🚀 go-pugleaf

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage goo_lu1 <goo_lu1@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
> On 2$B7n(B23$BF|(B, $B2<8a(B8$B;~(B50$BJ,(B, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> Driver installed?
>>
>> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storagegoo_lu1<goo_...@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
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>> > 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 ?
>> > Tks!
>> > PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
>> > results were the same.- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -
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>> - $Bp}<(Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

> 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.

Arno