sata drive not deteced in BIOS or Win 7

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Coleywally32

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I'm trying to add a 2tb sata drive to the comp. I currently have and IDE HDD which is on the way out so was looking to upgrade and reaplce, only the new SATA is not being detected in the BIOS, i have enabled SATA in the BIOS but stil nothing.

I have DVD drive which is sata and this works fine, i've swapped the cables to rule out faults and they work fine on the DVD.

the motherboard manual says to configure a raid array in RAID BIOS but when i press F10 to enter the RAID BIOS the keyboard doesn't work and i have to restart the comp to get out.....

any ideas?
 
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WAIT! Do NOT start moving jumpers around on your new SATA HDD. There are NO jumpers that need to be set on SATA units. Setting jumpers for Master, Slave, or CS is strictly for IDE units! In fact, on some SATA drives there are jumper settings that can make the unit suddenly appear dead if set wrong! If you already have changed any jumpers on the SATA unit, go to the maker's website and find out the proper default setting for your unit and set jumpers that way.

I do agree that you also should NOT try to set up a RAID configuration. You have no need for that. Manuals can be confusing - because it is POSSIBLE to create a RAID array using multiple SATA ports, many manuals spend so much time explaining it they appear to say that you MUST do...
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Hello... Do Not Raid... disable that setting... it should be the same as you Original setup... Were you running AHCI?
Look at the Jumpers on the new drive and try different "Master-Slave-CS-None" to see if something changes.
Check your BIO's for all Hardrive inputs to be set for "AUTO"detect.
Remember to "save and exit" changes to your BIO's settings.
 
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WAIT! Do NOT start moving jumpers around on your new SATA HDD. There are NO jumpers that need to be set on SATA units. Setting jumpers for Master, Slave, or CS is strictly for IDE units! In fact, on some SATA drives there are jumper settings that can make the unit suddenly appear dead if set wrong! If you already have changed any jumpers on the SATA unit, go to the maker's website and find out the proper default setting for your unit and set jumpers that way.

I do agree that you also should NOT try to set up a RAID configuration. You have no need for that. Manuals can be confusing - because it is POSSIBLE to create a RAID array using multiple SATA ports, many manuals spend so much time explaining it they appear to say that you MUST do it. NOT SO!

Many mobos have two sets of SATA ports. The main set usually has 4 (sometimes 6) ports in a group, numbered from 0 through 5 (or 1 through 6), and then a second one or two ports in a different place. Many modern mobos have both a group of SATA 3.0 Gb/s (or SATA II) ports, and separately a smaller group of SATA 6.0 Gb/s (SATA III?) ports. Your new HDD could plug into either, because even if the HDD says it is SATA 6Gb/s, it will work just fine on both port types, and can only work as fast as the SATA 3Gb/s ports, anyway.

Either way, I suggest you try the SATA port with the smaller number (like, 0 or 1) and make sure it is Enabled in BIOS. Make sure you have connected to the HDD both data and power connectors. In BIOS Setup, near where you have the port enabled, also look for a SATA Port Mode setting line. For almost all cases this should be set to AHCI (or possibly "Native SATA"). You do NOT need to set this to "IDE Emulation" mode unless you plan to BOOT from this new HDD using Win XP (or an earlier version).

If the new HDD still does not appear in BIOS Setup with those things adjusted, it may be a dead HDD. Can you try hooking it up to another machine to see if it appears there?
 
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