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***glc*** · 07-23-2005, 08:38 AM

With SATA, there is no such thing as master or slave. One drive per cable.

Try putting the third drive on the Sil3114 controller and make sure the controller is enabled in the main system bios. You will need to install the Sil drivers in Windows before the drive will be recognized in Disk Management, where you can partition and format it for storage.

Use an 80 wire Ultra ATA cable for the DVD burner, connect it to the standard IDE controller (ICH6R, not the ITE), jumper the drive to Cable Select. If this doesn't work, use a standard 40 wire IDE cable and jumper the drive to Master. Turn the ITE controller off in the bios.

07-23-2005, 08:38 AM	#15
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,734	With SATA, there is no such thing as master or slave. One drive per cable. Try putting the third drive on the Sil3114 controller and make sure the controller is enabled in the main system bios. You will need to install the Sil drivers in Windows before the drive will be recognized in Disk Management, where you can partition and format it for storage. Use an 80 wire Ultra ATA cable for the DVD burner, connect it to the standard IDE controller (ICH6R, not the ITE), jumper the drive to Cable Select. If this doesn't work, use a standard 40 wire IDE cable and jumper the drive to Master. Turn the ITE controller off in the bios.