If the machine would read anything from any drive I would accept that.
The problem is that it will not read any drive.
That means that it won't boot anything. XP, Win 7, Live CD.
I borrowed a PCIe card. This is the final test.
DragonFly
On 11/30/2011 9:01 PM, RogerX19 wrote:
> I think you're overlooking the obvious, and so are wasting your time.
>
> ( but if I'm wrong, it won't be the first time!)
>
> You need to boot the computer with an XP install disk in the drive, and
> see what happens.
>
> We've discovered that the motherboard is incompatible with Win 7, but we
> don't know why.
>
> I suspect that Win 7 does not include a SATA driver for your onboard
> SATA controller.
>
> But that is just a guess. Win 7 includes driver for almost anything, but
> if the motherboard manufacturer (Intel) says that the board does not
> support Win 7 or Vista, I assume that they know more than we do.
>
> If Win 7 does not include a SATA driver for your controller, that would
> explain why the BIOS recognizes the drive, but Windows does not (and
> does not proceed)
>
> Or it may be something on even a lower level.
>
> Normally, we would expect an error message, but perhaps Intel did not
> code in the message: "this motherboard does not support Vista or Win 7"
>
> Please try booting with a valid XP CD, and let us know what happens.
>
> rogerX
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