Right so I was in a hurry ok. I dont usually buy stuff at shops but this time I did. I got myself a 2x sata-ii pci-e card from a highstreet store with the sole intention of plugging in 2 sata drives and forgetting about them.
Some background:
Initially I had a highstreet store 1 port sataii pci-e card with HD A plugged in to it, no problems.
Today got this 2 port sata 2 card (ST-Lab A-341) and plugged it in. Got in to windows and installed drivers, no problems.
Plugged in a drive and tried to boot. Right after the cards bios / drive check screen comes up the screen goes black and I get the lovely flashing cursor. Cant type anything no buttons work etc. Basically it gets stuck on boot every time no matter what combination of drives / optical drives I try plugged in, but boots in to windows fine if the card is in but no drives attached.
So I went into its onboard bios to look for solutions. Wiped the new hd (tested it on the motherboard connector to confirm it works fine) , set both drives to JBOD, still no joy.
Does anyone have any experience with this card or any similar errors?
Some background:
Initially I had a highstreet store 1 port sataii pci-e card with HD A plugged in to it, no problems.
Today got this 2 port sata 2 card (ST-Lab A-341) and plugged it in. Got in to windows and installed drivers, no problems.
Plugged in a drive and tried to boot. Right after the cards bios / drive check screen comes up the screen goes black and I get the lovely flashing cursor. Cant type anything no buttons work etc. Basically it gets stuck on boot every time no matter what combination of drives / optical drives I try plugged in, but boots in to windows fine if the card is in but no drives attached.
So I went into its onboard bios to look for solutions. Wiped the new hd (tested it on the motherboard connector to confirm it works fine) , set both drives to JBOD, still no joy.
Does anyone have any experience with this card or any similar errors?
