Cant see hard drive connected through Promise SATA378


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 32 Bit
       #1

    Cant see hard drive connected through Promise SATA378


    Hello,
    Just installed Windows 7 and my spare hard drive connected through onboard promise controller wont show up. It is there in bios and works if I boot into windows XP.

    I have ASUS A8V Deluxe Motherboard. (Socket 939)

    Not really sure what to try with Windows 7; any suggestions?
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    tempesta said:
    Hello,
    Just installed Windows 7 and my spare hard drive connected through onboard promise controller wont show up. It is there in bios and works if I boot into windows XP.

    I have ASUS A8V Deluxe Motherboard. (Socket 939)

    Not really sure what to try with Windows 7; any suggestions?
    Is the onboard promise controller a raid controller? Have you installed the driver for it?

    Ken
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 32 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yes it is, where do I get a RAID driver for an ASUS A8V Deluxe Motherboard for Windows 7?????

    (ASUS website doesnt have them)
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  4. Posts : 1,161
    Windows 8.1 PRO
       #4

    You can use the Vista driver
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  5. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #5

    tempesta said:
    Yes it is, where do I get a RAID driver for an ASUS A8V Deluxe Motherboard for Windows 7?????

    (ASUS website doesnt have them)
    Tempesta

    Here is where we could help you more if you fill in your system specs (lower left corner) because I dont know if you are 32 bit or 64m and ram, etc. if you need help finding them let us know.

    The raid driver if you are 64 bit can be found @asus here http://support.asus.com/download/dow...l=A8V%20Deluxe

    BTW raid drivers in 64bit can be problematic

    Hope this helps

    Ken
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  6. DJG
    Posts : 1,008
    Windows 7 RTM x64
       #6

    They should really post a sticky "If you don't see a Windows 7 driver, try the Vista driver" .
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  7. Posts : 4,573
       #7

    DJG said:
    They should really post a sticky "If you don't see a Windows 7 driver, try the Vista driver" .
    +1 on that.
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  8. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 32 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Here is where we could help you more if you fill in your system specs (lower left corner) because I dont know if you are 32 bit or 64m and ram, etc. if you need help finding them let us know.
    Ok have updated my specs sorry about that.

    The raid driver if you are 64 bit can be found @asus here http://support.asus.com/download/dow...l=A8V%20Deluxe

    BTW raid drivers in 64bit can be problematic

    Hope this helps

    Ken
    The driver I need is as below but the latest it has is for XP so I cant even try a Vista drive.

    WinXP
    Version 1.00.1.37 2003/09/18 update Description Promise FastTrak 378 RAID Driver V1.00.1.37 for Windows 98SE/NT4/ME/2000/XP/2003
    -nt4 -Windows NT4 miniport driver 1.00.1.37.
    -win2000 -Windows 2000 miniport driver 1.00.1.37 WHQL.
    -98-me -Windows 98-ME miniport driver 1.00.1.37.
    -winxp -Windows XP miniport driver 1.00.1.37 WHQL.
    -win2003 -Windows 2003 miniport driver 1.00.1.37 WHQL.
    -MakeDisk -Make Promise RAID driver floppy for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003.


    Also,
    There is a bit of talk that the Windows 2003 driver works in Vista for this problem. I tried this but it doesnt work for Windows 7

    PLEASE! Really need some help with this one.
    Last edited by tempesta; 17 Sep 2009 at 09:28. Reason: no solution offered
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  9. Posts : 10
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
       #9

    Assuming you are not using the drives on it in RAID, you need the normal ATA drivers for it and the only way it will install it is if you choose everything manually when updating the driver for it - as Windows 7 has the same issue Windows XP & Vista had with it - doesn't work with their internal drivers which Windows tries to superseed instead of the real driver. Then when you get the choice to choose Vendor from the list, choose "Have Disk" and then choose the driver from the location you have it and you thereby force it through.

    Also there's the compatibility issue you can try - See this thread for it ->Here<-
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