Hard Drive Problem - Plz Help!

Tanabe

Hello everyone,

I've just forked out on a nice new Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB SATA 16MB 7200RPM NCQ Hard Drive but am now faced with a massive problem. My computer is a couple of years old and hence the mainboard only has an IDE connector but I need to have a SATA connector on my mainboard in order to connect my new harddrive.:eek:

Is there anyway around this or am I totally f***ed?

Any help greatly appreciated!

angelofdeath

http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.asp?bn=10212
think you need something for the power aswell if your psu doesn't have a sata connector

edit:// like this http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=115476&cks=PRL

Endurance Man

Why would you buy a sata harddrive if you new your mobo only took IDE .

Tanabe

Endurance Man wrote:

Why would you buy a sata harddrive if you new your mobo only took IDE .

Coz I have only just found out - THE HARD WAY! Plus the fact that I know nothing about computers!:(

Tanabe

I need something to fit a 7 pin Serial ATA Connector!

angelofdeath

am i on your ignore list or something? ill say it again
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=118181&view=detailed
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=115476&cks=PRL
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=115475&cks=ACC*

*may also want this, not sure if the card comes with one

Tanabe

angelofdeath wrote:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.asp?bn=10212
think you need something for the power aswell if your psu doesn't have a sata connector

edit:// like this http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=115476&cks=PRL

Forgive me but how does this work? Do I connect the h/d to this?
(Yes I am a twat)!!:D

angelofdeath

put it into one of your free pci slots (just below the graphics card), connect your hd to it and your psu to your hd, load the drivers and thats it

Tanabe

UR a star;)

Tanabe

Right Angel sorry to bother you again but if your out there..........

I've just received my SATA TX4 300 Controller today & eagerly went about the business of setting it up.

Now for some reason my pc recognised the new hardware alright "Mass Storage Controller" but can't seem to find the drivers (even though I have the CD ROM in and direct the set-up wizard to it's correct path, etc). When I go into System-Hardware-Device Manager-Other Devices has a yellow question mark beside it & upon double-clicking that Mass Storage Controller has also a big yellow question mark beside it with an exclamation mark also!

From looking at the installation manual which came with the card I have followed everything to the word but the following has thrown me:

Step 3. "Attach your system case's 2 or 4 pin LED cable to the LED connector on the SATA300 card. Make sure that pin 1 on the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the cable.

I looked at the LED connector on the card but have no LED cable on my system to fit it! (At least I don't think so)!! Could this be the cause of my problem? Is there anything I can do?

Once again your help greatly appreciated. And No, you most certainly ARE NOT on my ignore list, sorry if I didn't reply to your posts earlier. I am totally desperate to install my new hard-drive as I'm in an emergency situation here at the moment!

steveland?

Tanabe wrote:

Step 3. "Attach your system case's 2 or 4 pin LED cable to the LED connector on the SATA300 card. Make sure that pin 1 on the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the cable.

I looked at the LED connector on the card but have no LED cable on my system to fit it! (At least I don't think so)!! Could this be the cause of my problem? Is there anything I can do?

There's a little LED cable coming from your case

It'll probably be plugged into your Motherboard so have a look for it.

It's not that important since all it does is flash when your hard drive is in use (it's the little flashing LED that'll light up when you're loading something or whatever)

angelofdeath

aye the led cable goes into the same place on the motherboard as the power switch and power led, so just take it out of there and plug it into the card, as for drivers, dont bother with the found new hardware wizard, cancel that and install the drivers from the cd, restart your computer and it should work

Tanabe

I'll give that a go Angel & see how I get on, will let u know.

Thanks for replying once again;)

Capt'n Midnight

Tanabe wrote:

Coz I have only just found out - THE HARD WAY! Plus the fact that I know nothing about computers!:(

TBH you must have realised that you'd have to open the case to put the drive in, so worth doing it before you get the drive, same would go for memory upgrades. Have a quick look see before you buy.

Or plan B would be to get an IDE USB external enclosure and put the drive in it. Thought someone posted one for €29.99 on bargin alerts a while back

BopNiblets

You mean SATA USB external case... right?

Two on this page http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.asp?bn=10095, €59 eurobucks.