Hello, I have a T2642 and my motherboard is not working. I removed the hard drive and installed it into another computer with windows xp that has a 40 gig hard drive with it. we put the T2642 Harddrive in the slave on the new and set the jumpers correct for both. It does show up and is recognized. On the window for my computer, it shows up for the hard drive but won't show anything in the drive. Is it because I had it password protected?

If you are installing XP on a SATA hard drive then -

The problem is that XP installation CD does not have a SATA driver, unless you have a SATA drive on a disk etc. and can install the driver when XP asks for a hard drive driver then, XP cannot detect the hard disk and therefore won't install XP. The FIX. Go into the BIOS and disable the SATA drive (enable IDE emulation), this will make XP think it is a IDE/PATA hard disk. Then you can install XP normally. When Windows has been installed then install all the device drivers (including the SATA driver), then shut down and boot up and got into the BIOS and enable the SATA drive.

Are you trying to install this OS (Operating System) , or is it already installed on a hard drive?
If you are installing it, make sure you change the boot order to the optical drive (DVD drive). If it's already installed, was it installed with an OEM disk? If yes, then you might need a new Windows XP disc. This is because, when using an OEM disc, if you change the hard drive or motherboard, it doesn't really work.

You are probably installing windows XP
This requires that you install the textmode sata raid drivers as you install windows

http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=K8U-X&p=1&s=20

Download the RAID driver and expand it to a floppy , CD or USB drive that the computer can recognise
(USB is better)

When you install windows, at the prompt for installing other drivers press F6 and let it find the raid drivers, if it finds them, it should then recognize your hard drive and you can install windows XP

When I've had that issue in the past, it was because the hard drive controller on the motherboard had the ACPI setting enabled. Windows doesn't have the necessary driver built in to see the drive in ACPI mode, so going into the BIOS of the system (usually F2 or F10 during POST) and disabling ACPI in the advanced settings has made it work for me in the past

No, you do not need to install a new driver as long as that is the same sata hard disk tha used to work in your Gateway computer. Just boot into your windows xp installation cd and let the setup continue.

Should you need further assistance, please let me know.

Use this site to help you upgrade you T2642 e-Machine. The link shows what can be upgraded. Includes max memory the system can run;
http://www.cputopia.com/emachines-motherboard-case-cpu-replacement-t2642.html

Hope you find this helpfull.
Mike

I had this problem on a computer recently. This particular motherboard may be needing the driver on the Windows XP SP2 disk. Your motherboard may have been made to use Microsoft SATA drivers. Othewise, there would have been a driver disk that came with the motherboard to let it see that SATA hard drive.
If it's a new hard drive, you have to reinstall the O/S so use a disk new enough to have SP2 included.

Hi there

what are your pc specs , like ram ect. So we can find out what is wrong. please check your cpu settings and reset the pc bios to see if that hasnt solved the problem

thanks

roger

same problem
I formatted my hard drive and reinstall windows xp but no sound comes from speakers I tried to install audio drivers from the motherboard CD "foxconn" but PCI driver can not be installed what should i do?

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