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Need help installing drivers for a sata controller card.
2 ports on my old mobo have become faulty and as such i bought this card: Komplett.dk - SDM PCIe SATA II 300 RAID 2P
in order to add some more ports but apparently it's not just a simple matter of plug in and install because windows doesn't want to accept the drivers that came with the card.
the card's model is sil3132 but even if i download the drivers from the homepage it's still a no go.
this is my mobo: MSI K9A2 Neo-F ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com
the card is seated correctly and i can see in bios that the HDD is recognized but since the drivers won't install i can't access it in windows.
i dual boot between xp and 7 and both refuse to accept the designated drivers according to the manual.
also, i'm a complete noob when it comes to controller cards but i imagined it would be something as simple as driver install, plug in spare HDD and then use it for storage with no formatting/windows reinstall needed on main HDD etc.
any suggestions on what i should do?
thx