help me install my sata drive please

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 08:31 AM

im having trouble getting my bios to identify the new sata 2 drive i just put in. Its connected with a sata cable and the power is connected. But i cant get windows to recognise it. Ive read the bios manuel and its useless. cant figure out how to do it. I got a asus k8v se deluxe.

PangingJr · Feb 10, 2006, 09:14 AM

when you power up the computer, Does the BIOS see the new hard drive?

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 09:36 AM

yes i got bios to see the new drive but its telling me its IDE? (i think)

i installed some VIA drivers but that didnt help

niceguyrichy · Feb 10, 2006, 09:46 AM

is it primary boot drive or no?

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 09:49 AM

no its not my system drive

im thinking this might be the problem?

http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx...%20SE%20Deluxe

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 09:59 AM

yea ok im 99% sure thats the problem, now i gotta lock out pins 5 and 6, how the hell do i do this?

PangingJr · Feb 10, 2006, 10:01 AM

my experience is limited to Intel chipset motherboard's... but anyway, you have to give me more info on what you want to do with this drive...
you want to use the new drive as your main hard drive (meaning you want to install Windows onto this drive and use it as boot drive) or as a secondary drive ??

if you want to use it as the new boot drive -- you may need to provide a SATA driver during the new Windows installation. this requires the F6 installation method.

if you want to use it as a secondary drive and you already have the Windows XP SP2 on the old drive -- then set your BIOS (if your BIOS setup program provides this option) to boot the new drive after the old drive. and then after you are in Windows run this command in the Run box... diskmgmt.msc, Do you see the new drive listed on the the Disk Management snap-in as "Disk 1"?
if so, then you should be okay and i'll continue on this...

ok, here is the next step...

on the Action menu of Disk Management click Rescan Disks,

if the Disk Management detects the new hard drive -- R-click on the drive, then choose Initialize Disk.

if the Disk Management does not detect the new disk after you click Rescan Disks -- reboot your computer.
after you back in Windows open the Disk Management snap-in, and then do the Initialize Disk...

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PangingJr

my experience is limited to Intel chipset motherboard's... but anyway, you have to give me more info on what you want to do with this drive...
you want to use the new drive as your main hard drive (meaning you want to install Windows onto this drive and use it as boot drive) or as a secondary drive ??

if you want to use it as the new boot drive -- you may need to provide a SATA driver during the new Windows installation. this requires the F6 installation method.

if you want to use it as a secondary drive and you already have the Windows XP SP2 on the old drive -- then set your BIOS (if your BIOS setup program provides this option) to boot the new drive after the old drive. and then after you are in Windows run this command in the Run box... diskmgmt.msc, Do you see the new drive listed on the the Disk Management snap-in as "Disk 1"?
if so, then you should be okay and i'll continue on this...

Ok i am using this as a secondary drive, i already have XP installed on a drive and i am in it now.

In bios i enable promise controller and it detects the WD drive, and then when i reboot it says IDE Bus Master Enabled. The drive is showing under boot devices - Hard drive, but when i change the order of the HD's ( the system to #2 and new sata 2 to number 1) then the system drive is no longer in the boot priority, just the cdrom and new sata drive.

PangingJr · Feb 10, 2006, 10:41 AM

i need to see your BIOS setup program...
the problem is only in and about the system BIOS settings i just don't have any experience on this motherboard.
but i don't Think you need to install any extra driver if you only add one SATA drive to the system.

someone who has this motherboard should be able to clear this up.

anyway, set the BIOS to boot the old drive first. then boot into Windows and have a look at the Disk Management snap-in...

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 10:48 AM

there isnt much i can do in the bios with this drive. here is a picture of the array it wants me to set up when i put it in raid mode, but that didnt help either, it is still not showing up in disk managment.

I think i might have to pay to get this thing installed

its giving me a major headache. How much you think it would cost to pay someone to do it?

PangingJr · Feb 10, 2006, 10:58 AM

i don't know man. don't think you have to pay for this.

will locate your motherboard manual as soon as i can , i think it's most likely to be in the Raid BIOS settings somewhare.

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 11:03 AM

thanks for all your help man, this is really driving me insane

manual can be found here

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/..._se_deluxe.pdf

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 11:33 AM

edit: ok man i think i got it. I installed the raid driver from my MB driver cd and rebooted a few times, and it worked. Im reformatting the drive now

pity i only get 232 gig from 250

cheers!

PangingJr · Feb 10, 2006, 01:23 PM

How do you connect the two hard drives and CD drives to the motherboard?
like this...

this motherboard has plenty of storage options which is very good. i've not read the whole manual but the Raid BIOS sections, i expected to see some info about a single SATA drive or non-Raid SATA drive setup and the chipsets drivers but can't find anything about this.

the BIOS setup does not provide the menu for the hard drives boot priority.
so i think just set the Boot Device Priority to default or something likes 1st/2nd/3rd = HDD/CD/FLOPPY or FLOPPY/HDD/CD.

TJ- · Feb 10, 2006, 11:30 PM

whoa,,,, yes like that... but i connected the sata2 drive to the PRI_SATA connector that you have crossed out. SHall I change it? I already formatted and partitioned it.

PangingJr · Feb 11, 2006, 02:14 PM

if you don't connect any device to the Promise controller you can disable this controller in BIOS.
but it's okay and all up to you if you want to coonect your new drive there.

TJ- · Feb 11, 2006, 11:54 PM

I owe ya one

Feb 10, 2006, 08:31 AM	#1
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	help me install my sata drive please im having trouble getting my bios to identify the new sata 2 drive i just put in. Its connected with a sata cable and the power is connected. But i cant get windows to recognise it. Ive read the bios manuel and its useless. cant figure out how to do it. I got a asus k8v se deluxe. __________________ new sig comming soon

Feb 10, 2006, 09:36 AM	Thread Starter #3
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	yes i got bios to see the new drive but its telling me its IDE? (i think) i installed some VIA drivers but that didnt help __________________ new sig comming soon

Feb 10, 2006, 09:49 AM	Thread Starter #5
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	no its not my system drive im thinking this might be the problem? http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx...%20SE%20Deluxe __________________ new sig comming soon

Feb 10, 2006, 09:59 AM	Thread Starter #6
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	yea ok im 99% sure thats the problem, now i gotta lock out pins 5 and 6, how the hell do i do this? __________________ new sig comming soon

Feb 10, 2006, 10:01 AM	#7
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	my experience is limited to Intel chipset motherboard's... but anyway, you have to give me more info on what you want to do with this drive... you want to use the new drive as your main hard drive (meaning you want to install Windows onto this drive and use it as boot drive) or as a secondary drive ?? if you want to use it as the new boot drive -- you may need to provide a SATA driver during the new Windows installation. this requires the F6 installation method. if you want to use it as a secondary drive and you already have the Windows XP SP2 on the old drive -- then set your BIOS (if your BIOS setup program provides this option) to boot the new drive after the old drive. and then after you are in Windows run this command in the Run box... diskmgmt.msc, Do you see the new drive listed on the the Disk Management snap-in as "Disk 1"? if so, then you should be okay and i'll continue on this... ok, here is the next step... on the Action menu of Disk Management click Rescan Disks, if the Disk Management detects the new hard drive -- R-click on the drive, then choose Initialize Disk. if the Disk Management does not detect the new disk after you click Rescan Disks -- reboot your computer. after you back in Windows open the Disk Management snap-in, and then do the Initialize Disk... Last edited by PangingJr; Feb 10, 2006 at 10:44 AM.

Feb 10, 2006, 09:14 AM	#2
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	when you power up the computer, Does the BIOS see the new hard drive?

Feb 10, 2006, 10:41 AM	#9
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i need to see your BIOS setup program... the problem is only in and about the system BIOS settings i just don't have any experience on this motherboard. but i don't Think you need to install any extra driver if you only add one SATA drive to the system. someone who has this motherboard should be able to clear this up. anyway, set the BIOS to boot the old drive first. then boot into Windows and have a look at the Disk Management snap-in...

Feb 10, 2006, 10:48 AM	Thread Starter #10
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	there isnt much i can do in the bios with this drive. here is a picture of the array it wants me to set up when i put it in raid mode, but that didnt help either, it is still not showing up in disk managment. I think i might have to pay to get this thing installed its giving me a major headache. How much you think it would cost to pay someone to do it? __________________ new sig comming soon

Feb 10, 2006, 10:58 AM	#11
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i don't know man. don't think you have to pay for this. will locate your motherboard manual as soon as i can , i think it's most likely to be in the Raid BIOS settings somewhare.

Feb 10, 2006, 11:03 AM	Thread Starter #12
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	thanks for all your help man, this is really driving me insane manual can be found here http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/..._se_deluxe.pdf __________________ new sig comming soon

Feb 10, 2006, 11:33 AM	Thread Starter #13
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	edit: ok man i think i got it. I installed the raid driver from my MB driver cd and rebooted a few times, and it worked. Im reformatting the drive now pity i only get 232 gig from 250 cheers! __________________ new sig comming soon Last edited by [Di]:Z!ON; Feb 10, 2006 at 12:45 PM.

Feb 10, 2006, 01:23 PM	#14
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	How do you connect the two hard drives and CD drives to the motherboard? like this... this motherboard has plenty of storage options which is very good. i've not read the whole manual but the Raid BIOS sections, i expected to see some info about a single SATA drive or non-Raid SATA drive setup and the chipsets drivers but can't find anything about this. the BIOS setup does not provide the menu for the hard drives boot priority. so i think just set the Boot Device Priority to default or something likes 1st/2nd/3rd = HDD/CD/FLOPPY or FLOPPY/HDD/CD. Last edited by PangingJr; Feb 10, 2006 at 01:47 PM.

Feb 10, 2006, 11:30 PM	Thread Starter #15
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	whoa,,,, yes like that... but i connected the sata2 drive to the PRI_SATA connector that you have crossed out. SHall I change it? I already formatted and partitioned it. __________________ new sig comming soon

Feb 11, 2006, 02:14 PM	#16
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	if you don't connect any device to the Promise controller you can disable this controller in BIOS. but it's okay and all up to you if you want to coonect your new drive there.

Feb 11, 2006, 11:54 PM	Thread Starter #17
TJ- DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Infinity Posts: 3,679 Rep Power: 0	I owe ya one __________________ new sig comming soon