Optiplex GX 270 - text mode SATA driver

Question

Hi everybody,

I have a Dell Optiplex GX270 (DHM- Tower) with a SATA drive
In BIOS, there is no option to emulate the SATA drive as a regular IDE drive.

I am trying to use the Win PE CD (or an other XP bootable disk) to
try to do repair; I have not been able to find the correct driver
for the SATA controller. I have used F6 option when booting with the PE disk or XP
and still no luck.

According to Craig Hart's PCI utility, this is what I have:
82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller

Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 24D1h 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller)

I have searched the Intel and Dell site for the drivers, but to no avail.
I need the INF and txtsetup.oem that will support specifically

the SATA driver:

VEN_8086&DEV_24D1

I need the txtsetup.oem, iaahci.inf, iastor.sys

If someone could help me out, it would be much appreciated

Ryanh6178 · Answer

Hi Kent,

It's a little difficult to follow, but you should be able to get windows to install with the pre-installation drivers by looking in the "Readme.txt" file in the associated link. This is a link to the drivers for your platform from Dell.

Pay close attention to "section 8" where it explains the steps needed to complete the task you are attempting.

Here's the link

Hope this helps

kentb71 · Answer

Hi,

The link you provided does not include the

iastor.sys nor txtsetup.oem

Section 8 refers to doing an unattended install.

What I try to do is make a repair using either Win PE or Win XP bootable CD and

using text mode SATA driver in order for XP (or PE) to detect the hard drive.

Right now, if I boot with the a standard XP CD, it does not detect the hard drive.

I must use the F6 to insert the driver when CD boots up, but I can't find the correct one

Hydralisk00222 · Answer

You are doing something wrong if SATA devices are not being recognized in WinPE. They emulate IDE by default and you do not need any drivers

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