Problem installing SATA driver

Did a clean install of my system today and ran into many problems >.<
I used maxblast bootable CD to partition my 300gb maxtor drive.
Used the floppies to setup XP pro and pressed f6 at start.
Only have 1 drive Drive and it is plugged into the 1st SATA port, so I used the nvidia disk that came with my MB and chose the bottom option from the menu of 2 choices ( nvidia nforce storage controller )
Windows setup then recognised the correct partitions maxblast had created and allowed me to install XP onto my choosen one.
Once this was installed everything seemed to be working fine.
Installed SP2 and all windows updates.
Then I decided to try the nvidia unified driver from the nvidia website ( didn't install anything from the MSI supplied disk )
That seemed to totally kill my PC on reboot, it can up with some startup screen I had never seen before, all black with a small rectangle with a windows logo in it. It hung on this screen after a while.
Upon next reboot it would just bluescreen before getting fully into windows.
So I though ho-hum, time to try again.
Did everything the same, and at the point just after using nvidia disk during installation for the 2nd time & putting the XP CD in the drive ( the part where it says setup is copying files ) My PC would bluescreen really fast and reboot with a message ntldr is missing.
I tried this over and over always getting the same results, I also tried installing both the options from the floppy with the same result.
The only way I could set it up was without hitting F6 and letting windows get on with it. Trouble is, once it gets to the partition part it only see's my HD as 120gb or something similar, and doesnt see the partitions I created in maxblast.
Once in XP I'm able to reclaim the rest of the HD space though.
Then I just used all the drivers from the CD included with the MB, and all seems to work well apart from I was getting a message saying my USB stick drive could operate faster with USB 2 ports - Got the same message in all the ports, but it seemed to dissapear after I uninstalled a entry in device manager that was a yellow ? next to USB device.
Is there something I'm doing wrong in the setup using the floppy disk? - perhaps the floppy is dodgy?
It would be good to get it working like that, as I wouldn't have to wait ages while I format and partition the drive within XP, maxblast does it almost instantly.
Also would be really good to know what drivers to install after XP has just been installed and updated.
Should I use the CD that comes with MB, or try the nvidias again?
Latest version bios used (1.4) with the raid options disabled and no overclocking at all.

Still no luck being able to install those drivers during install.
I even tried the method in the sticky thread where I enabled RAID on the channel the drive was in and pressed F10 at boot > hit right arrow key etc.
System would bluescreen at the moment the welcome to setup section appears where you choose partition to install on etc.
In the end I disabled raid in bios again and didn't use the drivers floppy ( I'd also used the latest from that unified driver download as also mentioned in the sticky )
Using the slipstreamed sp2 installer windows actually recognised the full size of the drive now on the setup section ( the screen it would bluescreen at with the SATA drivers installed from floppy )
I got the nforce maxwell and realtek drivers installed from the CD that came with MB and all is fine, so I'll count my blessings and leave it as is....for now
I do wonder why it wont allow me those drivers though, I checked my HD with powermax uility and it seemed fine, but something must be dodgy somewhere. I just hope it doesn't rear it's ugly head while I'm in the middle of doing some work or anything.

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Quote from: NovJoe on 12-August-07, 11:39:50
Yes, you can install a SATA drive in but you must do the following settings:
ATA On Chip Config: Native
ATA Mode: SATA Only
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Hi all
First time poster, long time lurker.
Hoping someone here can shed a bit of light on an unusual problem I am having.
Before I outline the problem I will say that my system is running beautifully, I've not got any problems with it in its current configuration, in fact it is the most stable set up I've owned so far. I am a happy MSI owner.
If I can get this issue sorted I'll be an extremely happy MSI owner. Now to the actual problem...
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I can have the SATA drive connected to the system and NOT have a volume on it and the system works fine, naturally WINXP doesn't see the drive but it doesn't interfer with the operations at all. As soon as I put a volume on the drive... bam, BSOD next time I try to login after I boot up WinXP.
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Originally posted by Wonkanoby
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=49947&sid=&hilight=scsi
things like this are all over the board though yours does not sound totally the same
Thanks for the link.
Very informative. Appears that there isn't an option for me at this time other than NOT using one or the other... I can have SCSI card and no onboard SATA OR I can have onboard SATA and no SCSI card.
Seems to me a BIOS revision is needed as it appears that this is not an uncommon scenario.
Thank you for your time Wonkanoby.

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Which SATA do I hook the drive to and which IDE do I hook the recorder to?
Also, how do I install the SATA driver? I don't want to use RAID so do I still need to intall a SATA driver?
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Question for you...
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Did you note the offending application filename? If you know what is the filename of the application causing the crash, you can narrow down the possibilities a bit more.
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Hi,
I have successfully installed Win XP Pro on 3 & 4, & wanted to install a Maxtor 120GB SATA drive on 1 or 2. When I do this, & enable bios on 1 & 2, windows loads then prompts for a reboot due to the install of new hardware. After posting & whilst Win is starting, it BSOD with IRQ_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS etc. I shut down computer, remove SATA drive, alter settings back to before in Bios & select last successful settings & computer reboots AOK. This happens on both SATA 1 & 2.
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inel 2.8 prescott
while formatting my hard drive the instructions came up press F6 to install SCSI or raid drivers i put the floppy disc in (intel IAA RAID driver). the computer read the floppy, but when icame to check the device manager there were no SCSI or raid controllers. does this mean the sata drive has not installed?
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Are you sure that your mobo is the 845 series and not the 865 or 875 series as ICH4 on 845 series doesn't have onboard SATA support? Or is that you are using a SATA add on card for the SATA HDDs?

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Hey guys, how ya doin'?
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You shouldn't need to install any drivers or press F6 if you're only using one SATA drive. I really wish MSI would be more clear about this because I get tired of telling people the same thing!!
No need for any floppy disc drive, pressing F6 or installing drivers if using a single SATA drive.
I agree, MSI needs to spell it in bold letters in the manual for its K8N users. It's just to ambiguous for the user to not know this. :(
I think the confusion comes from other chipsets where you DO need to install plain SATA drivers at the F6 prompt even if you use just one SATA drive.

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first of all my english is bad and im pretty much a noob when it comes to computer stuff
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