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Bobby
I am trying to install a new SATA hard drive into my system.
It's a Maxtor 250Gb, SATA drive. Model 6B25OSO.
I currently have a Maxtor 120Gb, PATA drive (as my master boot drive) along
with three other IDE drives (two CD/DVD and an LS120 drive).
My system does not appear to recognise my new drive.
My mobo is an Asus K8V SE model which has PATA, SATA and SATA RAID support.
I have connected my new drive to the SATA 1 connection.
The drive is receiving power since it is warm and I felt the rotation of the
drive.
However, my BIOS is not reporting the drive - only the existing PATA drive
and the three other IDE devices.
I've checked the SATA cable connections. They look fine - and they're keyed
so I guess they're OK.
I had disabled the "OnChip SATA BOOTROM" in the BIOS and once I had enabled
this I (briefly) saw something about my new HD flash on the screen during
one of the boot screens (I think my model number appeared). But I can't stop
these damn screens to confirm this (who designs these things?).
Since the BIOS doesn't appear to recognise my new drive, Windows doesn't
either and I can't install it.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
Cheers.
Bobby
It's a Maxtor 250Gb, SATA drive. Model 6B25OSO.
I currently have a Maxtor 120Gb, PATA drive (as my master boot drive) along
with three other IDE drives (two CD/DVD and an LS120 drive).
My system does not appear to recognise my new drive.
My mobo is an Asus K8V SE model which has PATA, SATA and SATA RAID support.
I have connected my new drive to the SATA 1 connection.
The drive is receiving power since it is warm and I felt the rotation of the
drive.
However, my BIOS is not reporting the drive - only the existing PATA drive
and the three other IDE devices.
I've checked the SATA cable connections. They look fine - and they're keyed
so I guess they're OK.
I had disabled the "OnChip SATA BOOTROM" in the BIOS and once I had enabled
this I (briefly) saw something about my new HD flash on the screen during
one of the boot screens (I think my model number appeared). But I can't stop
these damn screens to confirm this (who designs these things?).
Since the BIOS doesn't appear to recognise my new drive, Windows doesn't
either and I can't install it.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
Cheers.
Bobby