Re: SATA/IDE Adapter & XP

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"Solar" <ansgar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4fd37$46538d7b$a6664ba1$4968@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yep. SP 2, plus all upgrades as of last wk. when installed.

Did you try regedit - a lot easier than what you plan on doing.

"EnableBigLba"=dword:00000001
in
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters]

as mentioned in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303013/en-us ?

I agree with you - it can't be the card if it works in Win2000/Bios
Try it - and just reboot. Worst case - you'll waste 60 seconds.
I suspect that since XP doesn't / DIDN'T see it at XP install time it did NOT install that line. If there is no drive there, it does not include that entry ( trust me I went thru this on my old PC ). AFTER adding that line , it saw my drive.

Bobb



"- Bobb -" <bobb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eebgBUMnHHA.4592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You said that you installed XP ..
Did you then "Update XP" / Install Service Pack packs ?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303013/en-us

If 160Gb HD - your drive needs 48 bit addressing turned on.

Bobb


"Solar" <ansgar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cc892$46534c42$a6664ba1$14046@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, the old card was RAID capable (though not used). The new card isn't RAID cap. The drive was working fine, until I put in XP. The instructions for the card didn't say anything, in setup, about onboard BIOS config., only to point XP to the directory with the drivers on the CDROM. So, hell & damn. Maybe I'll have to make a dual-boot with Win2k to offload my 100Gb of data.

I've seen, in internet, a lot of talk about these bloody Silicon Image chipset PCI cards not liking XP. Of course, I still don't know what the real problem is.

"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OPh7dJKnHHA.1244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


"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.


"tfw48079" <tfw48079@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0630CE3B-1EC3-4B4D-A969-C5827170BC1A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'm not sure, but you might need to go into the bios and activate the
drive(s).


"Solar" <ansgar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1e98e$46532f76$a6664ba1$29757@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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.


Solar:
Let me say at the outset that we ran into so many non-recognition problems with these add-on SATA controller PCI cards that unless it was crucial for the user to install a SATA HDD in a system where the motherboard was not SATA-capable we generally recommended against their use. Although I do have to add that most of the time they did work without problems - at least the later-generation cards.

Anyway, that's water over the dam insofar as you're concerned, so try this...

1. In case you haven't done so, try another PCI slot to install the SATA controller card.

2. You didn't say, but I assume the SATA HDD is not listed in the "Disk drives" section of Device Manager. Assuming that's so, right-click on "Disk drives" and click on the "Scan for hardware changes". Probably won't work but give it a try. If it *does* result in the drive being recognized you may have to do this all the time after bootup.

3. I can't remember if you need to jumper that WD SATA HDD in order to configure it for the 1.5 Gb/s (SATA-I) data interface, so check that out.

4. I know you said that you didn't run into the same problem in a Win2K system. You were using the same SATA controller card and the same SATA HDD? So you're reasonably certain there's no problem with the disk itself?

5. If no go, you might want to check with Rosewill (as well as the manuf. of the previous card) to see if they have anything to offer.
Anna







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