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Thread ID: 67621	2006-04-01 16:52:00	Problems installin Serial ATA Hard Disk	titolopez (10115)	Press F1

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442866	2006-04-01 16:52:00	I am trying to install a brand new Serial ATA 160 GB Seagate Barracuda hard disk in my computer, but the BIOS does not recognize it. I am planning to have 2 160 GB disks in my system. I already have another Serial ATA 160 GB disk installed, which is running fine (Samsung). Since the new disk is not recognized by the BIOS, I tried disconnecting the old one from the SATA cables and connecting the new disk to this cables, but it doesn't work. I have the most recent BIOS version for my MSI KT6V (MS - 7021 Ver 1) Mobo. Another symptom: When I connect both disks via SATA cables, the system starts the boot up, but when Windows starts booting, the picture starts to fade and the the system crashes. My system: Windows XP Professional Edition/Service Pack 2 DirectX 9.0c MSI MS-7021 (KT6V) Motherboard AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0 GHz) Processor 1.5 GB RAM 2 HD's (160 GB Serial ATA Samsung/100 GB IDE Maxtor) ATI Radeon 9600 Series AGP 256 MB Graphic Card Thanks for any help.	titolopez (10115)
442867	2006-04-01 20:21:00	The new SATA you installed. Did you connect a power cable to it as well?? So, the BIOS / system detects it? I take it, you've configured them as 3rd and 4th Master in the BIOS, and they're not configured as RAID, in the BIOS??	Speedy Gonzales (78)
442868	2006-04-01 21:55:00	The new SATA you installed . Did you connect a power cable to it as well?? So, the BIOS / system detects it? I take it, you've configured them as 3rd and 4th Master in the BIOS, and they're not configured as RAID, in the BIOS?? Thanks, Speedy for your interest: Both cables, Serial ATA connector and Power connector are connected . The configuration I have, before intsalling the new disk is: IDE 1 -> Primary Master: IDE Hard Disk 100 GB . IDE 2 -> Secondary Master: DVD CD ROM IDE 2 -> Secondary Slave: CD ROM None RAID-> Serial_Ch0: Samsung HD 160JJ I tried the disk on another computer and it worked fine, so I formatted the disk and made 2 partitions (40 GB + 120 GB), but my PC still can't recognize it . When I try to connect the new SEAGATE 160GB 7200 . 9 Barracuda Hard Disk, on Serial_CH1 (as a second SATA HD), it is not recognized by the BIOS, so I can't complete the installation . As I said, just as an experimentation, I disconnected both the IDE HD and the old SATA HD in order to connect only my new SATA HD with the cables I disconnected from my old SATA HD, but still doesn't work . I have just visited the vendor, and he says the problem may lie in the transfer rate of my MOBO, which is only of 150MB/s, and it seems my new HD works at a transfer rate higher than that . With other HD's you can fix that with jumpers, but my new model does not have any jumpers to work with . Any thoughts about all this?	titolopez (10115)
442869	2006-04-01 22:08:00	IDE 1 -> Primary Master: IDE Hard Disk 100 GB . IDE 2 -> Secondary Master: DVD CD ROM IDE 2 -> Secondary Slave: CD ROM None RAID-> Serial_Ch0: Samsung HD 160JJ The above looks fine to me . Having no jumpers on SATA is normal . They usually don't have jumpers . As they can only be configured as Master's not Slaves . Have you configured both SATA's in the BIOS? If the BIOS doesn't detect the new SATA? ie: Is serial_ch_0 and ch_1 on AUTO in the BIOS?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
442870	2006-04-01 22:33:00	The above looks fine to me . Having no jumpers on SATA is normal . They usually don't have jumpers . As they can only be configured as Master's not Slaves . Have you configured both SATA's in the BIOS? If the BIOS doesn't detect the new SATA? ie: Is serial_ch_0 and ch_1 on AUTO in the BIOS? Well, I took my PC to the guy who sold me the Seagate SATA HD . Then, he tried installing a Maxtor SATA HD . At first, it was not recognized by the MOBO, so he placed its jumper in another position and it worked well . It seems there is no way to configure HD's in the BIOS, or at least, I don't know how . Instead, it seems they are detected automatically .	titolopez (10115)
442871	2006-04-01 22:39:00	Hmm ok . First time I've heard of a SATA having jumpers . I use a 120 GB SATA on this, with an 80 GB IDE . And this SATA definitely doesnt have jumpers on it . Well yer there SHOULD be a way for you to configure hdd's in the BIOS, or the system wouldnt know its there / it exists . Must be a more recent Maxtor SATA hdd, if its got jumpers on it . Like on this mobo, the SATA/s are 3rd and 4th Master . In the BIOS .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
442872	2006-04-02 01:22:00	Ah the new SATA you've brought maybe a SATA 2 hdd . Thats what jumper this guy would have changed . The jumper lets you switch between SATA 1 (which I would say your mobo supports), and SATA 2 . (Which your mobo doesn't support) . And thats why the system wouldnt recognise / let you use it .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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