Hey there. I have 2 SATA HD's on my MOBO.. Work fine. Got 2 PCI SATA expansion slots and 2 drives one on each. One works fine, the other is fine when i boot up the comp. I can access/write data etc except after a certain amount of time and apparently for no real reason it just vanishes from "My Computer" and can not be accessed anymore. If i reboot, fine again. It is F:/ drive and i have no idea what the problem could be. One issue is i picked up the drive cheap because it was oriniginally meant for use in Digital TV recorders. It is a maxtor drive. Their support said that with the serial ATA power connecter adaptor it would work as a normal HD.
Link to PCI SATA card
http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...ase=sata%20pci
Link to HD
http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...maxtor%20200GB
Any ideas anyone?
Runnin windows xp pro sp2 on an athlon 2800. No other issues known to me. My case is crowded, maybe could be an issue.