saskewb1

I haven't been able to get my new E4220 desktop, which has Vista, to recognise my Seagate ST380021A, to which I've connected a newly bought IDE and SATA converter, despite trying different Mobo Sata connections and slave/master settings on HD.
Can anyone help, please?

2pistolpacker

Hi and welcome to TSF, I need to ask what other hardware devices do you have and how are they installed on the computer(IDE or SATA). How many IDE connectors does the motherboard have and how many devices are on a single IDE ribbon? Anything SATA is alway a master. Check in the bios to verify that the SATA connectors are enabled. Set the SATA type to native IDE. Give this a try and I hope this helps, Mike

saskewb1

I've got the eMachine E4220.
Hard Drive: 320GB SATA II (7200rpm, 8MB cache)3
Optical Drives: 16x multiformat dual-layer DVD±RW Drive
Up to 8.5GB with dual-layer media
Write max: 16x DVD±R, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 4x DVD+R DL, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW disks
Read max: 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CD-ROM disks

The HDD, ST3320820AS is connected to SATA Port 0 and is the primary master TSST corp CD/DVDW-ATAPI.
I tried connecting my HDD ST380021A to SATA port 1 using a newly bought IDE and SATA converter from China but it wasn't recognised with 'slave' or 'cable select' jumpers.

BIOS says;-
Drive config,
Use Automatic Mode <enable>
ATA/IDE Mode <native>
Configure SATA as <RAID>

There's one 40pin IDE(?) connector on the motherboard. I tried connecting my old DVD Rom drive, model no. :DHI-G40 B with no success, to be the second device on the single IDE cable.
Thanks for your help so far Mike.
Stuart

saskewb1

The DVD RW multi-recorder is and was connected to the same IDE cable.

2pistolpacker

Change "Configure SATA to IDE"