Hey guys I have a problem with my HP Vectra VL420. I purchased a SIIG SATA Card and a 320gb Western Digital HDD. whenever i try to boot Win XP from my IDE Seagate HDD the cursor (like in DOS) just flashes and will not boot win xp. the WD HDD will however work when i remove the SATA Cable from it wait for XP to boot then plug it in. The specs are: HP Vectra VL420 30gb Seagate IDE HDD 320gb Western Digital HDD SIIG SATA PCI card Pentium 4 proccessor and i also upated my bios to the latest version and still nothing.
Im not sure what RAID is but on my other computer the bios on the SATA card will show up, but on my vectra it will not.
Is it seated correctly in the PCI slot and have you checked it still works after moving it to this PC? (i.e. trying it again back in the old one)
It came with windows 2000 SP1 which i upgraded to XP and i think it was made in 1999. do you need to know the S/N?
sam, it can use upto at least an 80gig drive. Choice of hard disk drives: - Ultra ATA/100: 20GB (5400 rpm), 40GB (5400 rpm), 20GB (7200 rpm), 40GB (7200 rpm) or 80GB (7200 rpm) http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/lpv06969/lpv06969.pdf
Hmm fair enough, I do note that the VL400 is subject to that restriction though. Was there ever a 127GB limit for hard disks by BIOS/Motherboard, or was that solely OS-related?
i think just os & possibly just xp & maybe win2k without their service packs. i've fdisked & formated a 320gig using win98 bootdisk with no problem.
i think the 128gb issue was pre xp sp1. does the card only support sata 1 and the hdd is sata2? ifso does the hdd have a jumper on the rear to change it back?
well xp recognizes the 320gb hdd but im pretty sure its the sata chip bios because the card bios will show up when i boot it on my other computer but it will not show up on my VL420.