Re: SATA/IDE Adapter & XP

If you see the controller in the DeviceManager but don't see the drive listed
in the DeviceManager it usually means the controller has not been configured
to use the attached drive.

All of the SATA controller cards that I have used display a message at boot
time specifying a combination of keys to press to enter the controllers
ROMBIOS configuration screen. This is not the same thing as the normal
ROMBIOS setup for configuring the computer's ROMBIOS settings and is normally
displayed after the post messages displayed by the normal ROMBIOS at boot
time.

Also if the card supports any RAID features you will almost definitely need
to configure the controller in order for it to use any drives that are
attached to it. The Silicon Image website has GUI software tools for this
chipset that should allow you to configure the card correctly from within
Windows.

http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=29

Look at "Support tools" on the right side of the webpage.

--
John Hensley
www.resqware.com


"Solar" wrote:

I've thought about that, but the BIOS only has IDE options. Also, I don't
recall having to do that with Win2k. So... I'm not sure either, what I'd do
in the BIOS.


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"Solar" wrote:

Before I installed XP Pro, recently, I was running Win2k Pro. My MB
doens't
have SATA onboard, so I had bought an IDE ported SATA card so I could
install a 160Gb HD. Under Win2k it worked great. No problemo. After
installing XP, updated drivers, and every trick I knew, XP wouldn't
recognise the card. So I gave up and bought another card thinking that
it
was the chipset, or poor drivers. And Lo, this new Roswell card will
install, IOW, XP says YEAH, it doth install correctly, and do worketh.
Right? Well, the HD is not accessable, nor does it show in Explorer.
Device Manager shows the Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATALink Controller, and
that it's working fine. However, Disk Management panel show not my WD HD
160Gb.

What am I overlooking?

Thanks.




I'm not sure, but you might need to go into the bios and activate the
drive(s).



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