I week ago. My desktop's IDE hard disk gave up. so I needed to buy a new one. I couldn't find an IDE HDD so I decided to buy a SATA - it is supported by my motherboard anyway.
To my surprise, my motherboard could not detect it though it says SATA drives are supported. I am not a computer technician but know I bit about troubleshooting. I researched the internet how to make it work but I was really worried that time because I thought I purchased a defective one.
I found out that I need to leave it undetected until I run the OS installation cd. However, when I run the installation cd, it still could not detect the hard drive I installed. So I searched up again and found out that my current OS installation cd does not have the SATA driver for my hard disk.
During the first part of the OS installtion you would need to press F6 to install necessary drivers for SCSCI, etc (I don't know what they are). It will then prompt you to insert installation floppy disk. I have the sata installation disk that come with my motherboard however I don't have a floppy drive anymore. Computers nowadays don't come with floppy drives no longer.
But there's a tip from my research how to insert the SATA drivers into the OS installation disk.
First, you need to use another computer...visit your motherboard website and look for the correct SATA drivers for your motherboard. (In case you don't know the model of your motherboard, restart your pc, before boot up you will see some codes like MSI-XX-XXXX on the lower portion of your screen. just press the pause button on your keyboard if it shows up too fast).
Download the correct SATA driver for your motherboard. unzip it (if compressed) and save it somewhere.
Now download an application called nLite http://www.nliteos.com/download.html . You would need also need a .NET framework 2.0. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=en before you install the nLite application.
Once installed (to another PC). run the nlite application. Then browse your OS installation CD then press the Drivers and Bootable ISO button and continue to create an ISO image to burn in a CD. Then click the next button to browse the SATA drive files you saved earlier.
Finally, confirm with the YES button to continue burning direct to a blank CD.
After finished, let it try to boot from this freshly burned bootable CD to start a fresh installation of your OS. You would not need to press F6 during the installation as the installation drivers are already inserted into your OS installation disk.
Good luck.
I hope this helps. I made it easier for you. (I spent 2 days researching about this).
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Great Job! I've experienced the same problem with a motherboard (Asus) I bought 3 years ago and it required a floppy drive so my SATA would work.
ReplyDeleteYou've made the solution to this same problem simpler to understand. Even if you don't have a floppy drive, you managed to make your computer work-you've prove that necessity is the mother of all inventions.