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Just installed W7 onto abit Ax8 motherboard and no network card ans no sound -- both on the motherboard... Reinstall VIA drivers. Found the sata hd but still no network or sound...
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XP can't be installed in SATA drives because it doesn't have a generic driver for them. Begin the install and during the procedure you will be asked to press F6 to install extra drivers - do just that with the driver that came on a floppy.
Boot up into your Bios and make sure your SATA is enabled and set, then save. Make sure your primary drive is on SATA 0 and your second is SATA 1, I tend to start my optical drives at SATA 5 and work my way down to avoid changing ports on an upgrade. Also make sure your using \hard disks complient with your SATA controlers version.
Windows 7 just recently went into RC1 status. It is unlikely that Abit, as well as other PC hardware manufacturer's, will have drivers available this soon after the RC1 launch. You may be able to get away with using the Vista versions of the drivers but this seems to be hit-or-miss.
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