driver hpt370

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 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?

Hi Tim,
I was also able to upgrade after installing XP Pro with SP2 but I hope they allow the XP HPT driver to work with Vista for final release if driver development for that controller is over.
My VP6 has been a rock solid board and I still have no real reason to upgrade hardware as it well exceeds Vista's system req's.
TCD
"Tim Wallis" wrote:

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?