Can't Install SATA??????

i have an 848P-A ECS motherboard and i cannot get it to see the SATA hard
drive?? i have 2 IDE connected to IDE 1 and IDE 2 , @ cd rom/dvd on the
secondary channel, have enabled SATA Enhanced mode in the bios(auto didn't
see it either)?? i don't know anything about the SATA stuff but know most
else. all help greatly appreciated thank you

 

i downloaded the manual. is this the area you enabled the sata? i’d
swap cables and try the drive in another rig. your board has raid? is
their a raid bios setup that you could check to see if it appears in
it? i know nothing about intel raid. sometimes one has to set up a
single array for the drive to be recognised.

Integrated Peripherals

OnChip IDE Device [Press Enter]
Onboard Device [Press Enter]
SuperIO Device [Press Enter]

IDE HDD Block Mode [Enabled]
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled]
IDE Primary Master PIO [Auto]
IDE Primary Slave PIO [Auto]
IDE Primary Master UDMA [Auto]
IDE Primary Slave UDMA [Auto]
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled]
IDE Secondary Master PIO [Auto]
IDE Secondary Slave PIO [Auto]
IDE Secondary Master UDMA [Auto]
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA [Auto]
** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting **
x SATA Mode IDE On-chip Serial ATA [Disabled]
Serial ATA Port0 Mode [Primary Master]
x Serial ATA Port1 Mode Primary Master

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i enabled the SATA in the bios , i have no raid controller and drive is
never seen? i have tried combined mode , enhanced mode , sata with just the
secondary channel enabled for the cd's. tried to boot to a new setup of xp
and it says no hard drive found, tried booting in system and under disk
management it does'nt show up either--since i am new to this, maybe i'll go
buy a new cable? thanks for all and any info "uddarts"

 

,,, tried to boot to a new setup of xp and it says no hard drive found,

I thought when you boot the WinXP CD and install, you had to hit F6 and
install the third party SATA/RAID drivers from the A:/ floppy drive so
Windows had the drivers to see disk controller.

-Kent

 

i quess that's my next try , i have a self extracting a: made from the mobo
drivers disk--it took tech support 3 tries to tell me about the
floppy --then they just told me about the VIA or the SIS chipsets --it's
thier board and they did'nt know it has the Intel 848P chipset!!!!!!???
thanks

 

Extra SATA Drive Install (Three Steps)

To add an SATA drive you need to do three things:

• Install the hardward with a SATA cable and a power cable.
• Set the BIOS to AUTO locate the SATA device. This setting may be under peripherals, rather than the main menu.
• Go to Computer Management (in Windows) to Recognize, Initialize and partition the drive.

The last step is outlined at Seagate.com under 'SATA Troubleshooter - Windows 2000/XP Installation Basics'