So recently I've been attempting to set up a Seagate Barracuda SATA2 drive on my computer. I'm running ASUS PQ5 DELUXE P45 EAGLELAKE motherboard which has all the SATA ports on it with WinXP SP3, but whenever I plug it into various ports the computer won't detect it at all
I've attempted to plug into multiple red SATA ports on the mobo, as well as a single white one, but nothing changes. Drive manager only sees my C: and my external.
I was thinking it was due to a lack of proper drivers but I can't find any online and I don't think I have my mobo cd around
Also I saw some references to something I may have to do in my BIOS but not entirely sure what
So recently I've been attempting to set up a Seagate Barracuda SATA2 drive on my computer. I'm running ASUS PQ5 DELUXE P45 EAGLELAKE motherboard which has all the SATA ports on it with WinXP SP3, but whenever I plug it into various ports the computer won't detect it at all
I've attempted to plug into multiple red SATA ports on the mobo, as well as a single white one, but nothing changes. Drive manager only sees my C: and my external.
I was thinking it was due to a lack of proper drivers but I can't find any online and I don't think I have my mobo cd around
Also I saw some references to something I may have to do in my BIOS but not entirely sure what
Any suggestions?
Open your BIOS, and look for the SATA disc controller settings. You want to change it from SATA mode to IDE/ATA/PATA/Legacy/whatever mode, and it should work.
Option 2: Install Vista, which actually supports SATA
is not showing up in the disk management section of computer management? (admin tools->computer management->disk management) if it does show there, format it and assign a drive letter.
is it showing up in the bios?
is not showing up in the disk management section of computer management? (admin tools->computer management->disk management) if it does show there, format it and assign a drive letter.
is it showing up in the bios?
This. When I ran Windows, I'd forget that I had to do this every time I had a fresh, blank drive.
is not showing up in the disk management section of computer management? (admin tools->computer management->disk management) if it does show there, format it and assign a drive letter.
is it showing up in the bios?
I mistakingly called it drive manager but yeah not appearing there
So I went into the bios and under Storage Configuration I found the SATA Configuration which was set to AHCI. Changed it to IDE and restarted but drive still wouldn't appear in disk management
Turned off, swapped the SATA cable from the white port I had to a normal red port, restarted, still didn't appear
Went back into the BIOS and it has SATA 1 through 6 listed now, with [Not Detected] next to each. If I go into one the Type is set to Auto and all the configurations beneath it are auto as well. Still nothing in disk management
Feel like I'm getting closer but stumped as to what to try. There was the option to set the Type to Not Installed, but not sure if that's the right next step
I've tried every SATA port that's on the motherboard itself. I don't have any in the back, just the 6 or so located on the motherboard itself to the right of all the PCI slots
I've tried unplugging it and replugging it while the computer was turned on and there was no difference. It does feel like the drive is running though, but I don't hear any disc writing or anything
Are there potentially any SATA drivers I'm missing?
I did notice this though, underneath SCSI and Raid controllers there's a AHPW7YMJ IDE Controller that has a yellow exclamation mark on it and when I try to update the drivers my computer gets the new hardware pop-up, but then I run into an error saying "The specified service does not exist as an installed service" and it just keeps looping the Hardware Update Wizard. Not sure if it's related but thought I'd throw it out there
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Open your BIOS, and look for the SATA disc controller settings. You want to change it from SATA mode to IDE/ATA/PATA/Legacy/whatever mode, and it should work.
Option 2: Install Vista, which actually supports SATA
is it showing up in the bios?
This. When I ran Windows, I'd forget that I had to do this every time I had a fresh, blank drive.
I mistakingly called it drive manager but yeah not appearing there
will try bios thing now
Turned off, swapped the SATA cable from the white port I had to a normal red port, restarted, still didn't appear
Went back into the BIOS and it has SATA 1 through 6 listed now, with [Not Detected] next to each. If I go into one the Type is set to Auto and all the configurations beneath it are auto as well. Still nothing in disk management
Feel like I'm getting closer but stumped as to what to try. There was the option to set the Type to Not Installed, but not sure if that's the right next step
Is your original drive an IDE (big ribbon, old tech) drive or a SATA drive? If it's a SATA you can put change the setting back to AHCI from IDE.
Does the drive spin up when you turn the computer on?
Can't see any distinction between the SATA ports unless it's written on the mobo itself
The only other drives I have are my C: which is IDE and an external through USB
Haven't listened for the drive spinning up
I've tried every SATA port that's on the motherboard itself. I don't have any in the back, just the 6 or so located on the motherboard itself to the right of all the PCI slots
I've tried unplugging it and replugging it while the computer was turned on and there was no difference. It does feel like the drive is running though, but I don't hear any disc writing or anything
Are there potentially any SATA drivers I'm missing?
I did notice this though, underneath SCSI and Raid controllers there's a AHPW7YMJ IDE Controller that has a yellow exclamation mark on it and when I try to update the drivers my computer gets the new hardware pop-up, but then I run into an error saying "The specified service does not exist as an installed service" and it just keeps looping the Hardware Update Wizard. Not sure if it's related but thought I'd throw it out there