WIN7 64 will not recognize HDD drivers

**twisted** · March 2nd, 2011, 04:39 PM

hey folks, i need some help!

i just assembled a new comp for my mother and i cannot get win 7 to recognize seagate hard drive.

i ran a seagate dos test and it is functioning properly, the mother board recognizes the HDD.

but when i try to load w7 64 home it will not, tell me i need to load drivers for the hard drive

mother board is a gigabyteGA-MA74GM-S2 REV 4.4
hard drive is a Seagate barracuda 7200.12 3.0 sata
gskill ram.

any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!

**slgrieb** · March 3rd, 2011, 12:44 PM

Hello, Twisted! Windows 7 actually needs a driver for the controller on the motherboard. It will be on the driver DVD that shipped with the board. Insert the disk and tell the Installer to look on the DVD. Worst case scenario, you might have to browse for the driver and point windows at the correct folder.

**Ferrit** · March 3rd, 2011, 01:59 PM

Used a number of these boards and it is also possible you will need a jumper,bizarre as that sounds.
There is some issue with that board seeing a sata drive above 250 gigs.
You can try setting the bios controller to ACHI as well. That may or not
help.

**CeeBee** · March 3rd, 2011, 02:29 PM

You need to install the controller driver when installing Windowze (F6).
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3323#dl
Set the controller in the proper mode (AHCI or RAID) before installing. You will also need a floppy drive.

**twisted** · March 3rd, 2011, 04:41 PM

when set at AHCI or RAID it will not boot from disc.
i have tried using the gigabyte disc for the drivers but windows will not recognize them as well

its getting VERY frustrating! and to top it off my other PC started shooting sparks out of the side of the case last nite when i turned it on

**CeeBee** · March 3rd, 2011, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by twisted

when set at AHCI or RAID it will not boot from disc.
i have tried using the gigabyte disc for the drivers but windows will not recognize them as well

its getting VERY frustrating! and to top it off my other PC started shooting sparks out of the side of the case last nite when i turned it on

You need to copy the drivers to a floppy (or even USB stick for Vista/7).
Follow the exact instructions from the manual http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList...4gm_v4.1_e.pdf
Chapter 5-1-3 gives you the exact procedure, assuming you have followed the hardware setup instructions.

**slgrieb** · March 3rd, 2011, 06:22 PM

If Win7 doesn't like the drivers on your installation disk, you will need to get the 64bit drivers here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3323#dl

After you download the chipset drivers, extract them to a pendrive, and point the Installer to that drive. You don't need to install from a floppy; Vista and Win7 will find drivers from other media just fine.

Controller should be set to Native IDE mode, and you need the chipset driver, not the preinstallation driver for SATA or AHCI modes.

**Ferrit** · March 4th, 2011, 03:27 PM

What exact size is the harddrive

**twisted** · March 5th, 2011, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by slgrieb

If Win7 doesn't like the drivers on your installation disk, you will need to get the 64bit drivers here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3323#dl

After you download the chipset drivers, extract them to a pendrive, and point the Installer to that drive. You don't need to install from a floppy; Vista and Win7 will find drivers from other media just fine.

Controller should be set to Native IDE mode, and you need the chipset driver, not the preinstallation driver for SATA or AHCI modes.

that worked! thank you sir

the problem was i was looking for drivers for the hard drive not chipset

the drive is 500g ferrit