ok one more prob!
i can only get 120gb off my 160gb SATA!?
is it couse my Mobo is old?

phew,at last all good guys,everything is working now.:)

thank you.

it does not appear in My Computer as a drive.

but there is an "Unknown Device" under "IDEATA/ATAPI controllers" in the device manager.

XP detects "a new hardware"
but i have no drivers?
what do i do?

ok i can load windows now...Jumper is on Master in the IDE HD but BIOS and XP don't detect my SATA.

well i cant load windows which is on my IDE HD when the SATA is connected.

anything to with the Jumper?
i haven't kept any.

and how should i set the Jumper?

OK CONNECTED EVERYTHING BUT bios does not recognize my SATA HD.xp is installed on my IDE HD.
should i download any drivers?
help pls.
thankyou

thank you guys
but i have a prob.
the adapter which i got is this one(not the PCI one)
http://www.lextec.com/images/dx_rib273_lg.jpg

i connected everything i.e that module onto the mobo in...

jeez,my 40 gb portable broke without dropping it.
i was using it,connected to my laptop and went to make a phone call when i came back tried to open a file from it and the pc hung up....then the HD...

thanks mate,
I'm going to look what i can get today,just one more Q.
will these adapters work on all mobo's?

OK friends after some goggling this is what ive found out.
i will have to but a PCI card to which i can connect my SATA drive right?
-and will that need extra power cables?
and then i will have to...

hello friends,


my bad,i bought a new WD 160 SATA HD's and realized my Motherboard does not supp it AFTER opening the pack.
so is it possible to connect the newer SATA HD's to the older mother...