I just purchased a new SATA drive and it is not being recognized by the BIOS on the MSI MSI PM8M-V.
However, the RAID configuration does see it after the BIOS does its post.  
 
I do not want to use this in a RAID, just a regular drive.  
I've read that some have gone into the BIOS and toggled a setting that will accomplish this, but my BIOS does not have this option.
 
What have you done to fix this issue ? What BIOS version do you have ? Any help greatly appreciated.
Not being able to toggle something like this is ridiculous !!!
 
Thanks,
Dan

in the bios there should be an option where you can choose the function of the SATA controller.IDE/RAID and there is another one i cant remember.

I wish there were some SATA settings, but I've been through the BIOS a dozen times and there are not any.   I don't know if I need to flash the BIOS to a different version or if I'm just outta luck.  All I know is with this current BIOS, I am out of luck.  
 
I've tried updating the SATA drivers, reset the motherboard, etc.   no luck so far......

did you format the new drive in device manager?

it says drive not recognise by bios no windows.so its the I/O problem of the mobo or the HD itself.
 
always read thread clearly before reply

"always read thread clearly before reply " .....
If you are going to be a donkey, so am I buddy -  
 
Read my original post again......
 
The BIOS does not see the HD. ( it only shows the IDE drives)
There IS a RAID configuration manager that comes up after the BIOS that DOES see the SATA HD.
It's not a IO or a HD issue - it's a configuration issue that I cannot get past.
Do not know if it is a BIOS version or what - that's where danny boy needs some help.

ok, would help to know what bios your board is sporting, MSI's site says it could be AMI or Award. I tried to find the manual for your board on the MSI site, but all I came up with was a trouble shooting guide. Which does speak to setting up the bios to support SATA drives for boot.
 
Here's the link:  http://www.msicomputer.com/support/sup_tshoot.asp  
 
once at the page search for [ No Boot (system does post) - SATA configuration  ] it has an iteration for both bios.
 
I hope this helps. My MSI board is newer and the settings are vastly different than what is on this page.
 
Good Luck,