The only things that comes to mind are to revert back to the original
configuration, using a 4-pin Molex to SATA power adapter, then possibly change a
configuration option. Your original posting showed:
Onboard PATA/SATA configuration [enhanced mode]
What other options are available here in addition to "enhanced mode"? If there
is something called "legacy mode" or "emulation mode", try it.
Otherwise, I think I would sell the system in whole or in part and move on to
something more friendly... Ben Myers
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:11:01 -0500, Thomas Hedden
<tdhedden@MAPS_ON_comcast_NO_SPAM.net> wrote:
>Here is the status of this problem.
>
>On closer examination of the HD and its SATA
>cable, I realized that the SATA cable was
>not supplying power to the HD. The cable was
>only blocking the SATA power cable connection
>so that a legacy power connector could be
>used without danger of a SATA power connector
>also being connected (the HD can be damaged
>if both types of power cables are connected
>at the same time). This might explain why
>the computer only could only see the HD when
>the legacy power cable was connected to it.
>
>I gave up on the on-board SATA and bought
>a PCI SATA controller card that came with
>a driver disk. I connected this card and
>a SATA power cable to the SATA HD. Then,
>I inserted the Windows XP installation
>CD-ROM into a CD-ROM drive and booted off
>it, and, when the Windows XP Setup program
>started, pressed F6 to point the Setup
>program to the drivers on a floppy drive.
>The Setup program seemed to run normally.
>It found the HD and asked me to partition
>it. I deleted all existing partitions,
>created a new one containing the entire
>disk (about 120GB), and watched the Setup
>program copy the necessary files to this
>partition. When it finished, it asked me
>to remove the floppy disk and said it
>would reboot. I removed the floppy disk
>and the CD-ROM, and let it reboot. When
>it rebooted, it could not find the HD.
>It prompted me to reboot and select a
>boot device. When I did so, the boot
>menu did not contain the HD: the only
>possible boot devices it contained were
>the floppy drive and the two CD-ROM/DVD
>drives.
>
>I tried booting from the Windows XP
>installation CD-ROM again, but it just
>wanted to start the installation process
>all over again: it did not continue
>the Setup process further along.
>
>This computer still does not see the
>SATA HD, even after Windows XP has
>successfully installed to the SATA HD.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas what is
>wrong or what I should try next?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Tom
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