question : new HD

eekfek · 12 Oct 2006 at 17:52

My mobo is an old D875PBZ Intel (SATA1) , im looking at buying
Western Digital Caviar RE 250GB 2500YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-104-WD) £59
Western Digital WDSC50RCW Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (CB-000-WD) £7

ive read the sticky re Sata II compatibility and it would seem it would work ,
so before i buy can any kind person confirm ?

eekfek · 12 Oct 2006 at 17:58

that was quick , many thx BillytheImpaler ,

eekfek · 16 Oct 2006 at 12:57

ok, i have a problem, ive plugged the HD into my 2nd sata port and its powered up and shows up in the bios
however, in windows its not there ? ive set a jumper to 1.5gbs and tried various things but im flumexed now, what am i missing or done wrong ?
any help appreciated , cheers

eekfek · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:07

in device manager under under Disk drives it shows two HD's

in My Computer it shows only 1 HD (c: ) and a list of CD/DVD drives

eekfek · 16 Oct 2006 at 13:19

DOh!!

thats great its sorted now, im not exactly an expert on PC's as u can tell

thanks you all for your assistance , appreciated ...