Seagate Sata Drive Native Support Fails in one OS, succeeds in other.

dv1660se_owner · 01-03-2008, 02:56 AM

Hello, I've just set up HP's QuickPlay 2.3 on my HP Pavillion dv1660se Laptop, which requires a second partition on my (non-stock) Seagate ST980825AS hard drive.

Here's my problem:
I run vista as my main OS, which from the git-go didn't like native SATA support enabled in BIOS. Upon installing QuickPlay into the second partition (QuickPlayruns on embedded windows xp - I guess its kind of like having a dual-boot option), I was confronted with the BSOD while at the xp loading screen. After a while I figured out that it could have something to do with the native SATA support option in BIOS. So I enabled it, and viola, it worked fine. However if I leave it enabled, I'm left with a broken Vista when I'm done using quickplay. So in order to run my embedded windows XP, I need native SATA support enabled, and in order to run my copy of Vista, I need it disabled. I tried to (re)install an Intel ICH7-M SATA Driver to attempt to get the native support working in Vista, without success, and I have no clue how I'd go about getting the absence of native support working in my embedded XP. I believe I have the Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset.

I've spent quite a bit of time googling this stuff without much actual success (I find myself resinstalling stuff I already have). Oh, and I have the latest BIOS available from HP's support website.

Thanks for any help!

dv1660se_owner · 01-03-2008, 04:01 PM

Problem solved. Intel's matrix storage manager that was supposed to work on this machine was meant only for XP. The following download provides support for 32-bit Vista. http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-62909

01-03-2008, 02:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
dv1660se_owner Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP Home	Seagate Sata Drive Native Support Fails in one OS, succeeds in other. Hello, I've just set up HP's QuickPlay 2.3 on my HP Pavillion dv1660se Laptop, which requires a second partition on my (non-stock) Seagate ST980825AS hard drive. Here's my problem: I run vista as my main OS, which from the git-go didn't like native SATA support enabled in BIOS. Upon installing QuickPlay into the second partition (QuickPlayruns on embedded windows xp - I guess its kind of like having a dual-boot option), I was confronted with the BSOD while at the xp loading screen. After a while I figured out that it could have something to do with the native SATA support option in BIOS. So I enabled it, and viola, it worked fine. However if I leave it enabled, I'm left with a broken Vista when I'm done using quickplay. So in order to run my embedded windows XP, I need native SATA support enabled, and in order to run my copy of Vista, I need it disabled. I tried to (re)install an Intel ICH7-M SATA Driver to attempt to get the native support working in Vista, without success, and I have no clue how I'd go about getting the absence of native support working in my embedded XP. I believe I have the Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset. I've spent quite a bit of time googling this stuff without much actual success (I find myself resinstalling stuff I already have). Oh, and I have the latest BIOS available from HP's support website. Thanks for any help!

01-03-2008, 04:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
dv1660se_owner Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 5 OS: XP Home	Re: Seagate Sata Drive Native Support Fails in one OS, succeeds in other. Problem solved. Intel's matrix storage manager that was supposed to work on this machine was meant only for XP. The following download provides support for 32-bit Vista. http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-62909