Can't get windows to install

[Getback]

yeah the mobo is picky about keyboard and mouse. but it's worth the hassle once you get it going .

make sure you update the bios to the latest and install all the missing stuff that win7 doesnt install.


semp

Updated the BIOS and installed all the utilities. Still can't figure out how to get a single console back. I have a PS2 Motherboard in one computer and usb connections on the other. My KVM switch is all PS2.

[Skuzzy]

Had to install xp sp2 and it wouldn't recognise the sata drive, hence finding nlite and having to slipstream it on.

GB, for info, slipstreaming involves creating a boot disc with your xp on it, and a compatible cd/dvd drive inf file. Page here http://www.nliteos.com/ if you need to dig deeper.

Wurz

All of our computers are running XP (except test systems) and all have SATA drives and all but one waws installed using XP /SP1.  I know there are/were issues with early AMD boards and the NVidia chipset (possibly other brands as well), but that was just compatibility issues with the SATA controller itself.

The Intel SATA controllers have always had an IDE mode where they would work with existing Intel IDE drivers.

I even managed to get the pre-SP! version of XP installed, but the problem with it was the LBA block limitation, which was increased in SP1.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

What a picky little mb! Turns out it didn't like the PS2 at all! Finally, desperately, connecting the mouse and keyboard to the USB ports. That worked!

Bought a new MS USB Keyboard to help with things. My Compaq keyboard is over 10 years old. I get to the point where it asks you to accept the licensing terms by pressing F8. Guess what key doesn't work on the new keyboard?! The F8 key!! Hmmm, lets try the old keyboard with the new $21 Gigabyte adapter. No stubby little adapters available. Went to Best Buy and Radio Shack twice. That switch kills the download. Reboot and try again. Fortunately that works with the adapter.

Get to thinking I want on the other computer. There's a KVM switch that connects both computers. Well it use to anyway. I figure that I'm not using it so I unplug the KVM's mouse and keyboard from the computer and plug the new Keyboard in along with an old mouse. Well I was using it! It was attached to the monitor. With no mouse and keyboard plugged in there is no power to it. It causes the monitor go blank. What the heck is going. It caused a bit of a pause. Then I realized I had to plug the mouse and keyboard in. That cures that. I sure hit that little switch on the KVM a bunch trying to figure out which computer I was on.

Katansa, wish I knew about that Windows 7 direct install before I started. Would have saved a bunch of time.

*cough* you know there are plenty of motherboards that actually work? *cough*