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I'm having trouble booting up from my HDD. It's a SATA HDD plugged right into the motherboard... I have played with the BIOS setting for a while now, but can't seem to get it to boot up. Can anyone who has this motherboard help me out? I've gotten to the point of it saying,

"Primary channel: IDE not found..."
"Secondary channel: IDE not found..."

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This thread illustrates the usual causes when an older board refuses to boot from a SATA disk: either the board’s SATA controller was not active/visible to the BIOS, the physical connection was wrong, or the BIOS boot order/mode didn’t match how the OS was installed. ’s issue was resolved after located the board documentation, and ’s skepticism about SATA support was a useful sanity check.

Quick checklist (work in this order):

  • Power down and reseat cables: swap the SATA data cable and the PSU power connector, try a different SATA port (prefer the lowest-numbered onboard port).
  • Confirm BIOS sees the drive: enter Setup and look under Integrated Peripherals / SATA Configuration (or similar). If the drive is not listed, try CMOS reset and re-check.
  • Boot order: set the HDD as the first Hard Disk in the Hard Disk Boot Priority, and make sure the HDD is first in the overall boot sequence.
  • SATA mode vs OS: if Windows was installed with the controller in IDE/compatibility mode, switching to AHCI will prevent booting until drivers are installed (and vice versa). Match the BIOS mode to how the OS was installed.
  • Test the drive externally: connect the disk to another machine or a USB-SATA adapter to rule out drive or power failure.

If the BIOS never detects the drive after the above, consult the manual for the exact BIOS option names (that’s what helped here), consider a BIOS update only as a last resort, and back up important data before making changes.

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From what I can see, those boards don't have Sata.
What are you using to connect?

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A google search on the name provided, gave me this model name "GA-8INXP", which apparently have a sata controller onboard.

IF this is the right board, I recommend you read the manual, for your bios settings.
get the manual here: http://www.gigabyte.sg/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1597#manual

Or at least confirm if it is the right board, then I (or somebody else) can help explain what to change, and possibly where to find it. :)

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Thank you very much :D

AH! Yes! It works. Seriously. You. Lifesaver. Multiple thanks.

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