bad drive. But what some
more input. Please reply back to the ASAP. Much appreicated.

Aaron
 
Aaron said:
I am wanting to use a WD Raptor 36 GB drive as the ONLY SATA drive on
the board. So no raid configuration etc. I have done the following:

1. Tried loading the drivers
2. Tried without loading the drivers
3. Setting the boot sequence to scsi, hdd0,hdd1,hdd2,hdd3
4. Flashing to 1007 bios and uber1007 bios
5. Using the latest drivers off of Silicon's site
6. Copying the data from the IDE drive to the SATA drive

All of these DO NOT allow me to install or boot off of the drive. I do
have a question. On the back of this drive, there is a jumper. Where
does that jumer need to go. (from right to left) 1 or 2 or 3 or where?
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Any/either/none AFAIK. Check WDC website.
When I try to install XP on it, I get a BSOD saying
unmountable_boot_volume. I have posted on different forums and no
luck on any of them. I am leaning toward a bad drive. But what some
more input. Please reply back to the ASAP. Much appreicated.
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Have you partitioned and formatted and made active the partition? Or are
you waiting for the options in Windows setup to do so?

I enabled the SATA Controller with the jumper, plugged the drive in and hit
F6 during setup startup using the latest driver on a floppy (.32 at the
time, I think) and just set up Win2K... it was a piece of cake.

I take it you get the BIOS for the SATA controller up when you boot the
machine and that it sees your hard drive?

Ben
 
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