Hi,
I've installed two SATA DVD drives and a second SATA hard drive into my Dimension 8400 (running on Windows XP Professional with 4GB memory). I've connected the two SATA drives to the IDE power cable by means of a Star Tech Molex 4 Pin to 2x 15 Pin SATA Power Cable.
These two SATA DVD drives and the second SATA hard drive are recognized in BIOS, but when I go into Windows XP Professional they are not recognized in 1) Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager/ 2) Computer Management/Disk Management
The two SATA drives are a:
1) LG Internal Super Multi Drive SATA Model - GH24NSB0B
2) Asus BRN ASUSS DRW 24B1ST X Multi Drive
I have the following SATA devices connected to my four SATA connectors
SATA connector 0 - 2TB SATA hard drive (top hard drive slot) - this is my C Drive. It is recognized and runs
SATA connector 1 - 2TB SATA hard drive (bottom hard drive slot)
SATA connector 2 – Asus BRN ASUSS DRW 24B1ST i X Multi Drive (bottom CD/DVD slot)
SATA connector 3 – HL – DT - STDVDRAM - GH24NSB0B (top CD/DVD slot)
PATA 5 and 6 are turned off
My bios settings are: RAID / AHCI (I’ve tried running my system with RAID / ATA, but it makes not difference).
I've tried 1) switching SATA cables and connectors e.g. the second hard drive into SATA connector 2 and the ASUS DVD drive into SATA connector 2) running the system with only the second hard drive in SATA connector 1 and the two DVD drives disconnected with SATA connectors 2 and 3 in the off position 3) running the two DVD drives in SATA connectors 2 and 3 without the second hard drive and SATA 1 in the off position.
In all these cases the connected devises are recognized in BIOS but not in Computer Management/Disk Management or Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager
I'd be grateful for any advice anyone could give for getting my system/XP to recognize these two SATA DVD drives and the second SATA hard drive.
I've searched Dell driver downloads for SATA drivers, but so far as I can tell, I'm not missing anything - though I could be wrong.
My sincere thanks in advance for any advice proferred
I've installed two SATA DVD drives and a second SATA hard drive into my Dimension 8400 (running on Windows XP Professional with 4GB memory). I've connected the two SATA drives to the IDE power cable by means of a Star Tech Molex 4 Pin to 2x 15 Pin SATA Power Cable.
These two SATA DVD drives and the second SATA hard drive are recognized in BIOS, but when I go into Windows XP Professional they are not recognized in 1) Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager/ 2) Computer Management/Disk Management
The two SATA drives are a:
1) LG Internal Super Multi Drive SATA Model - GH24NSB0B
2) Asus BRN ASUSS DRW 24B1ST X Multi Drive
I have the following SATA devices connected to my four SATA connectors
SATA connector 0 - 2TB SATA hard drive (top hard drive slot) - this is my C Drive. It is recognized and runs
SATA connector 1 - 2TB SATA hard drive (bottom hard drive slot)
SATA connector 2 – Asus BRN ASUSS DRW 24B1ST i X Multi Drive (bottom CD/DVD slot)
SATA connector 3 – HL – DT - STDVDRAM - GH24NSB0B (top CD/DVD slot)
PATA 5 and 6 are turned off
My bios settings are: RAID / AHCI (I’ve tried running my system with RAID / ATA, but it makes not difference).
I've tried 1) switching SATA cables and connectors e.g. the second hard drive into SATA connector 2 and the ASUS DVD drive into SATA connector 2) running the system with only the second hard drive in SATA connector 1 and the two DVD drives disconnected with SATA connectors 2 and 3 in the off position 3) running the two DVD drives in SATA connectors 2 and 3 without the second hard drive and SATA 1 in the off position.
In all these cases the connected devises are recognized in BIOS but not in Computer Management/Disk Management or Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager
I'd be grateful for any advice anyone could give for getting my system/XP to recognize these two SATA DVD drives and the second SATA hard drive.
I've searched Dell driver downloads for SATA drivers, but so far as I can tell, I'm not missing anything - though I could be wrong.
My sincere thanks in advance for any advice proferred