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W7 and sata ,first timer here
Ok I have looked every where and can't find a driver for my sata drive. I only have and plan on using one sata3.0 drive. So I need windows installed on it. I followed the instruction for my mobo but every driver I try says it's not signed so can't use it. Went to gigabyte and tried th drivers no luck. Even true the vista drivers. No luck
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom HTCP OS W7 ULTIMATE CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro AT Memory G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Graphics Card(s) on board Sound Card on board Monitor(s) Displays UN55C6500 Led Screen Resolution 1080p Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s PSU Antec 80 PLUS Certified 350W Case Antec Black M FusionRemote 350 Micro ATX Media Center Cooling Stock Keyboard logitech mx 5000 bluetooth Mouse logitech mx 5000 bluetooth
You should not need a separate driver for Windows 7. I natively contains drivers for SATA, IDE, RAID etc for most boards. What problems are you having during install?
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When the cd boots I chose which windows x86 or x64. Then next windows is where I wanna install but nuthing is in that list. No hdd. My hdd also dosent
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom HTCP OS W7 ULTIMATE CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro AT Memory G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Graphics Card(s) on board Sound Card on board Monitor(s) Displays UN55C6500 Led Screen Resolution 1080p Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s PSU Antec 80 PLUS Certified 350W Case Antec Black M FusionRemote 350 Micro ATX Media Center Cooling Stock Keyboard logitech mx 5000 bluetooth Mouse logitech mx 5000 bluetooth
If your HD does not show up in BIOS then you may have more serious problems.
Last edited: Dec 23, 2009
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Ill do that once I get home from work.thanks
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom HTCP OS W7 ULTIMATE CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro AT Memory G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Graphics Card(s) on board Sound Card on board Monitor(s) Displays UN55C6500 Led Screen Resolution 1080p Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s PSU Antec 80 PLUS Certified 350W Case Antec Black M FusionRemote 350 Micro ATX Media Center Cooling Stock Keyboard logitech mx 5000 bluetooth Mouse logitech mx 5000 bluetooth
What are your system specs?
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What do u mean specs? I have the CPU and stuff listed in first post.
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom HTCP OS W7 ULTIMATE CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro AT Memory G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Graphics Card(s) on board Sound Card on board Monitor(s) Displays UN55C6500 Led Screen Resolution 1080p Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s PSU Antec 80 PLUS Certified 350W Case Antec Black M FusionRemote 350 Micro ATX Media Center Cooling Stock Keyboard logitech mx 5000 bluetooth Mouse logitech mx 5000 bluetooth
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He is asking you to complete your specs. You can download Speccy if you want to help you.
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OK finally after changing the SATA cable i got Hdd activity and installing windows now. Thanks for the help. Seems the first sata cable was bad.
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom HTCP OS W7 ULTIMATE CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro AT Memory G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Graphics Card(s) on board Sound Card on board Monitor(s) Displays UN55C6500 Led Screen Resolution 1080p Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s PSU Antec 80 PLUS Certified 350W Case Antec Black M FusionRemote 350 Micro ATX Media Center Cooling Stock Keyboard logitech mx 5000 bluetooth Mouse logitech mx 5000 bluetooth
click the link in my signature and fill out your system specs, that way you dont have to list them in every thread you make.
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OK finally after changing the SATA cable i got Hdd activity and installing windows now. Thanks for the help. Seems the first sata cable was bad.
Glad you found the cause. Could have been worse. SATA cables are cheap.
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All went well. Mods mark as solved
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Custom HTCP OS W7 ULTIMATE CPU AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro AT Memory G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Graphics Card(s) on board Sound Card on board Monitor(s) Displays UN55C6500 Led Screen Resolution 1080p Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s PSU Antec 80 PLUS Certified 350W Case Antec Black M FusionRemote 350 Micro ATX Media Center Cooling Stock Keyboard logitech mx 5000 bluetooth Mouse logitech mx 5000 bluetooth
