notmikey

Yes, that's exactly what mine is doing. I mistakenly thought I was using a modified "automatic" install CD, and just walked away from it to do other things, then came back to a BSOD. Twice. I realized my mistake, then remembered I hadn't been prompted for my key. Aha. So I ran it again, watching it closely, (which is boring as hell)(which is why I like the automatics) and that's indeed what it's doing. I repeated the entire process with an automatic CD, and there's a BSOD staring at me over my shoulder as I type... Obviously (yeah, right...) the CD is able to access the HDD with the Inic1620 driver, the HDD is able to boot, but Setup, now on the HDD after the reboot, is unable to access the disk it is on. Note; the CD is IDE Primary Master, the HDD is SATA Channel 1, "passthrough". Note also, Windows 98SE, on Partition 1, is able to boot. I'm about to try another HDD, see wohoppen...

I used nlite to add the inic1620 drivers for my SATA PCI card, and XP setup found the disk OK, and seemed to install all right. On reboot, though, I get good ol' STOP......7B every time. Why would this be? There is no RAID; it's just one disk, and in BIOS setup--the card's setup, not the computer--it says "passthrough". Now, "passthrough" can't mean IDE mode, because the first time I tried to install, setup flat didn't see the disk. Only after I added the drivers to the CD did it install. If setup can deal with the card, why not the finished install? Is there an additional step I should have taken in nlite?