i can only find window 98 and xp ones
Hi
You are installing windows 7 -Yes? (if yes do not format your SATA drive as windows 7 will do this for you using an NTFS format)
you need to get the hard disk drive (HDD) recognised by your bios, make sure your HDD is on SATA 1 (not 4; move it to SATA 1 furthest away from the Primary IDE Port) if you do not move it your system will look at the IDE ribbon port on your mobo; as you have nothing attached to this your bios cannot see the SATA drive you are trying to install as a primary master hdd.
edit: is your LG optical drive SATA? (needs to go on SATA 2 right next to the new position for the hdd sata cable)
(you can see the SATA 1/2/3/4 printed on the mobo next to the sata ports)
make sure that your power cables are pushed home fully as this is a common cause of a hdd not being recognised, you could also have a broken sata cable out of the box, again common place; change the sata cables if you have a spare one.
(the manual mentions that the bios should detect the presence of an SATA HDD automatically Pg 4-17)
edit: Note: Page 4-27; Onboard Device Config
-enter the IDE Function Setup (make sure everything is enabled)
-enter NVRAID Config (make sure everything is Disabled)
Edit: once your hdd has been recognised in SATA1 you need to navigate to the Boot tab in the bios screen; select "Boot Device Priority" and ensure CDROM (optical drive) is 1st & your HDD is 2nd,
Next-
- navigate to Exit and select Exit & Save Changes
-your system will reboot at this stage and end up with a message on screen saying primary hard disk not found or words to that effect and asking you to insert media (at this screen; pop the win 7 disk in the CDROM) then press the space bar on your keyboard
Hope this helps
atb
Law-II
