"James McCrary" <JamesMcCrary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Michael Solomon" wrote:
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>> Is the drive connected and turned on when you boot the system?
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>> If the drive is turned off or otherwise not connected, at least that is
>> my
>> experience with my Seagate eSATA drive and its add-in adapter.
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> Yes, the drive is turned on. The card won't load the bios during boot up
> that it needs to talk to the drive.
Once you get to the desktop, can you see and use the drive? Sometimes it
won't load until the desktop, can you see and use the drive when at the
desktop? If not, first thing to check is whether or not there are later
Vista Compatible drivers at either the Seagate or SIIG website for your
card. Second, make sure the eSATA cable is secure, I've found it can be
deceptively loose. In other words, appear to be well connected by in fact
not be the case. Disconnect and reconnect it.
Finally, if that doesn't resolve it, make sure the controller card is well
seated in its slot as I've found they sometimes are not well seated in the
slot even though it appears to be the case when you connect the cable.
That's because the card is screwed into place, holder the connection part of
the card in place while sometimes, the back end, has come up out of the
slot.
I'm assuming you've checked to make sure your motherboard supports SATA.
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Michael Solomon
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