Jo Shields >> best results, use a Via chipset - K8T800 for AGP, K8T890 for PCIe Even with a VIA VT8251 chipset moboard the ASUS A8V-MX, the 80 GB SATA HDD does get detected but nothing can be installed on to that using the Sarge Install DVD. Tnx for the 2 URLs. Pointers by way of URLs much appreciated and TIA. -- 73s de Ragu