> I am trying to install a new SATA hard drive into my system.
>
> It's a Maxtor 250Gb, SATA drive. Model 6B25OSO.
>
> I currently have a Maxtor 120Gb, PATA drive (as my master boot drive) along
> with three other IDE drives (two CD/DVD and an LS120 drive).
>
> My system does not appear to recognise my new drive.
>
> My mobo is an Asus K8V SE model which has PATA, SATA and SATA RAID support.
> I have connected my new drive to the SATA 1 connection.
>
> The drive is receiving power since it is warm and I felt the rotation of the
> drive.
>
> However, my BIOS is not reporting the drive - only the existing PATA drive
> and the three other IDE devices.
>
> I've checked the SATA cable connections. They look fine - and they're keyed
> so I guess they're OK.
>
> I had disabled the "OnChip SATA BOOTROM" in the BIOS and once I had enabled
> this I (briefly) saw something about my new HD flash on the screen during
> one of the boot screens (I think my model number appeared). But I can't stop
> these damn screens to confirm this (who designs these things?).
>
> Since the BIOS doesn't appear to recognise my new drive, Windows doesn't
> either and I can't install it.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what I can do?

"Bobby" <bo***@europe.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to install a new SATA hard drive into my system.
>
> It's a Maxtor 250Gb, SATA drive. Model 6B25OSO.
>
> I currently have a Maxtor 120Gb, PATA drive (as my master boot drive)
> along with three other IDE drives (two CD/DVD and an LS120 drive).
>
> My system does not appear to recognise my new drive.
>
> My mobo is an Asus K8V SE model which has PATA, SATA and SATA RAID
> support. I have connected my new drive to the SATA 1 connection.
>
> The drive is receiving power since it is warm and I felt the rotation of
> the drive.
>
> However, my BIOS is not reporting the drive - only the existing PATA drive
> and the three other IDE devices.
>
> I've checked the SATA cable connections. They look fine - and they're
> keyed so I guess they're OK.
>
> I had disabled the "OnChip SATA BOOTROM" in the BIOS and once I had
> enabled this I (briefly) saw something about my new HD flash on the screen
> during one of the boot screens (I think my model number appeared). But I
> can't stop these damn screens to confirm this (who designs these things?).
>
> Since the BIOS doesn't appear to recognise my new drive, Windows doesn't
> either and I can't install it.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Bobby
>

"Bobby" <bo***@europe.com> wrote in message
news:38dohvF5kgfh0U1@individual.net...
>I am trying to install a new SATA hard drive into my system.
>
> It's a Maxtor 250Gb, SATA drive. Model 6B25OSO.
>
> I currently have a Maxtor 120Gb, PATA drive (as my master boot drive)
> along with three other IDE drives (two CD/DVD and an LS120 drive).
>
> My system does not appear to recognise my new drive.
>
> My mobo is an Asus K8V SE model which has PATA, SATA and SATA RAID
> support. I have connected my new drive to the SATA 1 connection.
>
> The drive is receiving power since it is warm and I felt the rotation of
> the drive.
>
> However, my BIOS is not reporting the drive - only the existing PATA drive
> and the three other IDE devices.
>
> I've checked the SATA cable connections. They look fine - and they're
> keyed so I guess they're OK.
>
> I had disabled the "OnChip SATA BOOTROM" in the BIOS and once I had
> enabled this I (briefly) saw something about my new HD flash on the screen
> during one of the boot screens (I think my model number appeared). But I
> can't stop these damn screens to confirm this (who designs these things?).
>
> Since the BIOS doesn't appear to recognise my new drive, Windows doesn't
> either and I can't install it.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Bobby
>

"Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u8ZYZqNHFHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> For starts, the ability to "see" a SATA hard drive is a function of the
> BIOS
> and SATA controller on the motherboard, not a function of the hard drive
> itself (assuming that the hard drive is not mechanically defective.)  So,
> rather than looking for solutions from Maxtox, look at your motherboard's
> manual, or user support for the motherboard.
>
> But, in general several things need to happen before the drive will appear
> in Windows:
>
> 1a.  If the SATA controller is also a RAID controller, you need ot "build"
> a
> RAID "array". On my ASUS P4S8X motherboard, this option appears midway
> through the BIOS checks.  I says something like "Press CTRL-F to enter
> FastBuild (tm) Utility".  This utility sets up the RAID array(s) for the
> Promise FastTrack controller, whihc is the RAID/SATA controller.
>
> 1b. Since you already have some disks, and operating system, etc
> installed,
> be very careful >>NOT<< to make a mirror or a striped array involving any
> of
> those existing disks!  If you make arrays using the old disks, it will be
> like formating them, and you will lose all data.
>
> 1c.  Instead, use the advanced or custom options to define an "array"
> containing only the one SATA disk.
>
> 2.  Once the RAID array has been created, the SATA disk should appear in
> the
> BIOS checks.  For example, mine appears just after a couple of lines
> stating
> the BIOS version of the RAID controller (distinct from the main BIOS
> version
> itself, whihc is stated much earlier in the POST sequence).  On my PC it
> looks like:
>
> ID   Mode           Size              Tracking-Map               Status
> 1    1+0 stripe     120034M      14593/255/63               Functional
>
> 3.  At this point the PC (BIOS) knows about the disk, but windows does
> not.
> You now need to partition and format the disk.  This can be done either
> from
> the disk management console within XP, or with the MaxBlast utilities that
> should ahve come with the disk, or which you can download from Maxtor.  If
> you choose to use XP to partiton, the trick is to "initialize" the disk,
> meaning create partitions, before you try to format it.
>
> 4.  Either way, once you have partitions, they should be shown in XP's
> disk
> management console.  If they have a format (like NTFS or FAT32) that
> should
> appear.  If they have no format yet, they will be called "RAW".
>
> 5.  However, the disk may still not appear in windows explorer.  If that
> is
> the problem, use the disk management console to assign a drive letter to
> each new partition you have created.  Reboot, and then explorer should see
> the partition(s).
>
>
> "Bobby" <bo***@europe.com> wrote in message
> news:38dohvF5kgfh0U1@individual.net...
>>I am trying to install a new SATA hard drive into my system.
>>
>> It's a Maxtor 250Gb, SATA drive. Model 6B25OSO.
>>
>> I currently have a Maxtor 120Gb, PATA drive (as my master boot drive)
>> along with three other IDE drives (two CD/DVD and an LS120 drive).
>>
>> My system does not appear to recognise my new drive.
>>
>> My mobo is an Asus K8V SE model which has PATA, SATA and SATA RAID
>> support. I have connected my new drive to the SATA 1 connection.
>>
>> The drive is receiving power since it is warm and I felt the rotation of
>> the drive.
>>
>> However, my BIOS is not reporting the drive - only the existing PATA
>> drive
>> and the three other IDE devices.
>>
>> I've checked the SATA cable connections. They look fine - and they're
>> keyed so I guess they're OK.
>>
>> I had disabled the "OnChip SATA BOOTROM" in the BIOS and once I had
>> enabled this I (briefly) saw something about my new HD flash on the
>> screen
>> during one of the boot screens (I think my model number appeared). But I
>> can't stop these damn screens to confirm this (who designs these
>> things?).
>>
>> Since the BIOS doesn't appear to recognise my new drive, Windows doesn't
>> either and I can't install it.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>
>

"Bobby" <bo***@europe.com> wrote...
>
> My system does not appear to recognise my new drive.
>
> My mobo is an Asus K8V SE model which has PATA, SATA and SATA RAID support. I
> have connected my new drive to the SATA 1 connection.
>
> The drive is receiving power since it is warm and I felt the rotation of the
> drive.
>
> However, my BIOS is not reporting the drive - only the existing PATA drive and
> the three other IDE devices.

"BitzchicK" <sheri.kurow***@yourtoothblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:OqcK9OQHFHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Bobby wrote:
>
>> My new HD was then recognised. But it took a long time to boot and I
>> got the BSD a couple of times so I've reverted to my old (PATA) drive
>> for the time being.
>>
>> Help!
> Hi Bobby
> I eventually got mine working on the AV8 Asus Deluxe. Maybe what I did
> will give you some clues
> Make sure in the BIOS you enable IDE operation (not RAID)
> You will not see your SATA drive in the BIOS boot screen, just your Maxtor
> drive in the initial set up screen of BIOS
>
> You need to copy the SATA drivers (not the Promise drivers) from the cd
> (there are 2 types) to a floppy
> I was trying to install Promise drivers (for RAID) not the SAT AVI drivers
> before and that's why XP wouldn't install them
> Select F6 and then S
>
> Once I could install the SATA AVI drivers from the floppy XP Pro installed
> like a babe
>
> HTH
> Regards
> Sheri
>
>