Installing plextor 716sa, help needed

I have a p4s800d-e deluxe mobo, I recently purchased a plextor 716sa
dvd burner. My hard drive is NOT a SATA hard drive. I can't seem to
get it work? Any ideas? I am even considering getting a SATA to IDE
convertor just to get it working? I admit i am a bit of a rookie at
this.

Thanks

"Craig" wrote
I have a p4s800d-e deluxe mobo, I recently purchased a plextor 716sa
dvd burner. My hard drive is NOT a SATA hard drive. I can't seem to
get it work? Any ideas? I am even considering getting a SATA to IDE
convertor just to get it working? I admit i am a bit of a rookie at
this.

MB brand? That looks a little like an Asus model designation, perhaps
P4P800-E deluxe? There are also P4S800 motherboards (SIS chipset) but I
don't remember any of those in a deluxe edition.

In any case rumour has it that only Intel chipsets work reliably with
optical drives - check your MB manual or the manufacturer's website.

If you meant P4P800-E, that MB has two sets of SATA controllers - one Intel,
the other Promise. Use the ones next to the ICH5 chip and make sure that the
SATA controller is enabled in BIOS and not set to RAID. There are probably
other BIOS settings that need to be made, but that's enough guessing for
now.

Yes it is an ASUS board adn it is the named asi mentioned. I looked in
the manual and they are all SiS chipsets. So does that mean i am out
of luck for making this dvd drive work with this board? Would i be
able to use a Sata to IDE convertor ? Just to get it to work? Oh also
i am running win xp with all the updates.

Later
Craig

Go into BIOS and see if the drive is being recognized. You must have the
correct SATA controller turned on in BIOS and set to non-RAID.

The drive should also be shown during POST.

Have you installed a SATA driver in Windows for the controller? The SATA
controller should show up in Device Manager, probably as a SCSI controller
or the like.


"Craig" wrote in message
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Yes it is an ASUS board adn it is the named asi mentioned. I looked in
the manual and they are all SiS chipsets. So does that mean i am out
of luck for making this dvd drive work with this board? Would i be
able to use a Sata to IDE convertor ? Just to get it to work? Oh also
i am running win xp with all the updates.

Later
Craig

"Craig" wrote

Yes it is an ASUS board adn it is the named asi mentioned.

Brain fade on my part. Your board not listed on the localised Asus website, had to go to the global pages to find it. Which BIOS version are you running? 1005 lists a patch for SATA detection.

I looked in
the manual and they are all SiS chipsets. So does that mean i am out
of luck for making this dvd drive work with this board?

Doesn't look particularly promising.

http://www.plextor.com/English/support/media_712SA.htm

http://www.plextor.com/English/suppo...%20listing.htm

Would i be
able to use a Sata to IDE convertor ? Just to get it to work?

Make sure it claims to work with optical drives and preferably the option to return it if it doesn't work. A PCI SATA controller with optical support (if such a thing exists) would be another possibility.

Since you obviously have a spare IDE port, is it possible to return the SA and swap it for the A model? Restocking fees vs buying converter/controller? I haven't seen any information on how well converters work especially burning at 16X, you're probably in uncharted waters here.

"Craig" wrote in message
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I have a p4s800d-e deluxe mobo, I recently purchased a plextor 716sa
dvd burner. My hard drive is NOT a SATA hard drive. I can't seem to
get it work? Any ideas? I am even considering getting a SATA to IDE
convertor just to get it working? I admit i am a bit of a rookie at
this.

Thanks


I tried installing a PX-716SA in a K8N-E. I did a lot of research before
I tried it. I found a few people reporting success with this drive and
the K8N family of mobos but most couldn't get it to work properly.

From what I've read, SATA drives and especially SATA optical drives seem
to work best on mobos with Intel chipsets. Intel worked on the
development of the SATA specs. The chipset makers (VIA, nVidia, SIS,
etc.) are in the 2nd or 3rd generation of SATA compatible chipsets but
it seems that they are not ready for prime time yet.

I returned the SATA for an IDE version which works fine.

Chas.