 A Hard Drive Problem., It wont detect my hard drive |
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 Aug 21 2006, 12:46 PM
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I plugged it in to all the proper slots. My PC wont detect it. What do I need to do to get it to work? My current hard drive is a IDE, the new one is a SATA. I hope there's no conflict. |
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Aug 21 2006, 12:59 PM
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You have to install the Sata drivers and make sure its enabled in the bios.
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Aug 21 2006, 01:04 PM
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COuld you kindly point me in the direction where I could do that? lol
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Aug 21 2006, 01:06 PM
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Do you have the user manual for your motherboard and the cd that came with it?
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Aug 21 2006, 02:44 PM
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I got the manual but no CD. THe guy who made it didnt give me a cd. poo
EDIT: I dont know if it's the actual mobo CD but it says "motherboard" on it, and on the bottom it says Support CD This post has been edited by mooniniteman: Aug 21 2006, 02:47 PM |
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Aug 21 2006, 06:57 PM
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QUOTE(mooniniteman @ Aug 21 2006, 03:44 PM)  I got the manual but no CD. THe guy who made it didnt give me a cd. poo EDIT: I dont know if it's the actual mobo CD but it says "motherboard" on it, and on the bottom it says Support CD Then you've got it. Put it in the cd drive and it should pop up with a menu and just install the Sata drivers. -------------------- Come visit my Home Page.
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Aug 21 2006, 07:16 PM
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I went into browse CD and everything. I found nothing with SATA on it. where else would it be?]
I found it but dont know what to do to install it. It was in /RAID/VIA/ and I saw some files and a folder with SATA on it I know one of these does it but I dont know how or which one. *sigh This post has been edited by mooniniteman: Aug 21 2006, 07:30 PM |
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Aug 22 2006, 05:07 PM
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bump up
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