I got the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard, set everything up, but my SATA II Hard drive isn't being detected. The power and cable are plugged in correctly. Are there bios settings or basic drivers I need to install? Or is the problem with the board or hdd itself?
does the drive work on a different motherboard?
If it doesn't, you've got a toasted drive (condolences, I have two). If it does work then it's mobo issues.
If it doesn't, you've got a toasted drive (condolences, I have two). If it does work then it's mobo issues.
I have no other motherboard to try it on. It might be the power cord because the drive never actually spins up. Could it be that?
Are you sure tat the drive never spins? I guess it could be the power cord.. do you have a sata power cable coming right out of your psu? if you're using that try using one of the molex -> sata cables they give you
I never got a molex-sata connector, OEM psu, didn't come with much.
Is it detected in BIOS? Is it an additional SATA drive (meaning do you have one working already)?
I have an ASUS mobo and when I installed Winders, I had to get a driver and used the F6 key (or whatever it is) during setup to "Specify an additional device" and then used that mobo / SATA driver from ASUS.
[edit]The driver was a Windows driver for the mobo SATA controller, not the drive itself.[/edit]
I have an ASUS mobo and when I installed Winders, I had to get a driver and used the F6 key (or whatever it is) during setup to "Specify an additional device" and then used that mobo / SATA driver from ASUS.
[edit]The driver was a Windows driver for the mobo SATA controller, not the drive itself.[/edit]
Last edited by 462nd NSP653 (2008-01-10 20:48:30)
it depends if you are using two hard drives man I had to install whole bunch of shit to run RAID using SATA.
I have the exact same MB with 2 sata Hd's in it and I have no problems.
Check the cable.