HDD Not found by windows
- Thread starter craigxt22
- Start date
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Sep 2003
- Posts
- 2,813
- Location
- Suffolk
Sounds like you need to download the drivers for the Raid Controller and manually use them as part of the install...
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Sep 2003
- Posts
- 2,813
- Location
- Suffolk
Download them from your motherboard manufactures website and copy them onto a USB key / memory stick.
This sounds too similar to another Thread to be coincidence.
Do you by any chance have a Samsung F3 SATA harddrive?
In this thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18219514
We eventually found that although the HDD was detected in the BIOS and windows setup couldn't detect it, the HDD itself was at fault.
A replacement Samsung F3 from another vendor worked fine.
In this other thread, the OP also reported issues with a Samsung F3
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18220818
However appeared to say the HDD wasn't detected in the BIOS either and has failed to post in the thread if he resolved the problem so far.
If you have a Samsung F3 hard drive supplied by OcUK , or even if you don't for that matter and the drive is some other make, I'd recommend testing the machine using another HDD.
I have an unproven theory atm, that maybe OcUK got a batch of faulty Samsung F3 drives.
And Yes there is an incompatability issue with a certain BIOS, which is detailed in both of those thread's , however flashing the firmware on a brand new HDD isn't something i'd recommend.
Do you by any chance have a Samsung F3 SATA harddrive?
In this thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18219514
We eventually found that although the HDD was detected in the BIOS and windows setup couldn't detect it, the HDD itself was at fault.
A replacement Samsung F3 from another vendor worked fine.
In this other thread, the OP also reported issues with a Samsung F3
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18220818
However appeared to say the HDD wasn't detected in the BIOS either and has failed to post in the thread if he resolved the problem so far.
If you have a Samsung F3 hard drive supplied by OcUK , or even if you don't for that matter and the drive is some other make, I'd recommend testing the machine using another HDD.
I have an unproven theory atm, that maybe OcUK got a batch of faulty Samsung F3 drives.
And Yes there is an incompatability issue with a certain BIOS, which is detailed in both of those thread's , however flashing the firmware on a brand new HDD isn't something i'd recommend.
Hmmm
Still no luck.
It's a Western Digital HDD, I'd rather not rule it out as faulty yet.
I've tried both the CD and Hard Drive in each of the SATA sockets.
It seems to be whatever is connected to the SATA3 sockets, the device doesn't function properly.
Still no luck.
It's a Western Digital HDD, I'd rather not rule it out as faulty yet.
I've tried both the CD and Hard Drive in each of the SATA sockets.
It seems to be whatever is connected to the SATA3 sockets, the device doesn't function properly.
At the moment, it seems to be only the SATA 2 port working.
Haven't tried removing the battery yet, I'll come back to that when I can confirm it's not a SATA connection issue.
I'm gonna try and install Windows, and install the RAID/ AHCI drivers.
if windows install doesnt see it you wont be able to install any drivers
Just removed the battery for a minute, I can read the HDD in BIOS again now.
Now during the Windows 7 install, it can't find the HDD and says I need to install drivers?
Having read the motherboard manual, it says I need to do this via a floppy disk which I don't have.
What do I need to do lol?
Now during the Windows 7 install, it can't find the HDD and says I need to install drivers?
Having read the motherboard manual, it says I need to do this via a floppy disk which I don't have.
What do I need to do lol?
on windows 7 you can do it with a flash drive.... those drivers should be in
the motherboard cd that came with it...there should be a heading make a
disk once the cd is loaded.....follow the instructions from there.
just a thought why dont you put it on sata2 and load windows...once in
windows load the sata3 drivers for the motherboard and change the ports
over then?
does windows installer see the hdd on sata2 port?
the first one you mentioned is the ahci driver...you would need to have ahci set in the bios first to use this...i would only use it if it were a ssd you were installing on to....
windows should see a sata3 capable hdd thats plugged into the sata2 port (there backwards compatible) once windows installs..... install the chipset drivers from the mobo cd and every other relavent driver you need including the sata3 driver(which will be on the mobo driver cd)do a restart so windows can see all the new drivers then shut down,pull the power and change the hdd from sata2 to sata3...the hdd will now run windows on sata3
the first one you mentioned is the ahci driver...you would need to have ahci set in the bios first to use this...i would only use it if it were a ssd you were installing on to....
windows should see a sata3 capable hdd thats plugged into the sata2 port (there backwards compatible) once windows installs..... install the chipset drivers from the mobo cd and every other relavent driver you need including the sata3 driver(which will be on the mobo driver cd)do a restart so windows can see all the new drivers then shut down,pull the power and change the hdd from sata2 to sata3...the hdd will now run windows on sata3
Last edited: