PCI SATA Controller not detected

sist_si

sist_si

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hi all,
i have an MSI MOBO and i've just installed a Silicon Image PCI SATA Controller to it to use with my new DVD-R drive.
The card and drives are all working fine to the best of my knowledge but Windows 7 doesn't detect the new hardware at all. Nothingh shows up in device manager either.
I'm running in IDE mode on the on board SATA ports. Can anyone help?
 
Can you post a link to the specs for the card?
Does anything show on screen up while the pc boots? Some card have a bios that will list the attached drives and a key to press to get into the setup.
I presume you've checked to see if the card is detected in another PC. It seems unlikely but possible that the card doesn't support ATAPI drives, so I'd try connecting a HDD to the card, power up and see if it behaves any differently.
 
yes, it is. the problem i have is that the 4 on board 3Gb SATA ports have a manufacture fault. I can get this RMA'd here on OCUK but its a major major pain for me to dismantle my comp and get the board posted back. My solution is to bypass the problem with this SATA controller card...
 
The reason I asked is because Sandy Bridge motherboards do not support PCI natively, those with PCI slots use a PCI-E to PCI bridge chip which may be what is causing the problem... the audio enthusiast market are up in arms about Sandy Bridge for this very reason because their PCI sound cards exhibit issues caused by the bridge chip. Can't say for definite if it is that but could be, have you tried clearing CMOS?
 
sist_si said:
oook. so in essence, this won't work. do i need to get a pci-e based card??
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Dunno it could just be a faulty card, I'm just saying that Sandy Bridge PCI is not as good as native PCI.

Don't you have another older system to test it on? a PCI-E card should definitely work.
 
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