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"M.L." <me@privacy.invalid> wrote in message 
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> I'm trying to swap a SATA hard drive from a defunct desktop into a
> working desktop (Sony VAIO VGC-RA840G) that has no hard drive. The
> defunct computer and its hard drive have been sitting in a basement
> for about 2 years collecting dust.
>
> After installing the drive according to instructions from the Sony
> website, the BIOS only shows the 2 DVD drives being detected.
>
> Primary IDE Master [Sony DVD RW D]
> Primary IDE Slave [HL-DT-STDVD-ROM]
>
> The Hardware tab of the BIOS shows:
>
> SCSI-0: ST3160023A5
>
> which is the correct model of the newly installed 160 GB hard drive.
>
> The overall installation was easy. I've never installed a hard drive
> before so I'm wondering if I missed setting something properly. I
> noticed a set of jumper pins on the hard drive but there was no
> plastic jumper on them to set as Master, Slave, or Select, and I've
> read that SATA drives don't need to be jumpered anyway.
>
> Any help with troubleshooting this issue will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
Probably a SATA driver problem.,
bw..M