Trouble with SATA Controller

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Hi. I checked through prior threads and did not come up with any answers, so
I apologize if I missed something. I recently bought a cheap Maxtor 100GB
SATA drive. Having a system that is a few years old and no integrated
support for SATA, I purchased a PCI SATA controller. A VIA A-6421 to be
exact. I have tried the card in two different systems and I see nothing at
the BIOS level indicating that my BIOS is yielding to another piece of
hardware. Just boots right into the OS. At first, I thought the card was
bad, so I had it replaced but the issue remains. I have no prior experience
with SATA devices, so I don't even know what to check. I'm at a loss. I'm
not sure if there is any further information that would help. If so, please
ask. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Ken
 
Hi. I checked through prior threads and did not come up with any answers,
so I apologize if I missed something. I recently bought a cheap Maxtor
100GB SATA drive. Having a system that is a few years old and no
integrated support for SATA, I purchased a PCI SATA controller. A VIA
A-6421 to be exact. I have tried the card in two different systems and I
see nothing at the BIOS level indicating that my BIOS is yielding to
another piece of hardware. Just boots right into the OS. At first, I
thought the card was bad, so I had it replaced but the issue remains. I
have no prior experience with SATA devices, so I don't even know what to
check. I'm at a loss. I'm not sure if there is any further information
that would help. If so, please ask. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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What is your motherboard brand and model number (so we can check BIOS
options in manual)?
 
ks said:
Hi. I checked through prior threads and did not come up with any
answers, so I apologize if I missed something. I recently bought a
cheap Maxtor 100GB SATA drive. Having a system that is a few years
old and no integrated support for SATA, I purchased a PCI SATA
controller. A VIA A-6421 to be exact. I have tried the card in two
different systems and I see nothing at the BIOS level indicating that
my BIOS is yielding to another piece of hardware. Just boots right
into the OS. At first, I thought the card was bad, so I had it
replaced but the issue remains. I have no prior experience with SATA
devices, so I don't even know what to check. I'm at a loss. I'm not
sure if there is any further information that would help. If so,
please ask. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Which OS ? XP should have picked it up.
 
Yes, it's XP but does not detect the card at all.
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It should show up in the Device Manager with a yellow
question mark against it if it cant work out what it is.

All you need to do is to load the appropriate drivers for it.

I know you said that that made no difference, most likely
because your dont have the correct drivers for that card.
 
Rod Speed said:
It should show up in the Device Manager with a yellow
question mark against it if it cant work out what it is.

All you need to do is to load the appropriate drivers for it.

I know you said that that made no difference, most likely
because your dont have the correct drivers for that card.
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Nope. Not even a yellow warning. Nothing at all in device manager. Nothing
but my motherboard's IDE controllers. I have a driver disk that came with
the card and the install didn't work because the hardware was not detected.
Thanks.
 
Nope. Not even a yellow warning. Nothing at all in device manager.
Nothing but my motherboard's IDE controllers. I have a driver disk that
came with the card and the install didn't work because the hardware was
not detected.
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Must be something seriously ****ed with your XP
install or the slot you're plugging the card into.

Check for an updated bios for the motherboard.
 
Rod Speed said:
Must be something seriously ****ed with your XP
install or the slot you're plugging the card into.

Check for an updated bios for the motherboard.
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Install seems fine otherwise, and now I have had the same problem on another
computer. But thanks for your help. Maybe I'll try updating the BIOS on one
or both of them and see what happens.
 
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