IDE Problem

vfwfw · 04-11-2009, 12:18 AM

I have a Gigabyte GA-81945P motherboard
with 2 SATA drives (which work fine) and I am
trying to add an IDE drive, however I can't get it
to fully recognize the drive when connected to
IDE2 or IDE3.
I have two DVD drives connected to IDE1 and
when I remove them and connect the HDD to
IDE1 it recognizes it then.
I have seen this problem reported elsewhere,
however have not seen a solution. I have set
GigaRaid to ATA and although this does not
allow me to see the drive in BIOS, I can see
that the drive is found while booting.
I can also see the drive in the Device Manager,
(it's reported as a SCSI drive) but I can't see it
in My Computer or work out how to format it.
It's currently formatted for Xbox.
Does anyone have any ideas where I go from
here?

**belfasteddie** · 04-11-2009, 02:06 AM

Connect it to ide1 and connect the dvd drives to ide 2. Go into my computer and right click on the drive and then select Format. If that won't format it, you'll have to go into the control panel and format it through administrative tools>computer man>disk man.

Tumbleweed36 · 04-11-2009, 05:01 AM

What is the brand name of the IDE drive and how do you have it hooked up with the jumpers? Also, where do you have it on the ribbon cable if it is alone on the ribbon cable? I agree, move those other drives to IDE 2.

vfwfw · 04-11-2009, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tumbleweed36

What is the brand name of the IDE drive and how do you have it hooked up with the jumpers? Also, where do you have it on the ribbon cable if it is alone on the ribbon cable? I agree, move those other drives to IDE 2.

All my drives are Western Digital (both SATA and the IDE drives). The IDE has the jumper on Cable Select. The drive is the only drive on the cable and is on the end connector. I have moved it to IDE1 and the drive is now recognised in BIOS, however I still cannot access the drive in XP.

The drive is listed, however there is no drive letter assigned, so I can't format it. I have tried going into Admin Tools/Comp Mgmnt/Disk Mgmnt and there are only two drives listed (the SATA drives), however it is listed in the Device manager.

Tumbleweed36 · 04-11-2009, 05:52 AM

With the Western Digital IDE drive, take all the jumpers off and place it alone on the END of the ribbon cable and you should be good to go.

vfwfw · 04-11-2009, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tumbleweed36

With the Western Digital IDE drive, take all the jumpers off and place it alone on the END of the ribbon cable and you should be good to go.

I have taken off the jumper and it didn't seem to make any difference. The drive is an unformatted drive (no partitions) - does this make a difference? I still thought XP would assign a drive letter, else how can you format and partition it??

**raptor_pa** · 04-11-2009, 08:02 AM

You have to partition and format a bare drive through disk management. You said above this was a formatted for an X-Box I assume this is the drive out of an X-Box. There has been some discussion on manipulating those drives - apparently the drives are associated with the device they came out of, possibly by serial or through a custom firmware extension in the drive. Haven't heard of a confirmed solution that works in all cases. If the drive is recognized in BIOS by model number correctly then it should show in computer management so you can format and partition. You will in all likelihood not be able to replace it in the x-box.

04-11-2009, 12:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
vfwfw Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: XP	IDE Problem I have a Gigabyte GA-81945P motherboard with 2 SATA drives (which work fine) and I am trying to add an IDE drive, however I can't get it to fully recognize the drive when connected to IDE2 or IDE3. I have two DVD drives connected to IDE1 and when I remove them and connect the HDD to IDE1 it recognizes it then. I have seen this problem reported elsewhere, however have not seen a solution. I have set GigaRaid to ATA and although this does not allow me to see the drive in BIOS, I can see that the drive is found while booting. I can also see the drive in the Device Manager, (it's reported as a SCSI drive) but I can't see it in My Computer or work out how to format it. It's currently formatted for Xbox. Does anyone have any ideas where I go from here?

04-11-2009, 02:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
belfasteddie Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast N.I. Posts: 1,551 OS: Puppy Linux 4.12	Re: IDE Problem Connect it to ide1 and connect the dvd drives to ide 2. Go into my computer and right click on the drive and then select Format. If that won't format it, you'll have to go into the control panel and format it through administrative tools>computer man>disk man.

04-11-2009, 05:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,656 OS: XP Professional	Re: IDE Problem What is the brand name of the IDE drive and how do you have it hooked up with the jumpers? Also, where do you have it on the ribbon cable if it is alone on the ribbon cable? I agree, move those other drives to IDE 2. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

04-11-2009, 05:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,656 OS: XP Professional	Re: IDE Problem With the Western Digital IDE drive, take all the jumpers off and place it alone on the END of the ribbon cable and you should be good to go. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

04-11-2009, 08:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,837 OS: XP	Re: IDE Problem You have to partition and format a bare drive through disk management. You said above this was a formatted for an X-Box I assume this is the drive out of an X-Box. There has been some discussion on manipulating those drives - apparently the drives are associated with the device they came out of, possibly by serial or through a custom firmware extension in the drive. Haven't heard of a confirmed solution that works in all cases. If the drive is recognized in BIOS by model number correctly then it should show in computer management so you can format and partition. You will in all likelihood not be able to replace it in the x-box. __________________