SATA Drive Not being recognised....HELP!!!!

[County]

hi all

my SATA hard drive is not being recognised....

am i right in thinking that i only need to put the SATA cable in the back and into port SATA 1 on the motherboard....

cheers

 

[County]

thanks....

Abit NF7-S2G
Maxtor 200GB

BIOS settings are default....i checked the onboard PCI check is enabled....

was working before....my IDE hard drive is working....i take that out try the SATA and nothing....

its also picking up my athlon 3200+ as a 2500+????....

cheers

 

[County]

will have a look at the settings for the CPU....but was unaware of the seperate SATA settings in the BIOS....

if anyone could shed any light on this would be greatful....

cheers

 

[County]

cheers mate....

appreciate your time and help....

BIOS has never been updated....one area where i am a n00b....dont really understand it....

will give that link a go and see how we go....

cheers

 

[County]

i cant reinstall the drivers as i cant access the hard drive....

excuse me if im well off the mark and there is another way of doing it....

cheers

 

[County]

I know this sounds SO patronising but you did say you're a noob. Are you sure the HDD power is in? It's just you mentioned the SATA cable but not the power.

Feel a bit silly now for even suggesting it, oh well.

the HDD power....if you explain what it looks like and where it goes i can tell you yes or no....

i am a n00b and i am not....

i have built loads of PCs etc....but dont know the "ins and outs" when things go wrong....if you know what i mean....

cheers

 

[County]

you lads know your stuff....

i am a n00b....

its the PSU as i have changed the PSU so this is a generic one (for the mrs ) WITHOUT the SATA connector and am using the Antec Truepower 480w for my new build gaming PC (3700+SD, X1800XT etc)....

thanks all....

cheers