Problems attaching new SATA to IDE

umeshsharmash06 · 07-18-2008, 12:13 PM

I am using Mercury PVM7 PRO V1.0 board (for more details check it here :
http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-de...productid=677# ), recently bought a new 360 GB SATA hard drive which I not able to get working.

I have attached the hard drive made some changes in BIOS; like “on board SATA-IDE” selected RAID. I was able to get the hard drive, even copied some data to it as well. But next morning the computer never booted. It was giving error: the number of drives not adequate for RAID. Tried to change it from RAID to IDE as well but no joy. Eventually I had to disable the new SATA hard drive to get it working.

Tried couple of things but nothing worked.

Could you please suggest me if I need to make some more changes in BIOS or else.

**peterhuang913** · 07-18-2008, 01:52 PM

First off, you shouldn't be selecting RAID in this situation. What exactly are you trying to do? Add a new drive?

**kodi** · 07-18-2008, 03:20 PM

Go back into the BIOS and where you enabled Raid change it to IDE.
Don't forget to press F10 and save and exit , then reboot.

07-18-2008, 12:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
umeshsharmash06 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: WIN XP	Problems attaching new SATA to IDE I am using Mercury PVM7 PRO V1.0 board (for more details check it here : http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-de...productid=677# ), recently bought a new 360 GB SATA hard drive which I not able to get working. I have attached the hard drive made some changes in BIOS; like “on board SATA-IDE” selected RAID. I was able to get the hard drive, even copied some data to it as well. But next morning the computer never booted. It was giving error: the number of drives not adequate for RAID. Tried to change it from RAID to IDE as well but no joy. Eventually I had to disable the new SATA hard drive to get it working. Tried couple of things but nothing worked. Could you please suggest me if I need to make some more changes in BIOS or else.

07-18-2008, 01:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
peterhuang913 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 819 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Problems attaching new SATA to IDE First off, you shouldn't be selecting RAID in this situation. What exactly are you trying to do? Add a new drive?

07-18-2008, 03:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 6,578 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate, XP Professional My System	Re: Problems attaching new SATA to IDE Go back into the BIOS and where you enabled Raid change it to IDE. Don't forget to press F10 and save and exit , then reboot. __________________ Brian