Abit VT7 not seeing SATA

clackamasroller · 08-16-2009, 10:57 AM

Hi,
I have a win XP system that has been up & running with a seagate sata 160 mb hd for a while now. It also has an IDE hd drive.
Problem is I was trying to get a memory upgrade working & I cleared the CMOS via the jumpers on the MB. Now I cannot boot to my sata drive.
I see it during boot up & the seagate utilities correctly identifies the drive & it's partitions. It has 2 partitions of ~equal size with NTFS on the primary partition & win32 on the secondary. I'd like to get the thing booting to this sata device again with destroying the data or partitions. How can I do that? Primary paritition is xp sp3.

Thanks in advance

Steve

clackamasroller · 08-16-2009, 11:02 AM

Opps! I meant I'd like to get the device booting again without destroying the data, of course

Tumbleweed36 · 08-16-2009, 11:16 AM

Enter the Bios setup menu and make sure you have Sata set to operate in IDE mode. Then, migrate to the Boot are and make sure the Hard Drive Priority is set so the Sata is listed FIRST if you want to boot from that drive.

clackamasroller · 08-16-2009, 12:41 PM

I'm looking at tbe Adanced BIOS features menu item in BIOS setup.
Under Hard disk Boot Priority, the sata device is not listed. Even my usb external hd is listed there.
Under Bootable Add-in Device it says: OnChip SATA RAID.
The sata hd is not listed under First boot Device. I don't see any place to tell the sata to operate in IDE mode.

Tumbleweed36 · 08-16-2009, 12:53 PM

Do you have the raid controller turned off? If not, you should turn the raid controller off or it will search for raid and not find anything unless you have a raid array which you don't.

In the main menu area on most boards, there is an area called Sata Configuration. Under that heading you can open it up and there is an option normally called~Configure Sata as IDE. Be sure it is set operate Sata as IDE mode. (some wordings vary with different boards)

Then, reboot and check the Hard drive priority when you enter the Bios again.

clackamasroller · 08-16-2009, 01:10 PM

that option for the raid controller was under the Hard disk boot priority then bootable add-in device. 2 options for this, either OnChip sata raid
or
pci slot device

the main menu items I've got are as follows:
SoftMenu Setup
Standard CMOS features
Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configuration
PC health Status
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults

I don't see anything for Sata configuration

AbitVT7-Failure · 12-06-2009, 04:16 PM

Abit VT7 (updated) do not "accept" my new Samsung HD154UI Ecogreen Sata II hard drive.
I already used the Samsung's EASYTOOL, any possible (3) jumper combination, and all of the Bios settings suggested and available with NO RESULTS. The HD is OK since I succssefuly formatted it in another platform (ASUS A8N-VM CSM).
Should I give up with this old VT7 mobo or is there another stubborn lucky one who has found a solution for this apparently dead end incompatibility?
Frustrated Nelson

08-16-2009, 10:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
clackamasroller Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Abit VT7 not seeing SATA Hi, I have a win XP system that has been up & running with a seagate sata 160 mb hd for a while now. It also has an IDE hd drive. Problem is I was trying to get a memory upgrade working & I cleared the CMOS via the jumpers on the MB. Now I cannot boot to my sata drive. I see it during boot up & the seagate utilities correctly identifies the drive & it's partitions. It has 2 partitions of ~equal size with NTFS on the primary partition & win32 on the secondary. I'd like to get the thing booting to this sata device again with destroying the data or partitions. How can I do that? Primary paritition is xp sp3. Thanks in advance Steve

08-16-2009, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
clackamasroller Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Abit VT7 not seeing SATA Opps! I meant I'd like to get the device booting again without destroying the data, of course

08-16-2009, 11:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 21,220 OS: XP Professional	Re: Abit VT7 not seeing SATA Enter the Bios setup menu and make sure you have Sata set to operate in IDE mode. Then, migrate to the Boot are and make sure the Hard Drive Priority is set so the Sata is listed FIRST if you want to boot from that drive. __________________ ---------- 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.

08-16-2009, 12:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
clackamasroller Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Abit VT7 not seeing SATA I'm looking at tbe Adanced BIOS features menu item in BIOS setup. Under Hard disk Boot Priority, the sata device is not listed. Even my usb external hd is listed there. Under Bootable Add-in Device it says: OnChip SATA RAID. The sata hd is not listed under First boot Device. I don't see any place to tell the sata to operate in IDE mode.

08-16-2009, 12:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 21,220 OS: XP Professional	Re: Abit VT7 not seeing SATA Do you have the raid controller turned off? If not, you should turn the raid controller off or it will search for raid and not find anything unless you have a raid array which you don't. In the main menu area on most boards, there is an area called Sata Configuration. Under that heading you can open it up and there is an option normally called~Configure Sata as IDE. Be sure it is set operate Sata as IDE mode. (some wordings vary with different boards) Then, reboot and check the Hard drive priority when you enter the Bios again. __________________ ---------- 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. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 08-16-2009 at 12:56 PM.

08-16-2009, 01:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
clackamasroller Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Abit VT7 not seeing SATA that option for the raid controller was under the Hard disk boot priority then bootable add-in device. 2 options for this, either OnChip sata raid or pci slot device the main menu items I've got are as follows: SoftMenu Setup Standard CMOS features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configuration PC health Status Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults I don't see anything for Sata configuration

12-06-2009, 04:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
AbitVT7-Failure Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windos XP	Re: Abit VT7 not seeing SATA Abit VT7 (updated) do not "accept" my new Samsung HD154UI Ecogreen Sata II hard drive. I already used the Samsung's EASYTOOL, any possible (3) jumper combination, and all of the Bios settings suggested and available with NO RESULTS. The HD is OK since I succssefuly formatted it in another platform (ASUS A8N-VM CSM). Should I give up with this old VT7 mobo or is there another stubborn lucky one who has found a solution for this apparently dead end incompatibility? Frustrated Nelson