Originally Posted by
M@rcB
Hi All,
My first posting over here and I hope you can help.
I am trying to install Windows7 (x64, Ultimate) on a WD Caviar Black 1TB
SATA 6Gb/s hard disk (WD1002FAEX). I have connected the hard disk to the
Marvell 9128 SATA3 port on the Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 motherboard but by
some reason it is not possible to get Windows7 installed. It takes about 5
minutes before the first screen shows up of W7, then after selecting the
country, keyboard etc, it again takes about 5 minutes before the next W7
screen shows up. The disk is properly recognized and after creating a
partition of 200MB and formatting this partition, the installation starts.
However whent the installation is at about 20% ~30% completed, I get an
error message that the files cannot be writen to disk. Looks as if the disk
is not seen anymore. I have tried both AHCI and IDE mode on SATA3, tried
with and without the additional W7 drivers during the installation but all
fails. I also tried the default bios version F2, F3a and F3f but again all
fails. Contacted Gigabyte technical support but all that has been suggested
does not work.
Installation of the drive on a SATA2 port works properly so it doesn't look
as if the disk is defective. I have the strong impression that it is
related to the Marvell 9128 and/or bios firmware. Perhaps another
possibility is the computer case, I am using the Zalman MS1000-HS2 which
has a specific drive bay.
Any of you guys experienced the same problem? Any advice is very welcome as
I am running out of creative ideas.....