Problems with abit NF7S

lesyse DeleteThis @c2i.net (Lars Erik) wrote in message news:<3caaaaba.0402150207.77324710 DeleteThis @posting.google.com>...
 > I trying to build me a new comp with NF7S motherboard and Maxtor S-ATA
 > disk. The first time I boot it from my CD-rom(win XP pro), it could
 > not find the HDD. Now I can see it in Raid contr. When I boot now I
 > can't get acess to BIOS, it stop afer it display "Verifying DMI Pool
 > data "

THis may seem retarded, and I apologize if you have done this.
COnnect your HD if possible via the IDE Cable, or plug in an old IDE
hard drive. Install the SATA drivers that came with the Mobo, then
shutdown, plug in your s-ata drive and try again.

WHen i first tried booting without the install of the drivers, it
would recognize a hard drive in the RAID config, but not in the boot
sequence. Once I had installed the drivers, everything was hunk-dory.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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jlevin17 RemoveThis @hotmail.com (BiPolar) wrote in message news:<86f23cd5.0402151826.7bbd4c28 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>...
 > lesyse RemoveThis @c2i.net (Lars Erik) wrote in message news:<3caaaaba.0402150207.77324710 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>...
  > > I trying to build me a new comp with NF7S motherboard and Maxtor S-ATA
  > > disk. The first time I boot it from my CD-rom(win XP pro), it could
  > > not find the HDD. Now I can see it in Raid contr. When I boot now I
  > > can't get acess to BIOS, it stop afer it display "Verifying DMI Pool
  > > data "
 >
 > THis may seem retarded, and I apologize if you have done this.
 > COnnect your HD if possible via the IDE Cable, or plug in an old IDE
 > hard drive. Install the SATA drivers that came with the Mobo, then
 > shutdown, plug in your s-ata drive and try again.
 >
 > WHen i first tried booting without the install of the drivers, it
 > would recognize a hard drive in the RAID config, but not in the boot
 > sequence. Once I had installed the drivers, everything was hunk-dory.

Or try this, just found it on another thread by Mark H.:
"...hit F6 to load additional drivers when loading WinXp - you'll need
the sata drivers on the floppy disk."

I haven't tried the f6 thing, but it sounds like it should work
without having to plug your HD into the IDE channel like I had earlier
suggested.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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The 'F6 thing' is the standard way to load drivers while installing
XP....however drivers are not gonna help if the system cant get past
'Verifying DMI pool data'.

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"BiPolar" <jlevin17.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > jlevin17.DeleteThis@hotmail.com (BiPolar) wrote in message
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  > > lesyse.DeleteThis@c2i.net (Lars Erik) wrote in message
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   > > > I trying to build me a new comp with NF7S motherboard and Maxtor S-ATA
   > > > disk. The first time I boot it from my CD-rom(win XP pro), it could
   > > > not find the HDD. Now I can see it in Raid contr. When I boot now I
   > > > can't get acess to BIOS, it stop afer it display "Verifying DMI Pool
   > > > data "
  > >
  > > THis may seem retarded, and I apologize if you have done this.
  > > COnnect your HD if possible via the IDE Cable, or plug in an old IDE
  > > hard drive. Install the SATA drivers that came with the Mobo, then
  > > shutdown, plug in your s-ata drive and try again.
  > >
  > > WHen i first tried booting without the install of the drivers, it
  > > would recognize a hard drive in the RAID config, but not in the boot
  > > sequence. Once I had installed the drivers, everything was hunk-dory.
 >
 > Or try this, just found it on another thread by Mark H.:
 > "...hit F6 to load additional drivers when loading WinXp - you'll need
 > the sata drivers on the floppy disk."
 >
 > I haven't tried the f6 thing, but it sounds like it should work
 > without having to plug your HD into the IDE channel like I had earlier
 > suggested.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"BigBadger" <big_badger.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:<c0qvmf$7ev$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>...
 > The 'F6 thing' is the standard way to load drivers while installing
 > XP....however drivers are not gonna help if the system cant get past
 > 'Verifying DMI pool data'.

Ah, now I understand. Very true, but my first suggestion might work
about swapping to the IDE path and then installing SATA drivers.

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 > "BiPolar" <jlevin17.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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   > > > lesyse.DeleteThis@c2i.net (Lars Erik) wrote in message
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   > > > > I trying to build me a new comp with NF7S motherboard and Maxtor S-ATA
   > > > > disk. The first time I boot it from my CD-rom(win XP pro), it could
   > > > > not find the HDD. Now I can see it in Raid contr. When I boot now I
   > > > > can't get acess to BIOS, it stop afer it display "Verifying DMI Pool
   > > > > data "
   > > >
   > > > THis may seem retarded, and I apologize if you have done this.
   > > > COnnect your HD if possible via the IDE Cable, or plug in an old IDE
   > > > hard drive. Install the SATA drivers that came with the Mobo, then
   > > > shutdown, plug in your s-ata drive and try again.
   > > >
   > > > WHen i first tried booting without the install of the drivers, it
   > > > would recognize a hard drive in the RAID config, but not in the boot
   > > > sequence. Once I had installed the drivers, everything was hunk-dory.
  > >
  > > Or try this, just found it on another thread by Mark H.:
  > > "...hit F6 to load additional drivers when loading WinXp - you'll need
  > > the sata drivers on the floppy disk."
  > >
  > > I haven't tried the f6 thing, but it sounds like it should work
  > > without having to plug your HD into the IDE channel like I had earlier
  > > suggested.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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