Hello. I have recently bought an Abit NF7-s V2.0 motherboard and a 120GB seagate barracuda SATA hard drive. I'm having some problems getting the drive detected by windows XP pro (Non-Service Pack 1 CD version). Bear in mind that this is a new computer and has nothing on it yet, so I can't do anything in windows. I know that the Hard drive has power because I can feel it trying to boot at post. I have tried two different SATA data leads, both have the same results. I have set the Sata adaptor to 'enabled' and the raid controller part to 'disabled' because I only have one hard drive. CDROM is primary boot device, Serial ATA is secondary boot device. When I reboot and windows enters the setup, if I press F6 to load other SCSI drivers etc. windows tells me it can't find any fixed disk and to press 's' to select the controller, I select the 2nd one down (silicon image sil 3112a SATA PCI controller for windows XP) and the floppy whirrs for a bit and a few things load, then windows says that it can't find any fixed disk press F3 to abort and restart machine?? If I set RAID to 'enabled' in the bios, it does the same thing, but asks me to start raid by pressing ctrl+s or F4, but that never finds the hdd either?? I have also tried running seatools utility (on two floppies) but it just sits there forever with SEAGATE across the screen and nothing else (no FDD/HDD lights flashing, progress bar etc) and FDISK (Win98SE CD)but it can't see the drive.. The motherboard manual is very vague and tells me all about how good SATA is and how to connect the leads up rather than what I need to know. I downloaded the seagate diskwizard utility but you need to use it in windows??? what use it that to anyone?? Thanks for any suggestions.

check your connections from mobo to hard drive are you using the small sata cable? Abit NF7-s 2500+ @ 3200+ 512 Corsair XMS PC3200 128 meg Radeon 9800 Pro DUAL 36 GIG WD Raptors DUAL 21 in. ( 19.8 viewable ) Sony Trinitrons 3+ Mbps cable connection

one more thing....you do just have ONE poer connector hooked up,right? Abit NF7-s 2500+ @ 3200+ 512 Corsair XMS PC3200 128 meg Radeon 9800 Pro DUAL 36 GIG WD Raptors DUAL 21 in. ( 19.8 viewable ) Sony Trinitrons 3+ Mbps cable connection

wish this forum had edit function i meant "power" Abit NF7-s 2500+ @ 3200+ 512 Corsair XMS PC3200 128 meg Radeon 9800 Pro DUAL 36 GIG WD Raptors DUAL 21 in. ( 19.8 viewable ) Sony Trinitrons 3+ Mbps cable connection

Thanks for the reply. Yes I have a Belkin molex-to-SATA power adapter. I have tried using different data leads (one 0.45m that came with the motherboard, and one 0.20m, that I bought seperately) I am sure that both the data lead and power lead are plugged in snugly. Is it possible to connect more than one power lead to the HDD?? This is how my BIOS is configured: I've typed out my BIOS settings below if it helps. Nvidia-nForce-6A61BA1BC-22 Softmenu III setup: CPU Name is: AMD Athlon(tm) XP CPU Internal Frequency: 1995MHz (133x15) CPU Operating Speed: 2400+ External Clock: 133MHz Multiplier factor: x13.5 AGP Frequency: 66MHz CPU FSB/DRAM Ratio: Auto CPU Interface: Disabled Power Supply Controller: System Default CPU Core Voltage: 1.65v DDR SDRAM Voltage: 2.6v Chipset Voltage: 1.6v AGP Voltage: 1.5v CPU Over Temp. Protect: 90 degrees C Standard CMOS Features: IDE Primary Master: Samsung DVD-ROM SD-6 IDE Primary Slave: None IDE Secondary Master: None IDE Secondary Slave: Samsung CD-R/RW DRIV Drive A: 1.44m, 3.5 in. Drive B: None Floppy 3 Mode Support: Disabled Video: EGA/VGA Halt On: All, But Keyboard Basic Memory: 640k Extended Memory: 523264k Total Memory: 524288k Advanced BIOS Features: Virus Warning: Disabled Quick Power On Self Test: Enabled First Boot Device: CDROM Second Boot Device: Serial ATA Third Boot Device: Floppy Boot Other Device: Disabled Swap Floppy Drive: Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek: Disabled Boot Up Numlock Status: On Security Option: Setup APIC Mode: Enabled - MPS Version CTRL For OS: 1.4 OS Select for DRAM > 64MB: Non-OS2 Report No FDD For OS: Disabled Delay IDE Initial: 5 Sec(s) Advanced Chipset Features: Memory Timings: Optimal X - Row-active delay: 6 X - RAS-to-CAS delay: 3 X - Row-precharge delay: 3 X - CAS Latency Time: 2.0 System BIOS Cacheable: Enabled Video RAM Cacheable: Enabled AGP Aperture Size: 128MB FSB Spread Spectrum: 0.50% AGP Spread Spectrum: 0.50% CPU Thermal-Throttling: 50.0% Enhance PCI performance: Enabled CPU Disconnect Function: Enabled AGP Data Transfer Rate: Auto AGP Fast Write Capebility: Enabled Integrated Peripherals Onchip IDE Device: Onchip IDE1 Controller: Enabled - Master Drive PIO Mode: Auto - Slave Drive PIO Mode: Auto - Master Drive Ultra DMA: Auto - Slave Drive Ultra DMA: Auto Onchip IDE2 Controller: Enabled - Master Drive PIO Mode: Auto - Slave Drive PIO Mode: Auto - Master Drive Ultra DMA: Auto - Slave Drive Ultra DMA: Auto IDE Prefetch Mode: Enabled IDE Bus Master: Enabled Onchip PCI Device: USB Controller: V1.1+V2.0 -USB Keyboard Support via: OS -USB Mouse Support via: OS Audio Controller: Diabled LAN Controller: Disabled X - LAn Boot ROM: Disabled IEEE1394 Controller Enabled Onboard PCI Device: Serial ATA Controller: Enabled - SATA RAID ROM: Disabled INIT Display First: AGP EXT-P2P's Discard Time: 30us Onboard FDD Controller: Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1: 3F8/IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2: 2F8/IRQ3 - Onboard IR Function: Disabled X - RxD, TxD Active: Hi,Lo X - IR Transmission Delay: Enabled X - IR Function Duplex: Half X - Use IR Pins: IR-Header Onboard Parallel Port: 378/IRQ7 - Parallel Port Mode: ECP+EPP - EPP Mode select: EPP1.9 - ECP Mode Use DMA: 3 Power Management Setup: ACPI Suspend Type: S1(PowerON-Suspend) Power Button Function: Instant-Off Wakeup by PME# of PCI: Disabled Wakeup by Ring: Disabled Wakeup by Alarm: Disabled POWER ON Function: Button Only Restore on AC Power Loss: Power Off That took some typing! I have also sent it to Abit technical support. Thanks.

Just posting back to say that I have fixed it. I found that the Molex connector from the PSU that the power adaptor was connected to was damaged. The red wire was broken, I transfered the adaptor onto another molex connector and it worked straight away. Thanks for the help.