Hi Jonathan
Thanks for the reply.
Solved problem by replacing SATA DVDRW with old IDE DVDRW and thereby
freeing up SATA connector on mobo.
Bill
Hi Bill,
Sometimes there is a jumper to disable SATA2 and run the disk using SATA1.
This may help for compatibility with your older controllers.
Kind regards,
*Jonathan Molyneux*
Infinitedepth Consulting
[email protected]
bill wrote:
> I recently purchased a SATA Terabyte HDD and am having problems with various
> PCs not being able to even boot the Bios past discovering this HDD.
>
> I'm assuming that the mobos are too old to have Bios's that can handle
> Terabyte HDDS.
>
> My newest PC has an Intel Atom mobo and I have had success with this PC.
> However, the mobo has only 2 SATA connectors, 1 being used for my DVDRW and
> the other for the boot HDD.
>
> I formatted the terabyte HDD by substituting it for the boot hdd and using a
> LiveCD.
>
> This PC has a PCI SATA card, but the terrabyte hdd wont work with it, though
> a 320 gb SATA hdd will.
>
> All of the mobos in question have the latest Bios ( at least 3 yrs old except
> for Atom mobo)
>
> Question:-
>
> what is the command to determine the type of card and its bios revision? When
> I have this info I can try to find a bios update.
>
> Final solution is to get a more up-to-date SATA card.
>
> Google hasnt helped.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
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