Well I havnt posted in a longggg time!
so what better way to come back, then to come back and ask for people to dedicate their time to help me solve a problem not at all related to the freeforall forum.

why you ask? because i am at my wits end.

so here is my problem:

I just built a new computer for my brother as part of a deal to buy a sweetass mountain bike off him.

key componts as follows
MB: ASUS p5n-E SLI
32 speed CD/DVD combo
SATA HD: 400gB Serial ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G

so the BIOS shows the SATA connection fine, it recognizes the HD, and the CD/dvd shows up as the primary slave.

now, when i goto install vista or Windows XP, the thing starts to install, like right at the start, and then freezes up before i even get to a real options screen.
What the hell is going wrong, Do i need a diskdrive and bootCD with sata drivers? as far as i've read, vista should just boot up and recognize the SATA.

i'm so confused on this shit, i dont even get asked if it wants to install any drivers from a bootdisk.

suggestions/comments?

Edited by ziptal on Aug. 10, 2007 @ 11:39 AM

I'm a little upset... I was kind of hoping to see free porn...

Tiava.com is your friend

As for the computer problem...I don't have a clue.

Sorry!!1!!!1!

Maybe RAF would know.
Too bad you're not here.
I know someone that would fix your PC woes for you for free or damn cheap.
He loves tinker'n with'em.

Hey Ive got a certificate 3 in IT, problem is im in the southern hemisphere... not much I can do sorry.

Edited by Cookman69 on Aug. 14, 2007 @ 5:04 PM

CD/dvd shows up as the primary slave
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Aren't hard drives suppose to be primary and optical drives secondary.

well the HD is a SATA driver, not an IDE (like the cd/drive) but i'll try

thanks