I haven't read all the remarks, but at the chance of restating the obvious, go into your bios and check that SATA drives are supported. If they are not listed, PCI cards are available to support SATA drives and they will require the installation of their own software.
John Graves WA1JG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scott Loveless wrote: > Tim Øsleby wrote: > >> One more "Tim doing things he can't" post :-) >> >> I'm trying to rebuilt a puter with a SATA disk. For some odd reason it >> does not detect the disk. The BIOS tells me (Not Detected). This is my >> first time connecting a SATA drive, so I'm just fiddling around >> looking for a way to connect the bits and pieces. >> >> What I have done is to connect the drive to the motherboard with >> something I beleave is a SATA cable. According to my little knowledge >> this should do the trick. But it don't. Any ideas? Have I got it >> completely wrong? >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> MaritimTim >> >> > Tim, > > You probably need to get into the BIOS and _disable_ SATA Native > Support. Each BIOS is going to call it something different, so you may > have to hunt around. If that doesn't do it for you, you'll probably > need to surf over the drive manufacturer's site and grab the drivers for > the OS you're running. This is a common problem with XP. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
