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How Install XP on GX755 With SATA Operation = ACHI ??
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Optiplex GX 755 - Mini Tower
This computer come from dell with "pre-install xp-pro" and on setup settings => SATA Operation => "RAID Autodetect / ACHI"
i try to install XP With CD "dell xp-pro / production on 2007" and i get "blue screen" on the start .
i successful to install XP only with setup settings => SATA Operation => "RAID Autodetect / ATA" OR "RAID On"
Someone know what the problem ???
dweebazoid
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October 10th, 2007 19:00
First of all, ACHI is best for XP64 and Vista (Linux etc) but not XP32 (which is what you have) due to the fact that certain SATA drivers are required.
The BSOD ended in the digits '7b' right? This is a well documented problem.
Basically you need to install the OS in ATA mode (this is an alternative to AHCI) and this can be done in a number of ways depending on the BIOS that you have.
First of all it's VERY important to reset your NVRAM (CMOS memory) before doing anything, by pressing 'Alt + F' followed by 'Alt + E'.
Then go into the SATA operation page of your BIOS. Some BIOS's give you the option to turn on 'ATA'. Some don't but they do give you the option to turn off 'RAID'. Do this if you can't select 'ATA' mode. When RAID is 'on' these motherboards work in AHCI mode. Just turn RAID off.
Should be ok after that.
You will probably find that the machine won't even recognise your windows disk if you reinstall OS without doing this.
If you reset your BIOS after the install, RAID will automatically, by default, be turned back on and you'll start getting the error messages again.
If you want AHCI to be on, you will need to create a floppy disk withe SATA drivers on it. Do this by booting to your DELL Drivers and Resources CD, and selecting 'create Sata driver diskette' (not sure of exact phrasing used). Remove Floppy when done.
While reinstalling OS, you will be given the option to 'press F6 to install third party drivers' - do this, put your floppy in and away you go.
Hope this helps.
Message Edited by dweebazoid on 10-10-2007 03:37 PM
emendelson
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October 11th, 2007 05:00
Common problems switching to AHCI under Windows
Enabling AHCI in a system BIOS will cause a 0x7B Blue Screen of Death STOP error on installations of Windows XP where AHCI/RAID drivers for that system's chipset are not installed. Switching to AHCI mode requires installing new drivers before changing the BIOS settings.
When attempting to install Microsoft Windows XP or a previous version on an AHCI-enabled system will cause the setup to fail with the error message "set up could not detect hard disk drive...". This problem can only be corrected by either using a floppy disk with the appropriate drivers, by slipstreaming the appropriate drivers into the Windows XP installation CD or by turning on IDE emulation in the BIOS settings if available.
Enabling AHCI in a system BIOS with Windows Vista already installed will result in a BSoD if SATA has been running in IDE mode during Vista's installation. Before enabling AHCI in the BIOS, users must first follow the instructions found at Microsoft Knowledge Base article 922976.
Enabling AHCI in a system BIOS on installations of Windows XP or Windows Vista, will cause SATA Optical drives to disappear. A Hotfix for Windows Vista is available under the title: "SATA optical drives are not available after you start a Windows Vista-based computer
jenady
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October 11th, 2007 15:00
jenady
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October 11th, 2007 15:00
dweebazoid
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October 16th, 2007 14:00
dweebazoid
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October 16th, 2007 14:00
Message Edited by dweebazoid on 10-16-2007 10:53 AM
spoot
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October 16th, 2007 14:00
dweebazoid
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October 16th, 2007 17:00
Message Edited by dweebazoid on 10-16-2007 02:05 PM
spoot
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October 16th, 2007 17:00
dweebazoid
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October 16th, 2007 18:00
Can you try clearing the NVRAM in the bios on the machine you're doing the install on, (alt+F, alt+E, exit) and then rebooting a few times? In my experience this changes the SATA operation field.
If that doesn't work you have a few options.
Option 1) Easiest option first.
Does your image work on any 755's? If not, then try the following:
- Ditch your image.
- Ditch Sysprep completely
- Use the XP cd that came with the machine (important)
- Do install manually at the terminal
It's important to try it without using your image.
It's also important that you are at the terminal, not using any kind of preexecution software and not performing a network install.
If that doesn't help then the following should do it, but it's a little tricky at times
Option 2) Create a SATA drivers diskette (on a bootable floppy) and perform the legendary 'F6 driver install'. You can have your machine set to AHCI for this.
PS - a bootable SATA driver disk can be created using your Drivers and Resources CD. Earlier, I advised to to boot to the 'drivers and resources CD' (from outside the operating system) and someone else mentioned that that didn't work for them so maybe you will have that problem and might need to do it by running the 'drivers and resources' CD from within windows itselt You will get it working soon, hang in there
Message Edited by dweebazoid on 10-16-2007 02:45 PM
spoot
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October 16th, 2007 18:00
Message Edited by spoot on 10-16-2007 02:04 PM
spoot
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October 16th, 2007 19:00
spoot
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October 16th, 2007 20:00
spoot
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October 16th, 2007 21:00
jenady
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October 18th, 2007 00:00
I dunno if this will help but this is what i did. I just bought a 755 desktop but it came with XP so I wanted to reload the system and put XP Pro on it. I too had only these options: "RAID Autodetect / ACHI" "RAID Autodetect / ATA" "RAID On". I upgraded my bios to A03, still only had those settings so I selected the Raid autodetech/achi. I downloaded the sata drivers <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed / replaced from this post by Dell> from dell's website and unpackaged them onto a newly formated floppy drive. I inserted the XP pro CD rebooted. Pressed F6 for 3rd party raid driver installed the driver, i forget which one. I had an option of 4. Then installed the OS everything works fine except that I also have an external eSATA hd and my computer wont detech it. The hard drive also has usb but I bought it for the eSATA. Any help here?