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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: ameya88 on February 17, 2011, 12:57:50 pm
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When I try to boot from CD, I just get stuck on the "Loading Operating System..." screen. I have the correct Windows XP SP3 disc in the optical drive.
The Hard Disk and the The CD-activity lights do not flicker. The drive is SATA and yes I have connected the power cable to it, along with the SATA cable and it's in the right slot. The drive has power - it can open the CD-holder.
I don't think the optical drive is faulty because I replaced it with a spare I had to see if I could load the OS with that, but I cannot.
Here is what the Standard CMOS looks like on the boot:
IDE Channel 0 Master [None]
IDE Channel 0 Slave [None]
IDE Channel 1 Master [None]
IDE Channel 1 Master [None]
The HDD and the Optical Drive are both SATA and share the same power supply wire.
When I change to IDE mode it boots properly from the CD or Hard Disk but i have noticed that the performance slows down a lot!! After I change it from AHCI mode to IDE mode my Hard Disk and DVD Writer is shown in the Bios. But when i try changing it back to AHCI mode it does not show my Hard Disk and DVD Writer in Bios and it gets stuck at the "Loading Operating System". When I tried installing Windows XP using the IDE mode it stared giving me long continuous beeps when it was showing the Windows XP Logo during First boot and continued (The XP setup was still running) till i shut the PC
How do I change it from IDE to AHCI without getting stuck at the " Loading Operating System" message
Here are the components:
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core @3.00GHz
4GB Corsair XMS DDR3 1333Mhz
550W Circle SMPS
LG Sata DVD Writer
160GB SATA2 Western Digital
Please help me!!
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By the way my Bios version is F8 if that is needed in any way
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Hi there,
Sometimes DVD/CD drives do not like running in AHCI Mode and this could be part of the problem. Also Windows XP can be a bit troublesome running in AHCI mode too.
If you want to run your HDD in AHCI mode then I would suggest that you attach that device to the SATA2_0 port on the motherboard and your DVD drive to the SATA2_4 port.
In BIOS you will need to set the OnChip SATA Type to AHCI and then set the OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type to IDE.
You will need to use F6 to install the AHCI Driver which you can download from here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3635&dl=1#driver if you don't already have it. (it's the AMD SATA RAID/AHCI one)
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To use AHCI mode with Windows XP you need to pre-load the driver during the Windows install.
When you start to install Windows it will say something along the lines of "Press F6 to install 3rd party drivers" (sorry but I can't remember the exact wording) You will need to hit the F6 key and load the drivers from a Floppy drive (not sure if you can use a USB pendrive with XP) for Windows to be able to install correctly in AHCI Mode.
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Thanks a lot buddy. Will give it a try. I am trying through USB hope it works!!
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I have slipstreamed the AHCI drivers into the XP installation. Hopefully it should install the drivers when it installs XP. Do I change the settings from IDE to SATA after the 1st boot or after Windows is completely installed??
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You should set the SATA controllers in BIOS as I mentioned previously, before you install Windows. And you should also reconfigure your system as I advised.
attach your HDD to the SATA2_0 port on the motherboard and your DVD drive to the SATA2_4 port
In BIOS you will need to set the OnChip SATA Type to AHCI and then set the OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type to IDE.
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When I attach My HDD to SATA2_0 and drive to SATA2_4 I get the same problem. it gets stuck at Loading Operating system and my HDD and Drive are not detected in bios. What do I do??
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When I attach My HDD to SATA2_0 and drive to SATA2_4 I get the same problem. it gets stuck at Loading Operating system and my HDD and Drive are not detected in bios. What do I do??
PANIC!
Only kidding! :D
In BIOS did you set the controllers as I advised?
Have you tried disabling Floppy drives?
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Yes I set the SATA Controllers and have disabled Floppy drive
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Now what do I do??
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OK,
I seemed to remember a situation with another user running an Intel build who was facing a similar problem and after some research I advised as follows:
my understanding of the problem is that it is actually better to enable AHCI after you have installed Windows XP. This item might prove helpful: http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/how-to-enable-ahci-windows-xp/
This older thread at Tom's Hardware might also prove useful: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/244556-12-warning-installing-windows-ahci-enabled-controllers
the full thread can be found here: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,4331.msg33772.html#msg33772
So, it might be better if you go back to having your SATA controllers set to IDE (leave the drives attached as they are) install in IDE Mode then try enabling AHCI after the install.
Sorry that I didn't remember this sooner but I'm getting old! :o
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Thanks a lot man. Will give it a try
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Will try installing Windows XP through IDE mode. The only doubt i have now is why does my system give long continuous beeps when windows boots for the first time. As in the long continuous beeps occur when the windows logo starts for the first time and keeps on going ( The installation still continues). The XP Installation goes very slow. Is it something to do with the IDE mode??
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Have you enabled any of the Warning Alarms in BIOS? Check to make sure that these are disabled as it is probably one of these.
Is your RAM a single 4 Gig stick or 2X2Gig sticks?
Until recently I used to only use IDE Mode and always found it to be fine and, in some instances, more reliable than AHCI.
What other devices have you got installed? Sometimes these can cause a problem during Windows install and I tend to load the OS with the bare minimum of hardware attached then add them after I have installed the OS and done all of the necessary OS Updates.
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I disabled the warnings. I have 2X2 Gigs Corsair XMS DDR3 1333MHz sticks. I have Western Digital SATA 2 160 Gb and and LG Sata DVD writer. I get 4 short beeps then 1 long continuous beeps
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OK have you tested your RAM is OK using MemTest? You can download it from here: http://www.memtest86.com/download.html and I would advise you to check that the RAM is working OK before trying to install your OS.
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Hey problem solved with the beeps!!! I disabled CPU Fan Fail warning and Temp Warning. What I don't get is why it beeps when My Fan clearly hasn't failed??hahaha
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The reason for that is the CoolNQuiet feature. The fan will sometimes slow down too much or stop altogether if the CPU isn't getting that hot and that triggers the alarm.
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Oh okay.By the way the installation of XP is going damn slow in spite of 4GB DDR3 RAM. Is this because its running on IDE mode??
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My friend with a 2GB gets a faster windows XP installation than me!!!
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not sure, it should be pretty quick.
Have you tried with just 2 gig installed? You could have a faulty RAM module
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I tried to install the X86 inf file by updating the Primary IDE controller through device manager but it says " the specified location does not contain information about your hardware". now what do i do??
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Okay Windows and all is done.I am now thinking of ignoring installing AHCI driver. Is there a huge diff in running it in IDE?
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There's not a huge difference in speed and the only real advantage with running AHCI Mode is the Hot-Swap ability.
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Hey Thanks a lot for your help. Really appreciate it. Hot swap is kinda important to me since I have another 1 TB HDD. Will try installing the AHCI driver. Any idea on why I am getting an error?
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Well, as I said previously, you could have a faulty RAM Module which could cause some of your problems.
Before going too much further it would really be a good idea to run Memtest, just to check things out.
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I tried to install the X86 inf file by updating the Primary IDE controller through device manager but it says " the specified location does not contain information about your hardware". The RAM is working fine though will still do the test
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As the moderator said it is worth running the latest Memtest program to make sure that you haven't got a buggy module. Even though it takes time to do properly it has found a lot of problems in the past.