SATA Drive not detected
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Original Message
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Name: Krondo
Date: November 8, 2006 at 18:22:24 Pacific
Subject: SATA Drive not detectedOS: Windows XP ProCPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 3200 64 2x 512 |
Comment: I recently purchased a Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 Via K8T890 Chipset. I installed a SATA drive directly to the mainboard and Windows wont detect the drive but the computer does any suggestions?
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Response Number 2
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Name: Krondo
Date: November 8, 2006 at 18:33:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)its the only HDD in the computer and i cant install windows onto it cause windows wont detect it. So i need to find a way for windows to detect it.
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Response Number 3
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Name: cmw2010
Date: November 8, 2006 at 18:55:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You need to load the sata controller drivers onto a floppy disk and press F6 when you are prompted to when installing windows.
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Response Number 4
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Name: voltage
Date: November 8, 2006 at 18:55:44 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)When you install xp it will tell you to press F6 to install a Raid controller. You may need to do this? Thats when it worked for me.
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Response Number 8
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Name: Sabertooth
Date: November 8, 2006 at 20:41:10 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I happen to have a Soltek board (SL-K8AN2E-GR) too and now that I think about it - mine did not require any special drivers for SATA disk recognition and most newer motherboards are like that, provided you've setup the SATA controller to act as an IDE controller, however for RAID it does need a driver. I would suggest you go into your K890Pro-939 BIOS and set your promise controller on SATA, since about the only related driver to you right now is the RAID one and that's not what you are trying to configure. If you look under the integrated peripherals section in your BIOS, that option should be there under "Promise Function Select" Goodluck!
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Response Number 9
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Name: Krondo
Date: November 8, 2006 at 21:46:37 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)yes the primise controller is set to SATA but still wont detect it i still think i need one of those drivers but i dont know which one.
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Response Number 10
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Name: Sabertooth
Date: November 8, 2006 at 22:17:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You have more than one SATA connector on the motherboard don't you? Try the others. There are only two drivers on Soltek's website and both applies to RAID. - Promise 20579 RAID Driver - VIA VT8237 RAID Driver (Use this if all else fails)
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