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NickH
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Posted: 19th Jun 2009 17:14
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Hi people,

Just bought a nice new 500gb SATA II drive with a card to give me some ports (oldish computer). I've managed to get the card installed (SIL3512A), but I can't get it to detect the drive. Any ideas? Do you think this is an XP Home issue?
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 19th Jun 2009 17:44 Edited at: 19th Jun 2009 17:45
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Does it show-up in the drive scan at the start (in the BIOS).

If not that's your problem.

If it does appear in your BIOS ok, then you probably need to install a SATA driver for your motherboard (or this plugin card you are using). Check the CD that came with your motherboard/card. It's a that level driver you need, because the SATA controller itself lives on there.


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NickH
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Posted: 19th Jun 2009 20:35 Edited at: 19th Jun 2009 20:36
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I can't seem to see the drive in the BIOS. I've installed the drivers and made sure it has the most upto date version (from what I can tell at least). I think it might be the card. There is an option on bootup to view what the card can see, and it says "nothing detected". The HD works, just tested it on someone else's machine. The words "DAMN" and "Typical" spring to mind
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