sata drive

[jay123456]

abit ag8 motherboard i have an ide hard driveset as master dvd rom drive as slave trying to install sata drive but it is not recognised used the floppy disc with different drivers dont know which one to use they all say sata raid drivers, intel, silicon, via, press the f6 button to install drivers then the screen message comes up had to shut down windows because of a software or hardware problem been into the bios if i clear the cmos the drive is there maxtor calypso on boot up it dissapears again

[glc]

The SATA controller on that board is the Intel ICH6R, if that helps with your driver choice.

If you are booting from Windows already installed on the IDE drive, just hook up the new drive, boot into Windows, and the new drive should be recognized in Disk Management. Right click on it, partition and format it.

If you are trying to install Windows on the new SATA drive, disconnect the IDE drive first and boot with the Windows CD. As long as the SATA controller is properly configured in the BIOS and you are not using RAID, a driver floppy will not be required for Windows XP.

[jay123456]

how do you configure the sata controler :o

[Ob1]

just plug in the power and sata cable into the sata drive. thats it

[jay123456]

Edited by moderator - another thread has been posted.

[glc]

ob1, he is asking how to configure the controller in the bios, not how to connect the drive.

That's what the motherboard manual is for, Jay. Integrated peripherals, OnChip IDE Device - set On-Chip Serial ATA to Enhanced and SATA Mode to IDE. Plug your SATA drive into the SATA1 connector. It should show up as IDE Channel 2 Master.

[jay123456]

everytime i connect the sata drive, on boot up there is a clicking noise the pc crashes saying windows has had to shut down if i disconect the sata drive no problem, is the sata hard drive faulty, trying to install a sata hard drive is flaming hard work its an abit AG8 motherboard been into the bios tried everything , diconected the ide drive, just sata, in the bios same thing shuts down got a real feeling the hard drive is faulty its a maxtor calypso

[Ob1]

what kind of hard drive is it? run a diagnostic test on the drive

go to the manufacturer's website and look there for the diagnostic tool, or you can use the ubcd. it has a lot of hard drive diag tools from basically all hard drive manufacturers.
www.ultimatebootcd.com

[jay123456]

the hard drive is a sata maxtor 120gb calypso

[Ob1]

on the ultimate boot cd, run the powermax diagnostic utility on your drive

[glc]

Or go to the Maxtor website and download Powermax. It will run from a floppy.