On 2$B7n(B24$BF|(B, $Be8a(B9$B;~(B57$BJ,(B, Arno Wagner wrote:
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storagegoo_lu1goo_...@ya hoo.com.hk wrote:





On 2$B7n(B23$BF|(B, $B28a(B8$B;~(B50$BJ,(B, Arno Wagner wrote:
Driver installed?

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storagegoo_lu1goo_...@ya hoo.com.hk wrote:

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new
WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in
my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were
set as below:
Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or
Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)
After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.
However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the
SATA HDD from explorer.
I used System Management Tools - Computer Management - Disk
Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD
found.
Also, I used Device Manager - Drive icon and clicked to force
hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.
Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I
would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the
dealer for another HDD ?
Tks!
PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the
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I remembered last time I installed the replaced disk no driver need to
be installed.

The driver is not for the disk, but for the controller on
the mainboard. The disk does indeed not need a driver.

Arno- $Bp,i6Ho0zMQJ8;z(B -

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Tks, Eric is correct, only changing Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] enables
XP to recognize the HDD. I read the driver manual, it said driver is
needed if I want to install XP or 2000 on the SATA disk. I wonder
without the driver, will the SATA disk performs as a real SATA disk.