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goo_lu1 <goo_lu1@yahoo.com.hk> wrote
> Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote
>> goo_lu1 <goo_lu1@yahoo.com.hk> wrote
>>>  Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote
>>>> goo_lu1 <goo_lu1@yahoo.com.hk> wrote

>>>>> Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a
>>>>> new WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA
>>>>> port in my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for
>>>>> SATA were set as below:
>>>>> Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or Disabled)
>>>>> Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
>>>>> After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
>>>>> However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find
>>>>> the SATA HDD from explorer.

>>>>> I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk
>>>>> Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD found.

>>>>> Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to
>>>>> force hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

>>>>> Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I would like
>>>>> to ask what can I do further before I return it to the dealer for another HDD ?

>>>>> PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the results were the same.

>>>> Driver installed?

>>> I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to be installed.

>> The driver is not for the disk, but for the controller on
>> the mainboard. The disk does indeed not need a driver.

> Tks, Eric is correct, only changing Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] enables
> XP to recognize the HDD. I read the driver manual, it said driver is
> needed if I want to install XP or 2000 on the SATA disk. I wonder
> without the driver, will the SATA disk performs as a real SATA disk.

Yep, like I said, that setting just affects how it looks
to the OS, not how it works at the hardware level.

Its only purpose is to avoid the need to load a driver to see the drive at the OS level.