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I have a Asus P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard and i am trying to install Vista public beta 2 on a formatted single 120gb sata HD not raid configured booting from the vista dvd.
1) If i enable sata in my bios and have my agp GFX card (Asus AX800XT 256mb platinum) plugged in Vista will boot off DVD it gets to loading windows then i get a black screen and have to reset pc.
2) If i disable sata in bios and have my GFX card plugged in Vista will boot off DVD load windows files i click install now enter my product key, it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to list, but as sata is disabled in the bios my HD can not be seen so obviously can not install vista.
3) If i enable sata in bios and unplug my GFX card, vista will boot off DVD load windows files, i enter product key it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to and my HD is in the list i select my HD then click next it will start copying windows files, It will the lock up during copying windows files or expanding windows files and i have to reset pc.
All in all i think it could be an incomatability issue with my motherboard ie the chipset or the sata chip.
Any help would be great!

When you get to the screen that gives you the choice of "regular or custom" install, on the left side there is a hyperlink that says "Load Drivers." Now, I'm not sure if you have been doing it or when you've been doing it, but this would be the ideal time to take the floppy disk with your SATA drivers on it, pop it in the drive and click the hyperlink.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Bully" wrote in message

I have a Asus P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard and i am trying to install Vista public beta 2 on a formatted single 120gb sata HD not raid configured booting from the vista dvd.
1) If i enable sata in my bios and have my agp GFX card (Asus AX800XT 256mb platinum) plugged in Vista will boot off DVD it gets to loading windows then i get a black screen and have to reset pc.
2) If i disable sata in bios and have my GFX card plugged in Vista will boot off DVD load windows files i click install now enter my product key, it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to list, but as sata is disabled in the bios my HD can not be seen so obviously can not install vista.
3) If i enable sata in bios and unplug my GFX card, vista will boot off DVD load windows files, i enter product key it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to and my HD is in the list i select my HD then click next it will start copying windows files, It will the lock up during copying windows files or expanding windows files and i have to reset pc.
All in all i think it could be an incomatability issue with my motherboard ie the chipset or the sata chip.
Any help would be great!

But it see's my HD? and there is no vista drivers for sata. I have tried XP ones but they do not work.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

When you get to the screen that gives you the choice of "regular or custom" install, on the left side there is a hyperlink that says "Load Drivers." Now, I'm not sure if you have been doing it or when you've been doing it, but this would be the ideal time to take the floppy disk with your SATA drivers on it, pop it in the drive and click the hyperlink.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Bully" wrote in message I have a Asus P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard and i am trying to install Vista public beta 2 on a formatted single 120gb sata HD not raid configured booting from the vista dvd.
1) If i enable sata in my bios and have my agp GFX card (Asus AX800XT 256mb platinum) plugged in Vista will boot off DVD it gets to loading windows then i get a black screen and have to reset pc.
2) If i disable sata in bios and have my GFX card plugged in Vista will boot off DVD load windows files i click install now enter my product key, it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to list, but as sata is disabled in the bios my HD can not be seen so obviously can not install vista.
3) If i enable sata in bios and unplug my GFX card, vista will boot off DVD load windows files, i enter product key it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to and my HD is in the list i select my HD then click next it will start copying windows files, It will the lock up during copying windows files or expanding windows files and i have to reset pc.
All in all i think it could be an incomatability issue with my motherboard ie the chipset or the sata chip.
Any help would be great!

If you search this newsgroup, you will find no less than 30 different threads, all on exactly this same subject. Your mobo may or may not have SATA drivers in memory, but judging from your results, I'd bet on not. The XP drivers may or may not work. Try searching both this newsgroup and the one about installation/setup and I am sure you will find a wealth on information, and quite possibly, someone with the same mobo that has posted a solution.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Bully" wrote in message

But it see's my HD? and there is no vista drivers for sata. I have tried XP ones but they do not work.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
When you get to the screen that gives you the choice of "regular or custom" install, on the left side there is a hyperlink that says "Load Drivers." Now, I'm not sure if you have been doing it or when you've been doing it, but this would be the ideal time to take the floppy disk with your SATA drivers on it, pop it in the drive and click the hyperlink.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Bully" wrote in message I have a Asus P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard and i am trying to install Vista public beta 2 on a formatted single 120gb sata HD not raid configured booting from the vista dvd.
1) If i enable sata in my bios and have my agp GFX card (Asus AX800XT 256mb platinum) plugged in Vista will boot off DVD it gets to loading windows then i get a black screen and have to reset pc.
2) If i disable sata in bios and have my GFX card plugged in Vista will boot off DVD load windows files i click install now enter my product key, it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to list, but as sata is disabled in the bios my HD can not be seen so obviously can not install vista.
3) If i enable sata in bios and unplug my GFX card, vista will boot off DVD load windows files, i enter product key it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to and my HD is in the list i select my HD then click next it will start copying windows files, It will the lock up during copying windows files or expanding windows files and i have to reset pc.
All in all i think it could be an incomatability issue with my motherboard ie the chipset or the sata chip.
Any help would be great!

I searched the Vista related newsgroups for "SATA" and received 81 threads as a result. So my guess of 30 was on the low side...
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

If you search this newsgroup, you will find no less than 30 different threads, all on exactly this same subject. Your mobo may or may not have SATA drivers in memory, but judging from your results, I'd bet on not. The XP drivers may or may not work. Try searching both this newsgroup and the one about installation/setup and I am sure you will find a wealth on information, and quite possibly, someone with the same mobo that has posted a solution.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Bully" wrote in message But it see's my HD? and there is no vista drivers for sata. I have tried XP ones but they do not work.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
When you get to the screen that gives you the choice of "regular or custom" install, on the left side there is a hyperlink that says "Load Drivers." Now, I'm not sure if you have been doing it or when you've been doing it, but this would be the ideal time to take the floppy disk with your SATA drivers on it, pop it in the drive and click the hyperlink.
-- Ted Stevens taught me everything I know about putting internets in tubes...
"Bully" wrote in message I have a Asus P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard and i am trying to install Vista public beta 2 on a formatted single 120gb sata HD not raid configured booting from the vista dvd.
1) If i enable sata in my bios and have my agp GFX card (Asus AX800XT 256mb platinum) plugged in Vista will boot off DVD it gets to loading windows then i get a black screen and have to reset pc.
2) If i disable sata in bios and have my GFX card plugged in Vista will boot off DVD load windows files i click install now enter my product key, it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to list, but as sata is disabled in the bios my HD can not be seen so obviously can not install vista.
3) If i enable sata in bios and unplug my GFX card, vista will boot off DVD load windows files, i enter product key it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to and my HD is in the list i select my HD then click next it will start copying windows files, It will the lock up during copying windows files or expanding windows files and i have to reset pc.
All in all i think it could be an incomatability issue with my motherboard ie the chipset or the sata chip.
Any help would be great!

"Bully" wrote in message

I have a Asus P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard and i am trying to install Vista public beta 2 on a formatted single 120gb sata HD not raid configured booting from the vista dvd.
1) If i enable sata in my bios and have my agp GFX card (Asus AX800XT 256mb platinum) plugged in Vista will boot off DVD it gets to loading windows then i get a black screen and have to reset pc.
2) If i disable sata in bios and have my GFX card plugged in Vista will boot off DVD load windows files i click install now enter my product key, it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to list, but as sata is disabled in the bios my HD can not be seen so obviously can not install vista.
3) If i enable sata in bios and unplug my GFX card, vista will boot off DVD load windows files, i enter product key it gets to the which HD do you want to install vista to and my HD is in the list i select my HD then click next it will start copying windows files, It will the lock up during copying windows files or expanding windows files and i have to reset pc.
All in all i think it could be an incomatability issue with my motherboard ie the chipset or the sata chip.
Any help would be great!

It is very much a chipset issue. The only SATA drivers supported directly by Vista currently come from Intel (native support included in the ICH5SR and later southbridges). The only real workaround is a dual-boot install from Windows XP (where your SATA driver is loaded) or an install booting directly into the Vista DVD (which you tried and promptly run into a black screen o'death).
Christopher L. Estep