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Serial ATA question

  • 29-09-2004 1:04pm
    #1
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭


    I got a serial ata drive and plugged it in to a MSI motherboard I already have an 80gb IDE drive as master the computer won't recognise the serial ATA drive do you have to jumper them if putting in a system with an IDE drive present......

    Help


Comments

  • #2
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Is it recognising the drive at boot?

    Did you format the drive?


  • #3
    Fabritzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭Fabritzo


    Check my sata thread :P
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=189340

    Essentially go to start--->run and type in diskmgmt.msc and format then the drive should appear.


  • #4
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    thanks for the help but not even showing up in bios....:( arse...

    drive is spinning up but not going anywhere from there....


  • #5
    Fabritzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭Fabritzo


    There was a jumper on my mobo that turns on the satas, check you manual.


  • #6
    netman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭netman


    What model is your motherboard?

    In some cases you need to enable the SATA controller in the motherboard BIOS. The drives don't show up in the motherboard BIOS, they get recognised by the controller's own BIOS after POST.

    I'd guess that's probably the case with you. :)


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  • #7
    StRiKeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 953 ✭✭✭StRiKeR


    MSI board does that i had that problem long ago, I just keep trying different port and at last it worked, in the bios it has option for switching between raid or non raid on the msi board, but it shouldnt be doing that, anyway the NB burned out, i wasn't overclocking, it just went, bad luck i guess, haven't went back to msi ever since, and the DFI board i had plus the chaintech i use now both got sata and I can use whichever port i want without problem!

    btw are you using the K7N2 board? that board has a serious issue with the sata controller on the board, as mine was first found, then my friend with a same board, same problem, couldnt get sata to work, bios show up sata controller but no drive found, another friend who also bought one of them board before he talked to us, oh no same problem!mine was the only one that got the board to work with 2 sata drives, but then it die! those 2 guys are still going mad with the sata!

    you could try flash the bios but that didnt help any of us!


  • #8
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Found it. Installed the raid controller driver and when it reboot's CTRL-F to set it up as an array of one and lo and behold it was recognised... thanks for all the help.....


    :cool:


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