ABIT AB9 Pro Motherboard - Not Windows XP Install friendly

ozkalay · Post by **ozkalay** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:17 pm

Hi,

I bought ab9 mobo with great expactations but I've been trying to install w2k till saturday. I've updated the bios to v14, changed the jmb363 sata mode to IDE and I've installed both the jmicron and intel drivers during os setup. BUT after first reboot cdrom can not be detected and I can not go on setup.

I've read almost all reviews. I need urgent help.

Regards.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:04 pm

ozkalay wrote:Hi,

I bought ab9 mobo with great expactations but I've been trying to install w2k till saturday. I've updated the bios to v14, changed the jmb363 sata mode to IDE and I've installed both the jmicron and intel drivers during os setup. BUT after first reboot cdrom can not be detected and I can not go on setup.

I've read almost all reviews. I need urgent help.

Regards.

Welcome to the forums!

Have you tried setting the CDROM to Master via the jumper? Or even tried Cable Select "CS"?

Can you prove more details on what hardware you're using please?

ozkalay · Post by **ozkalay** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:33 pm

Thanks.

I haven't tried but I will.

By the way my hardware is ;

AB9 mobo
Core2duo 2.13 E6400
1 GB Kingston
Western Digital 250 GB SATA
GeForce 7600GT

SATA disk is connected to SATA3 port on mobo. If I connect it to SATA8-9 I also receive a blue screen message stating that boot device is inaccessible. Reason is same with the CDROM as you can guess.

Regards.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:38 pm

I don't know about the 975 chipset/bios options, but with the 875chipset/bios there was an option for IDE "compatibility mode" --> could try that? (if there's the option)

ozkalay · Post by **ozkalay** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:43 pm

there is no option like that. by the way this is a 965 chipset/bios

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:56 pm

Are you using an IDE or SATA hard drive? Try running the SATA hard drive from the primary SATA header that is used on the Intel south bridge.. I think it's labeled 0 or 1... been a month since I used that board sorry that I'm rusty.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:59 pm

ozkalay wrote:there is no option like that. by the way this is a 965 chipset/bios

875/965 all the same....Intel.

Have you tried to boot with the CDROM only....ie. no HDD installed?
It might be an incompatibilty issue?
Also did you try another IDE cable? Or the master/slave/cable select jumper on the drive?

You could try booting into the bios and checking under intergrated peripherals......there should be an option for "detect" under IDE options......this might also be under "advanced bios features" --> I can't remember where it's placed, but there should be other options like "bus master / cylinders / sectors etc"

I'm running outta ideas.......sorry

ozkalay · Post by **ozkalay** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:03 pm

I'm using a SATA hard drive but I think the problem is about the Jmicron SATA driver or something else. (I mean SATA8-9 ans IDE are out of order)

During OS setup I used the related Jmicron floppy disk and after the setup OS can not load the Jmicron driver and so the CDROM is inaccessible.

As I connected the SATA hard drive on SATA3, only the CDROM is inaccesible. If I connect also the hard drive on SATA8 or SATA9, both of them are inaccessible.

Regards.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:12 pm

I had to install both the Intel and Jmicron RAID controllers when I installed XP Pro and I used the lowest number SATA header that is located off the southbridge. The only reason you are installing the Jmicron RAID controller is because it's needed to detect the optical drive during the OS install. You shoudn't run a single HDD off the Jmicron headers (8-9 or whatever) as you want to run the single HDD off the Intel southbridge (1-4 or 0-3 i forgot).

If you have the hard drive plugged in one of the first four SATA headers and install the Jmicron RAID drivers for Windos 2000 and it doesn't detect the optical drive or the drives I don't know what to tell you. Welcome to a problem like I had for a system build I did for a local company.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:16 pm

Also have you the IDE cable connected correctly to the CDROM?
The manual says

The red line on the cable must be aligned pin-1 on the IDE port and the drive connector

Normally IDE cables are "keyed" to fit one way, but Abit might have done differently

Manual

ozkalay · Post by **ozkalay** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:10 pm

I checked all connections and all are OK.

CDROM can not be detected as IDE master ...etc as it's connected to Jmicron SATA controller. Also this ordinary CDROM is called as SATA CDROM by ABIT????

I recognized something during trials. After hitting F6 for additional driver setup I checked two configurations. First I installed the Intel Raid driver then Jmicron driver. This configuration didnt work because when the setup couldn't detect the hard drive. This time I changed the order and installed Jmicron first and Intel second. It did work. Hard drive was detected. All W2K files were loaded. But after reboot both the hard drive ans cdrom are inaccessible.

Really I ran out of ideas

((

I've just built another computer with P5B and no problem has occured but I'll insist.

Thanks.

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