[Snuffy]

As most know I wanted to clean install Vista.. which I had been using for over 1 yr. betas to Full upgrade to RETAIL on 2 Feb 2007. When I decided to upgrade I went all the way...

1. flash Bios from 1.80 to 2.20
Nothing but problems... Vista will not install... on F6 I used prior made floppys to add drivers for Ultra 100 IDE PCI card and SATA Drivers. Set Bios to PCI-E and and ACHI, all went well except Vista failed to complete installation...

2. Seems that many people all over the net are having the same problems with different machines.

3. I have not tested but after reading the very small print... upgrading bios from 1.80 (XP and Vista compatible) Bios 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 demanded a new set of SATA drivers... the original SATA drivers were (in-fact Beta Drivers). Nice for my Mobo Manufacture to tell me... (had to read the .inf to find that.

4. Found that Promise will not upgrade the Ultra 100 drivers, so found that Maxtor has the same system...only upgraded drivers.

MORAL IS IF YOU HAVE FLASHED YOUR BIOS.. you might need a complete new set of Vista Drivers for your mobo... for RAID or S-ATA drivers.