Installed SATA driver, but still no SATA

I've just acquired an HP 6710b Core 2 Duo laptop with a newly formatted
hard drive. I tried loading XP prfessional (SP3), but it would not
recognise the hard drive. I disabled SATA in the BIOS, after which I was
able to install XP, presumably accessing the drive in IDE mode.

After XP was installed, I downloaded the Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver
driver for this laptop, from the HP site.

I then enabled SATA in the BIOS, hoping I'd then be able to run the laptop
in the (faster) SATA mode, but when I tried this, the laptop wouldn't boot
up. After disabling SATA again, it booted up.

Can anyone tell me how to get SATA working?

Thank you..

Al

In article <Xns9F8CBA38AA236zzzzzz@130.133.4.11>,
AL_n <> wrote:
>After XP was installed, I downloaded the Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver
>driver for this laptop, from the HP site.
>

Ummmm you DID install the SATA driver, right?

(the wharf rat) wrote in
news:j8f2k4$ji5$:

> In article <Xns9F8CBA38AA236zzzzzz@130.133.4.11>,
> AL_n <> wrote:
>>After XP was installed, I downloaded the Intel SATA AHCI Controller
>>Driver driver for this laptop, from the HP site.
>>
>
> Ummmm you DID install the SATA driver, right?

I think so, because in Device Manager under IDE/ATAPI controllers, I see:
Intel (R) ICH8M 3 port Serial ATA storage controller 2828

and "the device is working properly"

Is the above evidence that the driver is installed?

TIA

Al

On Oct 28, 12:21*pm, "AL_n" <fgdfg...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:
> I've just acquired an HP 6710b Core 2 Duo laptop with a newly formatted
> hard drive. I tried loading XP prfessional (SP3), but it would not
> recognise the hard drive. I disabled SATA in the BIOS, after which I was
> able to install XP, presumably accessing the drive in IDE mode.
>
> After XP was installed, I downloaded the Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver *
> driver for this laptop, from the HP site.
>
> I then enabled SATA in the BIOS, hoping I'd then be able to run the laptop
> in the (faster) SATA mode, but when I tried this, the laptop wouldn't boot
> up. After disabling SATA again, it booted up.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get SATA working?
>
> Thank you..
>
> Al

When I had this problem I used a freeware called nLite and merged the
SATA drivers into an OEM copy of Windows. If I can do it...anyone
can! (I'm old)

On Oct 28, 12:21*pm, "AL_n" <fgdfg...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:
> I've just acquired an HP 6710b Core 2 Duo laptop with a newly formatted
> hard drive. I tried loading XP prfessional (SP3), but it would not
> recognise the hard drive. I disabled SATA in the BIOS, after which I was
> able to install XP, presumably accessing the drive in IDE mode.
>
> After XP was installed, I downloaded the Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver *
> driver for this laptop, from the HP site.
>
> I then enabled SATA in the BIOS, hoping I'd then be able to run the laptop
> in the (faster) SATA mode, but when I tried this, the laptop wouldn't boot
> up. After disabling SATA again, it booted up.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get SATA working?
>
> Thank you..
>
> Al

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...reg_R1002_USEN

Bob_Villa <> wrote in
news:39c2da9b-e141-42ea-b1b9-:


> When I had this problem I used a freeware called nLite and merged the
> SATA drivers into an OEM copy of Windows. If I can do it...anyone
> can! (I'm old)

Thanks. I tried this but it seems to require a complete reinstallation of
XP. On my system, it seems that this can only be done by reformatting the
hard drive. I was hoping to avoid that.

I guess it's not as simple as copying the driver files to
windows/System32... nor can it be done by updating the driver via evice
Manager, it seems.

Al

On Oct 29, 10:42*am, "AL_n" <fgdfg...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:
> Bob_Villa <pheeh.z...@gmail.com> wrote innews:39c2da9b-e141-42ea-b1b9-:
>
> > When I had this problem I used a freeware called nLite and merged the
> > SATA drivers into an OEM copy of Windows. *If I can do it...anyone
> > can! *(I'm old)
>
> Thanks. I tried this but it seems to require a complete reinstallation of
> XP. On my system, it seems that this can only be done by reformatting the
> hard drive. I was hoping to avoid that.
>
> I guess it's not as simple as copying the driver files to
> windows/System32... nor can it be done by updating the driver via evice
> Manager, it seems.
>
> Al

AFAIK, it HAS to be done from the install of a formatted drive.

Bob_Villa <> wrote in
news:b1def377-ce0a-467e-bae9-:

> AFAIK, it HAS to be done from the install of a formatted drive.

I see.. Did you notice a significant improvement in the speed of your
machine after you got SATA working with XP?

Al

On Oct 29, 10:51*am, "AL_n" <fgdfg...@fghfghfg.com> wrote:
> Bob_Villa <pheeh.z...@gmail.com> wrote innews:b1def377-ce0a-467e-bae9-:
>
> > AFAIK, it HAS to be done from the install of a formatted drive.
>
> I see.. Did you notice a significant improvement in the speed of your
> machine after you got SATA working with XP?
>
> Al

On my Dell 1545 it wouldn't load initially (loading files) then crap-
out. I never tried emulating IDE.