Sata Help Hardware and Software Hardware by GriffIT34 OK got a 120GB hard drive, bios see's it, windows XP is installed to it all is fine. On SATA 2 is a 300GB I wanna use for storage. BIOS sees it, windows doesn't. I've installed the chipset that came with the motherboard. What am I missing???? Sata Hardware and Software Hardware by boogs I know this topic has been discussed a few times already, but here I am with another question specific to my situation. ASUS A8V DELUXE MOTHERBOARD Seagate 320 GB SATA II HD from Future Shop. I have OS (Win XP) Installed on an IDE Drive already. The SG Drive is recognized at the startup for the computer. However, once I get into Windows, I don'… Re: Sata Hardware and Software Hardware by dcc [QUOTE=osama_b;349538]sure jumper !!! master or slave...[/QUOTE] SATA hdds don't use jumpers for master and slave, they are totally independent. Re: SATA HDD and DVD-RW Problems Hardware and Software Hardware by SaintThomas This is only happen when your SATA port is misplaced. 1. if your SATA cable damaged or breaked. 2. SATA port not detect by your BIOS/Motherboard. 3. Check your connection of both SATA wire ended are connected correctly. 4. Reset yout BIOS with Jumper setting. SATA drive conversion Hardware and Software Hardware by mnewsome Have an SATA adaptor to allow an SATA drive to be used in a machine intended for an IDE drive. There is a power connector that is connected to a counterpart power connector from the system board. I need a power cable to go directly to the SATA drive. Images [Click Here](https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=4AD6AABD72471DBB!6848) of my … Re: SATA drive not recognised at all Hardware and Software Hardware by Adam_Done [QUOTE=finito;1225144]strange, Sometimes there is a setting in the Bois for Primary secondary, there is also sometimes an option to turn sata off.[/QUOTE] I have gone through the bios and sata is enabled, it just doesn't recognise it. it says "not detected" for each listed sata port. Re: SATA drive conversion Hardware and Software Hardware by Xlphos Hello, I see a spare molex plug in there. Perhaps [this](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Akasa-AK-CBPW03-15-Power-Connector-Adaptor/dp/B003VYB768/ref=pd_bxgy_ce_img_b) or [this](http://www.amazon.co.uk/SATA-Female-Molex-Power-Adapter/dp/B000WOOWGW/ref=pd_sim_computers_1) would help you. I dont know where you live so have a look for molex sata power … SATA drive not recognised at all Hardware and Software Hardware by Adam_Done Hi, A while ago i set my dad up with a new computer. the motherboard i chose was an Asus P5KPL SE. he has been using a Maxtor IDE HDD but now wants more storage space. i got him a sata drive and it is just not being recognised - not even by the bios. i know the drive works because i'v tested it on another system and it worked a treat. i know it… SATA HDD and DVD-RW Problems Hardware and Software Hardware by bambam272 Hey guys, I am having some issues with my PC. My main drive with my OS is SATA, as well as my DVD-RW. As of this morning, I received a "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" message when trying to turn on my computer. I checked my BIOS and the drive is not visible. I then tried to install the OS again on a new drive … Re: SATA drive conversion Hardware and Software Hardware by BigPaw Looking at your pictures there, it looks to me that you already have power feeding the converter board with a four pin floppy drive power connector. Please be careful in how you set this up, we don't want you to fry your HDD.. I've found this [PATA To SATA converter](http://sgcdn.startech.com/005329/media/sets/PATA2SATA3_Manual/PATA2SATA3.pdf) … Re: SATA drive not recognised at all Hardware and Software Hardware by finito strange, Sometimes there is a setting in the Bois for Primary secondary, there is also sometimes an option to turn sata off. Re: SATA drive not recognised at all Hardware and Software Hardware by Adam_Done [QUOTE=finito;1225209]Hmm, maybe the cable is at fault? can you recheck the drive one another computer, maybe problem happened during transport[/QUOTE] i have used the drive on another machine to test it. it worked perfectly. i have tried 3 different cables. i have tried all 4 SATA ports on the motherboard. i know the drive is getting power in … Re: SATA HDD and DVD-RW Problems Hardware and Software Hardware by caperjack first thing i would try is set bios /setup to defaults and unplugging and reconnecting the sata cables , SATA and IDE windows problem Hardware and Software Hardware by Vesalius [COLOR=#000000]Hi,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I am adding a new SATA drive to my system which previously only had an IDE drive. The simple (doh) plan was to reinstall windows on the SATA drive and then to copy my work files etc across from my IDE drive which will then just act as extra space.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [… SATA HDD not detected Hardware and Software Hardware by rdeja First, please know that I've already checked out the other threads on the subject and none of the solutions have worked in my case. Having said that, I recently upgraded the memory and replaced the mobo in my HTPC. Below is my current setup: Gigabyte MA790X-DS4 mobo AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor 4 GB DDR2-800 RAM Maxtor DiamondMax Plus … Re: SATA hard drive not recognized Hardware and Software Hardware by Chaky [quote=KarraGanesh;277606]:?: A Brand New loaded with WIN XP SE2 - The problenm in after some months(7) some times it boots and some times may not. When it is not booting it HD (SATA 120GB) is making a "TIC TIC" sound. In the BOOT option the HD/CD/Floppy were detected and in the main menu - SATA/IDA, IDA was detected with CD Rom and … SATA primary drive in IDE system - will the PC boot Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by GeordieLad It is now almost impossible to find IDE HDDs and I am considering fitting a SATA HDD via a plugin IDE-SATA adapter to each of my HP Compaq DX2000MT PCs. The latter are currently Windows XP Pro but upgrade tp Windows 7 Pro are planned. The new SATA drive/s will be the primary drive and, from discussions on other technical forums, it has been … SATA Hard drive problem Hardware and Software Hardware by oldtimer9 I have a K8V SE Motherboard with 2 WD 160 Sata hard drives Raid striped connected to PRI Sata & SEC Sata connecters. I wish to add 2 WD Sata 200G hard drives as storage on the Sata 1 & Sata 2 connecters without using another raid array & I don't want to put a operating system on them. Is this possible? If so what are the steps to do … SATA HDD problem Hardware and Software Hardware by ganga_ganga friends, i came back with another problem and plz help me.. i brought one hitachi 80GB SATA HDD some one month back.. installed it two weeks back... now i have two hdds one sata and one ordinary.. i have the os winxpSP2 in both the hard disks.. i was worked with both the hard disks and was able to boot from both the HDDs... then i didnt … SATA HDD - problem after changing computer Hardware and Software Hardware by fantazjusz Hello everyone :) I have a serious problem with my SATA drive. Yesterday I changed almost everyhting in my comp: motherboard, CPU, RAM and graphic card. I only kept my 2 HDDs, one IDE 40GB (on which I have system) and one SATA 250GB (precious data). They were both working fine on my previous config. After changing so many components I was … Re: SATA+IDE Integration Problem Hardware and Software Hardware by fren Yes, it is. As far as I know, sata I and II are backward compatible but try to set your sata drive to normal operation mode (3Gbit/s). Remove the pin jumper in the jumper block. If it still doesn't work. 1. Try inserting it to the other sata ports on the motherboard. 2. Change the sata signal cable. Look for your sata drive in the … SATA HDD Problem Hardware and Software Hardware by Davva Hi Guys. I'm having a problem with a SATA HDD and would appreciate some advice. My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8SQ800 and is SATA capable. I was running a couple of IDE drives with XP installed on the C:. A couple of days ago my C: developed a problem so I went and bought a WD200 SATA HDD. I fdisk'd and formatted the new drive with … SATA HDD Problem Hardware and Software Hardware by PC-Thug Hi guys, I'm having a strange problem with my SATA drive and I am totally at a loss at what to do. 2 days ago I had been using 2 hard drives, 1 80GB IDE Seagate hd with Windows XP and my games & programs on it, the other was a SATA 160 GB Seagate which has my mp3s and videos etc on it. I had had that setup for about 2 years with no problems … Re: SATA HDD Problem Hardware and Software Hardware by bobbyraw [QUOTE=PC-Thug;491458]Hi guys, I'm having a strange problem with my SATA drive and I am totally at a loss at what to do. 2 days ago I had been using 2 hard drives, 1 80GB IDE Seagate hd with Windows XP and my games & programs on it, the other was a SATA 160 GB Seagate which has my mp3s and videos etc on it. I had had that setup for about 2 … Re: Sata Problems!!! Hardware and Software Hardware by rsumner While I don't have an answer to your problem I thought I would describe my recent experience and what I have found so far. A couple of weeks ago my Win2K system went down hard. Missing OS files during boot etc. In other words it was toast. After re-installing the OS I discovered that a 1GB memory module was dead. I also noticed that one of … Re: sata drive disappears from '(my) computer' Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by schuster_md Hi Guys: I wanted you to know that I have the same problem and I have made several changes in my computer to try to solve it. I think that always happens to the 2nd drive (not the boot one) I have changed windows XP to Vista (biggest mistake) and it keeps happening. I changed my MOBO from a Asus p5ad2-e premium to a Commando and started again. I … Re: Sata Hard Drive not recognized Hardware and Software Hardware by MarioG1953 I appreciate the trouble you guys are taking to reply to my posts. However, I am confusing the issue and myself by discussing both my old system and my new system. So let me try to clarify by only discussing my old system first. 1. I bought the system from a reputable computer retailer. The system came with a200gig hard drive ([B]IDE type[/B]).… Re: Sata Hard Drive not recognized Hardware and Software Hardware by hughv [QUOTE=MarioG1953;649203]I appreciate the trouble you guys are taking to reply to my posts. However, I am confusing the issue and myself by discussing both my old system and my new system. So let me try to clarify by only discussing my old system first. 1. I bought the system from a reputable computer retailer. The system came with a200gig hard… Re: SATA primary drive in IDE system - will the PC boot Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by sdjelinek GeordieLad, Since these systems came out in 2004, there have been a lot of changes to both hardware and software. You may be better served by updating to more recent hardware via ebay or other type sites. There are quite a few listings for systems that have much more recent (used) hardware at quite reasonable prices. That said, you certainly can … Sata cables Hardware and Software Hardware by moderate_rock48 Im wanting to know how many SATA cables I need and what kind if I want my entire system SATA ready. Im getting an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD mobo, so I know it is SATA compatible. Should I just count how many IDE ribbons I would have and then that is how many SATA cables I would use? Im using 1 hdd, a dvd-rw, and …