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SATA HDD is not recognized by BIOS
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Posted by: VKuk
Hello!
I have ECS K7S5A mobo, Via 735 chipset with 2 parallel IDE ports. I've bought 80GB Maxtor Serial ATA 7200RPM HD. Also a converter which converts IDE interface to SATA which 'converts Parallel ATA devices to Searial ATA'. I stuck this converter into mobo's parallel port, and when I boot my computer, BIOS doesn't recognise my hard drive. I've connencted power cable, then this 7-pin cable from HD to converter, I tries to switch places, I have CD-ROM connected, but no way I could make my mobo see this HD in BIOS. Please help.
Thank you!
Posted by: redwench
motherboards dont recognize sata drives natively right now. you need to load special drivers for them first. follow the instructions that came with the drive.
Posted by: VKuk
I guess I have to buy SATA host adapter for my motherboard. The one I have is not the one I need. Thanks
Posted by: Workdawg
lol, reading your post before i apparently missed the fact that you actually have the same motherboard that i had before xmas. it doesnt have onboard sata connections, so you would need a sata controller card.
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