BIOs detecting hard disk as slave

ieatroofies · 01-06-2007, 11:10 PM

I just upgraded my computer, put in a new case, mobo, heatsink and power supply. I used the SATA hard drive from my old computer. Now, when I boot the new PC up, the BIOs detect it as a slave IDE drive, but it's the only hard drive I have installed.

According to my mobos user manuel, my CD drive and my DVD drive are plugged in by ribbon cable to the IDE1 Connector. Is my computer confusing my SATA drive and my CD and DVD drives? Theres only 2 places to plug a ribbon cable into on my mobo, and the other one's for a floppy drive. Are my cables configured wrong?

So how do I configure the BIOs to recognize the only SATA drive as master?

**Baldie559** · 01-08-2007, 10:32 PM

Did you insert the tab in the correct place on the hard drive and classify it as a master instead of a slave? Are you using a double IDE connect and is it connected at the very first one?

crazijoe · 01-09-2007, 05:26 AM

Make sure the drive is connected to SATA 0 and not SATA 1. The motherboard will usually show a single SATA drive as an IDE drive so the OS will recognise it without the need for drivers.

ieatroofies · 01-09-2007, 01:07 PM

Thanks, I got it working, I swapped out the SATA cable that came with my mobo and switched it for the one that was in my old PC. That got it working.

01-06-2007, 11:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
ieatroofies Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7 OS: WinXP	BIOs detecting hard disk as slave I just upgraded my computer, put in a new case, mobo, heatsink and power supply. I used the SATA hard drive from my old computer. Now, when I boot the new PC up, the BIOs detect it as a slave IDE drive, but it's the only hard drive I have installed. According to my mobos user manuel, my CD drive and my DVD drive are plugged in by ribbon cable to the IDE1 Connector. Is my computer confusing my SATA drive and my CD and DVD drives? Theres only 2 places to plug a ribbon cable into on my mobo, and the other one's for a floppy drive. Are my cables configured wrong? So how do I configure the BIOs to recognize the only SATA drive as master?

01-09-2007, 05:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Make sure the drive is connected to SATA 0 and not SATA 1. The motherboard will usually show a single SATA drive as an IDE drive so the OS will recognise it without the need for drivers. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

01-08-2007, 10:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 654 OS: Xp and Vista	Did you insert the tab in the correct place on the hard drive and classify it as a master instead of a slave? Are you using a double IDE connect and is it connected at the very first one?

01-09-2007, 01:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
ieatroofies Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7 OS: WinXP	Thanks, I got it working, I swapped out the SATA cable that came with my mobo and switched it for the one that was in my old PC. That got it working.