Hi
First question does this controller show up in device manager ?
Does it have its own ROM BIOS which puts a message on screen at startup
Is jumper on hard drive set as slave? or master or cable select ?
If only drive on cable it should be jumpered as master and at end of ribbon cable
(80 wire not 40wire cable)
I am assuming some version of Windows as you have not said what operating system
Next look in Disk management for drive without a assigned drive letter
(Via control panel , Administrative tools ,Computer Management in XP)
I assumed this was a used & formatted hard drive not a blank new or erased drive which needs partitioning & formatting from Disk Management before it appears in My Computer
regards
Mike Barnes