SATA Installation

[GaryHiggins]

Hi fella's
Putting together some new workstations with the following configuration

asus p4gpl-x mb
p4 3.2 intel
seagate 129mb sata
lg dvd/cd
combined card reader/floppy drive
ati fire gl3100 pci-e graphics
1gb ddr400 ram

now, all fitted together fine, bios sees dvd as primary ide and the sata as primary third ide (??)
install xp-prof but end up with the sata as drive "F"
am i missing something by not utilising the "F6" function during the windows install and utilising the drivers that are win xp?

thanks

Gary

 

[GaryHiggins]

OK, have sorted this out for anyone who experiences this, and it's simple, I think..........there's only 1 IDE connection on the motherboard and I'd plugged the DVD writer into the the top connector of the cable. Swapped it to the second (slave?) connection and reinstalled XP and hey presto, we have the technology.
I think :grinthumb