ga-73pvm-s2 sata puzzle

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>>>>>>>>> Harry Syme wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I have this board with a sata drive as boot drive
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It was plugged into SATAII0
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I plugged an additional drive into SATAII3
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bios detected it fine but xp didnt.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I plugged it into SATAII1 it worked fine
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There are 4 sockets in total numbered 0 to 3
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do I have to use them in order? I am not using raid and have the
>>>>>>>>>> bios set to use sata as ide.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> According to the manual these are standard sata sockets and 2 can
>>>>>>>>>> be used for raid but my understanding from other pcs is that I
>>>>>>>>>> dont have to use 2 and 3 for raid i can just use them as
>>>>>>>>>> additional sata sockets.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is my socket broke or do I have to add them in order?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I dont have a 3rd drive to try it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Has the drive been initialized? Until windows has partitioned the
>>>>>>>>> drive it can't see it.
>>>>>>>> no it doent ask for intialisation nor does it show up in disk
>>>>>>>> management
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> rescan produces nothing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Go into the BIOS and make sure that all the SATA ports have RAID
>>>>>>> disabled if you are not using it. G to control panel and disk
>>>>>>> management. The drive will not show up as a normal drive until
>>>>>>> initialized. If it does not show up in the Bios then it will not
>>>>>>> show in the disk management.
>>>>>> It does show in bios and the raid section is set to IDE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I put the drive in another machine, formatted it and installed
>>>>>> windows xp on it. Put it back and it still doesnt show in disk
>>>>>> management.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from my original post......
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bios detected it fine but xp didnt.
>>>>>> I am not using raid and have the bios set
>>>>>>>>>> to use sata as ide.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Did you give it a drive letter? Is it the only drive in the machine?
>>>>> If you gave it a drive letter and it is the same as another drive, you
>>>>> will have a problem.
>>>> I plugged an additional drive into SATAII3
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Is the drive in question the boot drive or what?
>>
>> I have this board with a sata drive as boot drive
>>>>>>>>> It was plugged into SATAII0
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I plugged an additional drive into SATAII3
>>
>>
> Remove all drives but the one in question. Boot from a Win XP or Vista
> disk and try to install XP or Vista. If it recognizes the drive to install
> then the problem is not the drive.

I have already done that i know its not the drive my question was `do the
sata sockets need to be used in order" 0,1,2,3?

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>>>>>>>>>> Harry Syme wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I have this board with a sata drive as boot drive
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It was plugged into SATAII0
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I plugged an additional drive into SATAII3
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Bios detected it fine but xp didnt.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> When I plugged it into SATAII1 it worked fine
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There are 4 sockets in total numbered 0 to 3
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Do I have to use them in order? I am not using raid and have the
>>>>>>>>>>> bios set to use sata as ide.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> According to the manual these are standard sata sockets and 2 can
>>>>>>>>>>> be used for raid but my understanding from other pcs is that I
>>>>>>>>>>> dont have to use 2 and 3 for raid i can just use them as
>>>>>>>>>>> additional sata sockets.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Is my socket broke or do I have to add them in order?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I dont have a 3rd drive to try it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Has the drive been initialized? Until windows has partitioned the
>>>>>>>>>> drive it can't see it.
>>>>>>>>> no it doent ask for intialisation nor does it show up in disk
>>>>>>>>> management
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> rescan produces nothing
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Go into the BIOS and make sure that all the SATA ports have RAID
>>>>>>>> disabled if you are not using it. G to control panel and disk
>>>>>>>> management. The drive will not show up as a normal drive until
>>>>>>>> initialized. If it does not show up in the Bios then it will not
>>>>>>>> show in the disk management.
>>>>>>> It does show in bios and the raid section is set to IDE
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I put the drive in another machine, formatted it and installed
>>>>>>> windows xp on it. Put it back and it still doesnt show in disk
>>>>>>> management.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> from my original post......
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bios detected it fine but xp didnt.
>>>>>>> I am not using raid and have the bios set
>>>>>>>>>>> to use sata as ide.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you give it a drive letter? Is it the only drive in the machine?
>>>>>> If you gave it a drive letter and it is the same as another drive, you
>>>>>> will have a problem.
>>>>> I plugged an additional drive into SATAII3
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Is the drive in question the boot drive or what?
>>> I have this board with a sata drive as boot drive
>>>>>>>>>> It was plugged into SATAII0
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I plugged an additional drive into SATAII3
>>>
>> Remove all drives but the one in question. Boot from a Win XP or Vista
>> disk and try to install XP or Vista. If it recognizes the drive to install
>> then the problem is not the drive.
>
> I have already done that i know its not the drive my question was `do the
> sata sockets need to be used in order" 0,1,2,3?
>
>
>
No, but in your case it seems they do.