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September 10, 2007 at 12:51 PM
jerken

HP xw4400x AHCI Driver, or lack of driver

by jerken . Updated 16 years, 8 months ago

I am trying to create an image of some new HP xw4400X workstations and I am getting a BSOD during the install of Windows XP. I believe that the cause is the SATA controller. When installing XP Pro, when prompted, I press F6 and I specify an additional driver and I have tried several drivers from LSI, Intel and HP. I found a document from HP that says ?HP supports the LSI SAS304 1E SAS Controller?, this is the one document telling me specifically what controller might be in the computer. The only way I have been able to get around this is to change the BIOS setting for the SATA Emulation from ?RAID+AHCI? (Factory default) to ?Separate IDE Controller?. The computer came to us with Windows installed so I know there is a driver for the ?RAID+AHCI? setting, or do I have to shake the voodoo magic wand over the computer to make it work correctly? Does anyone know what driver is the real driver or some other way to get it to work?

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