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Hy3RiD   10-11-2009 at 12:23:45 PM

how can i get my SATA drive to run as IDE, through BIOS? mobo is the M4N78 PRO and BIOS is version 2.6

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Silver Motherboards badge mongox   10-11-2009 at 02:32:52 PM
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was it set previously to AHCI or RAID? If AHCI, did you install the driver and install Windows afterwards?

What's the problem? Easy to set the BIOS to IDE in BIOS, but why is it an issue?

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Hy3RiD   10-11-2009 at 02:38:31 PM
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it was previously set to just SATA and Windows Vista Clean install wouldn't recognise the HD, so i heard you had to set it to IDE, how do you do this I cant find the option!?!

Thanks.

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Silver Motherboards badge mongox   10-11-2009 at 08:12:45 PM
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Your motherboard spec page URL is:
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=lco8LZWTqWIhdLmv

Look on page I-22 of your manual - installing SATA drives. Make sure you aren't using SATA ports 5 or 6 - they support SATA/RAID only.

In the BIOS, under Storage Config, choose SATA mode - Make sure it's on SATA.

I don't think there's an IDE setting in your BIOS. This is seen in some BIOS and yes, should be set to IDE and not AHCI - but usually doesn't mention SATA. The AHCI setting allows special SATA features but has to be turned on before OS is installed - don't worry about this.

Check the SATA wiring - I think you may have it on the RAID ports.

------------------------------ Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H, AMD Phenom II x2 550 BE (4 cores@3.6GHz), G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2 1066 (820@CL4), Scythe Katana3, Hec 585W, Samsung 2232BW+, WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA, Sea 500GB USB, 12 IDE HDs w/Masscool IDE-SATA Convertors, Ugly Old Case, Win XP 32bit
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