Wait until you get the popup message to restart your computer, say Yes to restart one last time. Change SATA Native Mode to Enabled, save changes and exit.Īfter you log into Windows, your computer will find the "new" hardware. When your computer boots up, you need to hit F10 to enter the BIOS. You'll get warned that installing the device driver is not recommended, click Yes to continue installing Now you should have a list of controllers, for the Compaq nx9420 choose Intel 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller, hit Next Browse to C:\swsetup\SP32492\Driver and highlight the iastor.inf file, hit Open I will choose the driver to install", hit Next Choose the Mini Windows XP option, and a little later you /ISO/Hiren on the USB drive for the desktop to Step 1 - Prepare your Step 2.
Select Install fro a list or specific location (Advanced), hit Next Say no to connecting to Windows Update to search, hit Next Right-Click on that and select Update Driver Now go to Device Manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers you should see: Intel 82801GBM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller The files you're interested in are now at C:\swsetup\SP32492\Driver\ and include the following: Now open up a command prompt, go to C:\swsetup\SP32492\ and run the following command to extract the CAB files:Īccept the license agreement, it extracts some files. Run it, by default it will save some files to C:\swsetup\SP32492 before it runs setup and tells you that the software is not supported on your chipset
Perform the following steps to enable SATA support:ĭownload the Intel Matrix Storage Manager software from