EP-8KDA3I SATA PROBLEM

01-14-2007, 05:35 AM

I have three 160gb PATA hard drives.I bought a PATA to SATA adapter for my
main drive.the problem is when I install the Nforce 3 ide driver it will not
boot.it freezes up when I can just see the Windows XP boot up screen.the
serial ATA does not like the drivers.can anyone help me?

01-14-2007, 05:46 PM

Easy. Don't install the offending Nvidia IDE driver. This is a common
problem for this driver with some drives. I could never use it with Maxtor
drives.

DaveL

"CM" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
>I have three 160gb PATA hard drives.I bought a PATA to SATA adapter for my
>main drive.the problem is when I install the Nforce 3 ide driver it will
>not boot.it freezes up when I can just see the Windows XP boot up
>screen.the serial ATA does not like the drivers.can anyone help me?
>

01-14-2007, 09:25 PM

Thanks.

"dave" <nospam> wrote in message
news:. ..
> Easy. Don't install the offending Nvidia IDE driver. This is a common
> problem for this driver with some drives. I could never use it with
> Maxtor drives.
>
> DaveL
>
>
> "CM" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>>I have three 160gb PATA hard drives.I bought a PATA to SATA adapter for my
>>main drive.the problem is when I install the Nforce 3 ide driver it will
>>not boot.it freezes up when I can just see the Windows XP boot up
>>screen.the serial ATA does not like the drivers.can anyone help me?
>>
>

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