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GoinAllTheWay · 07-06-2009, 11:37 AM

Bought a copy last week and having a few issues with the install.

1st) In my BIOS, it shows both hard drives (I bought 2 1TB drives) but only of 32 meg each. During the initial install, it shows the size of the first drive correctly but shows the 2nd drives as only 32 mg. Now that I think about it, I never did check to see if both drives show correctly post install (finished up kinda late last night) but am assuming the 2nd drive still doesn't show the right size. Anyone else run into that?

2nd) I'm having big problems finding drivers for my netgear pci adapter. Odd thing is, it shows the card as functioning properly in the device manager but not data is being sent or recieved.

Anyone setup this O/S? Find any good resources for the above issues?

ricosuave · 07-06-2009, 05:23 PM

1 - what kind of mobo, and have you ran xp, vista or win 7 on it with a large capacity drive before?

2 - if its showing ok in device manager, its not a driver problem. sometimes there is a separate program that the adapter uses, rather than windows managing it, are you using it or windows?

GoinAllTheWay · 07-06-2009, 06:41 PM

MOBO is a Gigabyte GA-945P-S3. Previously ran XP but the largest drive was only 250 Gig. I had thought of maybe needing drivers but they don't seem to be easy to find.

Sorry, I don't follow you in comment 2. Am I using it or Windows? Not getting ya here.

ricosuave · 07-06-2009, 07:40 PM

my comment is that there are 2 ways to get the wifi to work, one is to let windows manage it, the other is to let the adaptor manufacturer supplied program manage it.

if you are using windows to manage it, and the driver is OK, but just cant send/receive, I would try the manufacturers program. if you already are using it, try letting windows manage it instead.

GoinAllTheWay · 07-06-2009, 09:07 PM

Ah, I see what you mean. This is a wired connection, not wireless. It's not recommended to have the WHS wireless. Wouldn't want it to be either tbh, I prefer wired connections when possible.

ricosuave · 07-06-2009, 09:18 PM

whoops, my apologies.

ive got several types of pci network cards you can try/have if you decide to go that route...

i'd also try another network cable as well

other than that, I'm not sure - your mobo is new enough it shouldnt have a problem with bios recognition and all that.... maybe there is a jumper setting on the drive? I know I had to do that with a sata drive before, the 1.5gb vs the 3gb/sec (sata ii) or whatever it was. changed the jumper setting on the drive and all was ok.

GoinAllTheWay · 07-06-2009, 09:55 PM

lol, no worries. This card has worked for me in the past though, must be related to the O/S. I can't believe how poorly a fairly straightforward install is going with this server.

The mobo thing is odd though. Miraculously, the 1st drive is showing up correctly in BIOS now, not sure why. 2nd one is still showing only 33 meg though.

I must have burnt up all my install Karma on my new gaming rig. Installed Win 7 on it with no issues what so ever.

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maybe there is a jumper setting on the drive? I know I had to do that with a sata drive before, the 1.5gb vs the 3gb/sec (sata ii) or whatever it was. changed the jumper setting on the drive and all was ok.

You have jumpers on a SATA drive? Weird....mine doesn't have any jumpers on it, it even says right on the drive jumper setting are not necessary on SATA drives.

GoinAllTheWay · 07-07-2009, 10:33 AM

Ok, finnaly tracked down the right drivers for the network card, it's humming along nicely now. For the life of me I still can't solve the MOBO not seeing the 2nd drives size correctly.

I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's a bad cable or drive? Cable seems less likely to me.

sclitheroe · 07-07-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

Ok, finnaly tracked down the right drivers for the network card, it's humming along nicely now. For the life of me I still can't solve the MOBO not seeing the 2nd drives size correctly.

I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's a bad cable or drive? Cable seems less likely to me.

Have you tried moving the drives to different SATA ports on the mobo to see if the capacity reported in the BIOS follows the drive across ports? That will help you determine if its an issue with the drive or the mobo or the BIOS

GoinAllTheWay · 07-07-2009, 11:07 AM

Yes I have, with the exeption of trying the plug that I know is working. There are 4 available total. The primary one is working for sure, for the second drive regardless of where I move the plug into the MOBO, same result.

Maybe what I will try tonight is to remove the known good drive/cable, put the one with issues in it's place and see if it still shows the 33 meg. If so, it must have to be the drive.

GoinAllTheWay · 07-07-2009, 08:34 PM

Resolved. Turns out it was a bad hard drive.