🚀 go-pugleaf

goo_lu1 <goo_lu1@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
> On 2$B7n(B24$BF|(B, $B>e8a(B1$B;~(B09$BJ,(B, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> goo_lu1<goo_...@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 ?
>>
>> Set the Sis Serial ATA Mode to IDE.
>>
>>
>>
>>> PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the results were the same.-

> Why ?

To get it seen by the OS.

> I need a real SATA disk.

That just controls how its seen by the OS, not how the hardware is done.