Maxtor SATA HD not recognized by ASUS mobo BIOS

Welcome to TSF:

I really hate making this reccommendation but I think a bios update is necessary. I advise you use the Afudos method ( its outlined in the manual)

did you load the SATA or Raid drivers necessary to run your hard drive config ???? there are bios options which must be enabled to run either the sata config or raid config ??????

also are you trying to install your OS on the 160 gig drive ?????? you may nned the help of Service Pack 2 to get past the 137 gig windows limit unless you format your drive into smaller "chunks" ????????

I doubt there is anything wrong with your drive / most users expect to install a sata drive or raid config as easy as an IDE set-up and its just aint so

let us know how you progress / dont hesitate to ask more questions

regards

joe

BIOS updated like a charm but . . .

Thanks joe-

As you've probably guessed, this is my first SATA drive installation.

Well, the BIOS was updated via afudos, which went off without a hitch, but the SATA drive is still not recognized. BIOS setup still shows "Not Detected", same as before. Both the floppy and CD-RW are working as expected.

(Note I am not setting up a RAID, just one drive.)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

-droux

Ok, now I get it . . .

Thanks,

This is quite a different world from PATA setup!

The key step that I overlooked was to load the SATA drivers when prompted by the windows xp setup. This involved loading to a floppy the driver files from an executable file on my Asus utility disk.

I found the following helpful in this regard:

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=31392&pid=271455&st=0&#entry271455

Interestingly, WinXP took about 30 minutes more or less to format the drive.

Anyway, I'm up and running now, thanks very much for the guidance. I probably would have sent back a perfectly good drive if it wasn't for your help.

Dope slap for me.