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10-24-2008
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| | New SATA Hard Drive Issue I just bought a new PC with an Intel DG31PR Motherboard and a Seagate 320 GB ST3320613AS SATA2 drive. Everything was working fine, so I decided to add a second SATA2 drive. I bought a 750GB Seagate ST3750330AS and plugged it into the second SATA port on the motherboard but it was not recognized by the BIOS. Finally figured out that the drive only works in port3 and not ports 2 and 4. Could this be a faulty motherboard, or is there some other possible problem here? Ed |
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10-25-2008
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| | Re: New SATA Hard Drive Issue "Ed B." <buch7575@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:35b26bb0-ac6c-4f2b-92cf-7bf177092145@xxxxxx Quote: >I just bought a new PC with an Intel DG31PR Motherboard and a Seagate > 320 GB ST3320613AS SATA2 drive. Everything was working fine, so I > decided to add a second SATA2 drive. I bought a 750GB Seagate > ST3750330AS and plugged it into the second SATA port on the > motherboard but it was not recognized by the BIOS. Finally figured out > that the drive only works in port3 and not ports 2 and 4. Could this > be a faulty motherboard, or is there some other possible problem here? > > Ed Have you tried connecting the original drive to a port that will not work with the new drive? What happens when you do? If neither drive will work in ports 2 or 4, then you may have a motherboard issue. You should also check in your motherboard manual to see if there is information on each specific port (some motherboards require that the boot drive be connected to only certain ports, for example). As your question clearly is not OS related, you might also consider seeking help Intel technical support: http://www.intel.com/support/index.htm?iid=hdr+support http://www.intel.com/communities/ind...dr+communities |
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10-25-2008
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| | Re: New SATA Hard Drive Issue Ed B.;115362 Wrote: Quote: > I just bought a new PC with an Intel DG31PR Motherboard and a Seagate > 320 GB ST3320613AS SATA2 drive. Everything was working fine, so I > decided to add a second SATA2 drive. I bought a 750GB Seagate > ST3750330AS and plugged it into the second SATA port on the > motherboard but it was not recognized by the BIOS. Finally figured out > that the drive only works in port3 and not ports 2 and 4. Could this > be a faulty motherboard, or is there some other possible problem here? > > Ed where you bought the computer and return it for a working one  -- Stan57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stan57's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24981 |
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10-26-2008
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| | Re: New SATA Hard Drive Issue Read the mobo manual, some have two sata controlers that connect to specific ports, and may require bios changes in order to activate the other ports / controler "PvdG42" <pvdg@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ulrj7PsNJHA.4832@xxxxxx Quote: > "Ed B." <buch7575@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:35b26bb0-ac6c-4f2b-92cf-7bf177092145@xxxxxx Quote: >>I just bought a new PC with an Intel DG31PR Motherboard and a Seagate >> 320 GB ST3320613AS SATA2 drive. Everything was working fine, so I >> decided to add a second SATA2 drive. I bought a 750GB Seagate >> ST3750330AS and plugged it into the second SATA port on the >> motherboard but it was not recognized by the BIOS. Finally figured out >> that the drive only works in port3 and not ports 2 and 4. Could this >> be a faulty motherboard, or is there some other possible problem here? >> >> Ed > > Have you tried connecting the original drive to a port that will not work > with the new drive? What happens when you do? > If neither drive will work in ports 2 or 4, then you may have a > motherboard issue. You should also check in your motherboard manual to see > if there is information on each specific port (some motherboards require > that the boot drive be connected to only certain ports, for example). > > As your question clearly is not OS related, you might also consider > seeking help Intel technical support: > > http://www.intel.com/support/index.htm?iid=hdr+support > > http://www.intel.com/communities/ind...dr+communities > > > |
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