Unable to re-install Windows 7 retail on a D20.

Hi,
It all started with Windows hanging at startup and the disk LED blinking forever.
So I reformatted the disk, hoping to flush a bad spot and now I'm unable to re-install Windows 7 retail
I tried the 32 bit and the 64 bit version.
I tried several disk driver (at setup time) until I realized there is no RAID configured, just 1 disk.
According to my findings, I guess the correct driver is the AHCI Serial ATA, but I'm unable to identify and find the correct version of the driver.
I found several .exe files, but I need at least a .inf file and the driver itself
Thank you for any tip
Lenovo Thinkstation D20, type,4155 79G
At boot, it says:
Marvell SATA/SAS 88SE63xx64xx
BIOS 3.1.0
BIOS says
Adapter 0
1 disk 11AB:6480
Port 0 SAS addr 5000000000000228
till
Port 7                 --------------------- 22F
Devices
No Virtual disk
No Physical disk
RAID
empty
When I compare to a working system, I see in Dev Mgr
Disk: 1xWDC ATA
IDE: chan 0->3
       standard AHCI 1.0 SATA
Other: RAID ctrl, yellow ? (not installed)
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Correct...if your drive is connected to the black port, you're using the AHCI port off the ICH10.  
I thought that would be native to win7 though so I'm surprised you're having issues with it.  What kind of drive are you using?

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