🚀 go-pugleaf

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 ?

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.