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metroid010	Dec 22 2004, 04:00 AM Post #1
nFm [ not leaving ] Group: Private Member Posts: 60 Joined: 19-March 04 Member No.: 38	I just got a bunch of stuff, one of them being a Samsung 120 gig SATA hard drive. I wanted to run this with my Maxtor 80 gig IDE Can I do this? Right now, it's installed, but i don't see it under My Computer, but my computer does recognize it in the hardware manager I got this OEM off Newegg, and i didn't get any drivers or anything...

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optomos	Dec 22 2004, 04:56 PM Post #2
nFm [ Level 1 ] Group: Full Member Posts: 296 Joined: 14-August 04 From: ATL Member No.: 144	Metroid010, I dont think your getting it.....the SATA controller can only be used for a RAID configuration. That means you must have 2 hard drives and then you use the F4 function to create a RAID array. When you use the F4 function to create the RAID array it will do all the work for you ie, it will format and make the hard drives usable. The only way you will be able to use the SATA channel as a regular channel and not RAID is to get different drivers form the chipset manufacture or from Asus that will allow you to do that. Example: I have a mobo that has 4 IDE channels. The 2 extra are for a RAID configuration of 0 or 1. The mobo manufacture had drivers that allowed me to use those 2 extra IDE channels as regular IDE channels, that meant that I could use one hard drive on each channel without having 2, but the bios has to configure them after post so they are recognized by the OS. The only way you would be able to get around this is if you could use a SATA drive on a primary or secondary channel, then you wouldnt have to set up a RAID array, but this mobo does not have the option of using the SATA connectors for primary or secondary channels. This post has been edited by optomos: Dec 22 2004, 05:08 PM -------------------- --How few our real wants, and how vast our imaginary ones!--

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metroid010 SATA Hard Drives Dec 22 2004, 04:00 AM

optomos What mobo you got? you running one as master and o... Dec 22 2004, 04:27 AM

metroid010 Alright, mobo is asus A7N8X, my IDE is the master,... Dec 22 2004, 05:39 AM

optomos Did you enable the serial controler? "jumper ... Dec 22 2004, 07:00 AM

metroid010 Yeah, it's the deluxe. I found the Silicon Ima... Dec 22 2004, 07:08 AM

optomos Did you install the regular drivers? If so you wil... Dec 22 2004, 07:12 AM

metroid010 Yeah, i tried that, but I didn't know what to ... Dec 22 2004, 07:15 AM

optomos Do you have 2 SATA drives? Dec 22 2004, 07:18 AM

metroid010 nope, just 1 so i don't think i can make a rai... Dec 22 2004, 07:18 AM

optomos No you wont be able to make a RAID, but thats the ... Dec 22 2004, 07:22 AM

metroid010 Well, is there just a way I could format it, since... Dec 22 2004, 07:25 AM

optomos Have you downloaded the newest drivers and utility... Dec 22 2004, 07:31 AM

Audiyoda Right-click on "My Computer", select ... Dec 22 2004, 12:21 PM

metroid010 It does appear in Disk Management, but I can't... Dec 22 2004, 04:27 PM

optomos Metroid010, I dont think your getting it.....the S... Dec 22 2004, 04:56 PM

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