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On 2月24日, 上午9時57分, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storagegoo_lu1<goo_...@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
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> > On 2月23日, 下午8時50分, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >> Driver installed?
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> >> 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
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> > I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to
> > be installed.
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> The driver is not for the disk, but for the controller on
> the mainboard. The disk does indeed not need a driver.
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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.