Addin a ext. SATA portable drive

[Jim Corderman]

I am trying to add a external SATA drive to the external mount on my Intel
D975XBX2 MB I have the rear mount/plug connected to the red terminal on the
MB but the computed doesn't see it unless I change the option in the setup
bios from Raid To AHCI. When I change it to AHCI the system won't boot
windows, so... The question is: how do I change that driver from RAID to
AHCI?

 

[Gary Mount]

eSata shouldn't be any different than an internally installed hard drive.
The physical connections are different but to the system, the eSata looks
just like a hard drive connected to an internal sata port. One difference
however is the ability for eSata to hot plug (connect the drive while the
system is powered and running).