On Mar 26, 2008, at 17:43, John Graves wrote: > 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. >
It would have been a pretty mean trick for the motherboard to have SATA connections and yet not have SATA support in the BIOS. > 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. > -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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.
