Recently bought new PC (AMD 3200) Found out it has ONLY 1 IDE outlet. Previously i ran 1 x HDD master and 1 x HHD Slave. As well as a DVDRW on the 2nd IDE outlet. The new MO only has 1 IDE outlet, but has 2 x SATA plugs. I have a IDE and SATA Convertor plug c/w power adapter. So i plugged in the master IDE and the DVDRW as the slave IDE. Then i plugged the 2nd HDD as a storage drive. BUT i cannot get the drive to show up or be recognised. I get a small green light on the back of the SATA adapter to the IDE pins on the HDD back, but that is it. Is there anything else i need to do to get a SATA drive to be recognised ? I tried using the DVDRW as the SATA drive, but it was the same. What can i do to get the 2 x HDD and 1 x DVDRW to all work on the MO. The MO is a GeForce6100SM-M ?

When installing WinXP did you also install the drivers, including the SATA, from the MBoard CD? Look in disk management, which can be accessed by right clicking My computer> manage> storage> disk management. If you see your drive there you may need to take ownership of the folders. Look at the link below to see how. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 You also need to verify the SATA controllers are Enabled in the BIOS.

You should have paid more attention to the board specs. *Most* boards are coming with just one IDE channel these days. The money you saved by buying a budget board can now be spent on a PCI/IDE controller card.

""When installing WinXP did you also install the drivers, including the SATA, from the MBoard CD? "" If you mean select F6 to install Raid drivers No i did not hit F6. Do i need to completely re-install Xp to do this now? I get no HDD in Disk Management either. No matter what i do i cannot seem to get the PC to pick up the SATA drive. Frustration plus....