Gigabyte Mobo and Harddrive Installation Problem

[pcparamdics]

Hey I need some help Urgently

I am building a new system for myself and I am having some trouble installing windows 7 to the harddrive

Hardware:
Motherboard
Gigabyte - GA X58A UD3R

Harddrive
Seagate Barrcuda LP 2tb

Problem:
Ok I first tried installing windows 7 from a USB drive everything went find until expanding files it would stop on 30% numerous times. Then I tried installing from a DVD and it would not be able to format the drive. I googled it could find a picture on how to set the sata controller in the BIOS. Also tried using installing from a DVD but it would not create a partition and when it did it would stop and say a error. I even used different DVDs with different versions. How can I get pass this been working on it for the pass weekend.

Thanking you for your time

 

[Knightsman]

Sounds like you need to install the hard drive controller driver for your hard drive at windows 7 install.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927520

 

[pcparamdics]

I check for drivers for the hard drive it says that it is compatible with windows 7 but the problem is configuring the SATA controllers. I need some help on this cause it is going over into a week and thanks for the reply

 

[Knightsman]

I check for drivers for the hard drive it says that it is compatible with windows 7 but the problem is configuring the SATA controllers. I need some help on this cause it is going over into a week and thanks for the reply

Find the hard. Drives manufacturer and downlad the driver and load that driver when youu try to install win7

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[comprx]

I check for drivers for the hard drive it says that it is compatible with windows 7 but the problem is configuring the SATA controllers. I need some help on this cause it is going over into a week and thanks for the reply

Go into each section of the Bios you need to set the sata to IDE or Legacy. it is most likely set to AHCI (which is awesome but some drives need a driver for windows support.)

Set it away from AHCI and you should be good to go. (I think it is under "Integrated Peripherals" but I am at home so I am not in front of a machine with a gigabyte board.

 

[ajc196]

It shouldn't be a driver problem, if it can find the HDD and start the installation. Rule out hardware first. It's not impossible to receive faulty hardware. Run diagnostics on the hard drive and RAM. (Seatools or WinDLG, and memTest86 should do the trick).

Also, what brand of RAM(and amount) do you have installed? Have you done a QFlash BIOS upgrade to the newest version?

I ask the above question because back when P55 launched, I had a nightmare of a time with my P55A-UD2 build running its launch BIOS and a Core i5-750. I got it the very first day it came out, so of course I was a guinea pig for figuring out the quirks of the new platform and the premature BIOS the board shipped with. Long story short, the board freaked with my RAM (8GB G.Skill Ripjaws, listed on the board's compatibility list) and totally screwed up a certain range of addresses on each stick. I would get random hard-freezes and "PFN List Corrupt" BSOD's every two days, regardless of what OS I threw on the system. I RMA'd the board and the RAM. I got a second revision board with a newer BIOS version, and the exact same RAM. Everything worked like a champ on the second go-around.

It was a very disheartening experience, especially since I've been building for years without any issues, ever since the P4 Northwood days.