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petefeth · 08-18-2007, 03:55 AM

Hello,
I've just installed a second hard drive which is Western Digital SATA II (250gb),
problem is, my bios recognises it but when I go to access (format) drive, Windows sees it as a DVD drive and asks me to insert a disc. I've changed the jumper settings on it to a transfer speed of 150 MB/s as Im not sure if my motherboard handles the 300mb/s SATA II speeds. My original hard drive I've got installed is just a standard SATA drive and is still working flawlessly. I've tried plugging it into all the spare SATA ports on my motherboard but the problem persists.

Mobo...Gigabyte GA-81915P Duo Pro
OS......Windows XP Pro + SP2
RAM.....1024MB DDRII

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

08-18-2007, 03:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
petefeth Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 OS: XP Pro	SATA II installation Problem Hello, I've just installed a second hard drive which is Western Digital SATA II (250gb), problem is, my bios recognises it but when I go to access (format) drive, Windows sees it as a DVD drive and asks me to insert a disc. I've changed the jumper settings on it to a transfer speed of 150 MB/s as Im not sure if my motherboard handles the 300mb/s SATA II speeds. My original hard drive I've got installed is just a standard SATA drive and is still working flawlessly. I've tried plugging it into all the spare SATA ports on my motherboard but the problem persists. Mobo...Gigabyte GA-81915P Duo Pro OS......Windows XP Pro + SP2 RAM.....1024MB DDRII Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Last edited by petefeth; 08-18-2007 at 03:58 AM.