Shuttle SK83G, can't detect SATA

matt1 · 9 May 2006 at 19:10

Recently bought a SK83G, connected everything up and it seems fine. Went to install XP and it couldn't detect the SATA drive. Realised I needed to install the RAID drivers and enable SATA in the BIOS - both have now been done but doesn't help. To be safe I've also flashed to the newest motherboard BIOS. To my knowledge there isn't a newer SATA driver to update to.

Currently using:

VIA RAID Driver
9D144M0003

NB. The HDD and SATA cables are working.

Must be some helpful suggestions out there, I've wasted an entire day on this.

matt1 · 9 May 2006 at 23:50

For some reason it doesn't like my SATA II drive, but SATA I works fine. darn. :mad:

matt1 · 10 May 2006 at 18:29

No jumpers on the hard drive. Firmware sounds possible, a quick visit to manufacturers website and google didn't turn up anything.

It's a Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache, made in Aug/Sept 2005 (can't remember exact month of the top of my head).

matt1 · 24 May 2006 at 16:52

Sorry to dig up this thread but, whilst search for some shuttle software I stumbled upon the answer.

Q. Can I use the SATA II hard drive on the SK83G?

A. SK83G is base on VIA VT 8237 S.B. chipset, the VT8237 chipset did not support SATA II HDD; therefore, we suggest you to use SATA I HDD for the SK83G.

All is now understood, I ended up getting a SATA I drive in the end anyway.