David Bahde wrote:
> I have a functioning Windows XP Pro system on a VT7 motherboard.
> It has an IDE drive on the primary master and a DVD drive on the
> secondary master.
>
> I want to add an additional hard drive for storage (Seagate 1.5T
> Barracuda; I have jumpered it down to 1.5Gb/sec, per the manual)
>
> Upon installing the hard drive and connecting it to the motherboard it
> is not recognized by the bios, and I see no setting in the CMOS that
> state anything like "activate SATA ports"
>
> When booting the system the first three lines read:
> -VIA Tech VIA8237 Serial ATA Raid Bios Setting Util v 2.21
> -Serial_CH0 Master: No Device
> -Serial_CH1 Master: No Device
>
> The system continues to function with Windows XP Pro; I just can not
> get the motherboard to recognize the SATA drive.
>
> I hear no sounds from the SATA drive, but do believe something is
> happening as it does get warm after it's been in there a while. Not
> uncharacteristically hot, just warm like a hard drive.
>
> Any suggestions on next steps?
>
> Thanks.
(server glitch, resent...)
Well, assume for the moment, that the BIOS won't boot from it. Let's
try to make it work as a data drive, as a first step. That means
what the BIOS thinks, doesn't matter.
If you're in Windows, do you have a driver installed for the SATA port ?
If you look in Device Manager, can you see something for the SATA ?
If so, if you look in Disk Management, are you seeing an unpartitioned
new item in the drive display ?
(Picture of Disk Management plugin...)
http://www.dedoimedo.com/images/comp...nitialized.jpg
Viaarena.com has drivers. I see a couple possibilities.
The basic chipset drivers, may provide a driver for the SATA interface.
Is the chipset PT880/VT8237 ?
Try the Hyperion Pro driver first. It is similar to the VIA 4-in-1, but
for later chipsets. I think that is what I'm using currently, to
make a single drive work on my VT8238S. The VT8237S is a VT8237,
with SATA II capability. (I didn't need a RAID driver, just the
chipset driver was enough for me.)
Hyperion Pro (basic chipset driver)
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...D=1&CatID=1070
The RAID driver is less likely to make you happy, but I'll show
a link for that as well. (Sometimes, to figure out what these
drivers do, I have to download both packages, and have a look
at the README file. The README file may make different claims
for the driver, than the Viaarena description text.) I haven't
a clue, when you'd use the Falcon, but if you use a program
like 7ZIP, you can always unzip the file and have a look at the
component parts before installing it.
(VRAID driver)
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...0&SubCatID=143
(Good for extracting or picking apart downloads)
http://www.7-zip.org/
To download from Viaarena, *only* press the black outlined rectangle.
The page has many advertising links - don't click any "driver scan" links.
Good luck,
Paul
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