Driver for HPT370

> Hi Tim,
>
> I also have a HPT 370 on my MB and Vista wont install either via upgrade or
> clean. Vista setup refuses to see either the XP or Win2003 drivers on the
> disk. Unfortunately, I think since it's been several years since High Point
> has released a driver for this chipset, they have finished developing drivers
> for it.
>
> The only work around is going to be to move your hard drive to IDE 1 or 2.
> You "may" be able to move the drive back to the RAID controller AFTER you get
> Vista installed.
>
> I haven't tried this yet but after considering solutions, it seems to be the
> only way to get it to work.
>
> TCD
>
> "Tim Wallis" wrote:
>

> > I am trying to do a custom installation of Vista R2.
> >
> > I have a mainboard with an HPT370 RAID controller chip which works fine for
> > XP and Server 2003 which the machine is currently running but no disks are
> > seen during the Vista installation. I have tried loading the latest driver
> > from http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_hpt370_370a.htm but it is not
> > recognising it.
> >
> > Can anyone help please?
> >
> >
> >

> Hi
>
> I did get an upgrade from XP to work. I performed a clean install of XP SP1
> and used the latest HighPoint driver. I then upgraded to SP2 and then
> upgraded to Vista. I had further problems with network cards byut now have a
> Vist PC on the net. Cheers for your reply though.
>
> Tim
>
> "The Computer Doc" wrote:
>

> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > I also have a HPT 370 on my MB and Vista wont install either via upgrade or
> > clean. Vista setup refuses to see either the XP or Win2003 drivers on the
> > disk. Unfortunately, I think since it's been several years since High Point
> > has released a driver for this chipset, they have finished developing drivers
> > for it.
> >
> > The only work around is going to be to move your hard drive to IDE 1 or 2.
> > You "may" be able to move the drive back to the RAID controller AFTER you get
> > Vista installed.
> >
> > I haven't tried this yet but after considering solutions, it seems to be the
> > only way to get it to work.
> >
> > TCD
> >
> > "Tim Wallis" wrote:
> >

> > > I am trying to do a custom installation of Vista R2.
> > >
> > > I have a mainboard with an HPT370 RAID controller chip which works fine for
> > > XP and Server 2003 which the machine is currently running but no disks are
> > > seen during the Vista installation. I have tried loading the latest driver
> > > from http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_hpt370_370a.htm but it is not
> > > recognising it.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help please?
> > >
> > >
> > >