No IDE controller in IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers

[sxyvatdota2]

i tried to install 2nd hdd through optical drive bay using hdd caddy. the first time using a sata2 caddy failed, rma the it and get a sata3 caddy. however my laptop still cant detect the caddy.

search the internet for the problem, read about optical drive bay using IDE interface. checked the device management there is no IDE controller. tried downloading all software for sata ide controller for my laptop but still no result. anybody can help me?

laptop: asus k42dr running in windows 10. boot drive is ssd

 

[Chicano]

You may need to enable the BIOS SATA controller in IDE mode. It stands to reason that if Windows doesn't detect a BIOS IDE setting, it will probably not detect an IDE drive, so the Device Manager will not show one.

 

[sxyvatdota2]

You may need to enable the BIOS SATA controller in IDE mode. It stands to reason that if Windows doesn't detect a BIOS IDE setting, it will probably not detect an IDE drive, so the Device Manager will not show one.

Theres only 2 option in bios, native ide n ide->ahci.. i did tried change it to ide, but bsod.

 

[Chicano]

You probably tried IDE Native(?) IDE AHCI should be compatible with SATA. If that still BSOD's install IDE drivers and try again.

Another setting that may interfere is the HDD order. Before booting the computer check the BIOS HDDs list... if the 2nd/caddy HDD is detected and listed as #1, make it #2.

 

[sxyvatdota2]

current setting in bios is under IDE-->AHCI.

under boot drive only the ssd is listed.

under the menu to change the boot drive however, the bios/mobo did detect the presence of my hdd caddy, and the caddy listed second. now i feel more confuse why i cant see the caddy in device manager.

if its because of the missing IDE controller, i tried all available amd ide sata software that i can find. 🙁

 

[Eoraptor]

I've run into something similar in an AMD-powered laptop. It has bootoptions for booting in UEFI or AHCI (classic bios mode) depending on what your windows install is configured as. with the stock windows 8, it was configured to UEFI. when I flipped it to AHCI mode, it could no longer find the proper partition information and did the same thing; BSoD. the only way to solve that is to reinstall windows or repair the allocation/partition tables it points to on boot.

I solved it by permenantly switching to AHCI and installing good old windows 7.

Not saying that's the solution here, but if you're running a machine with an IDE and an SATA set both, I'd look to the PC manufacturer (Dell, HP, etc) first for a system driver; or, if its a home built machine, go to the motherboard manufacturer's website for the manual and/or drivers. The AMD Catalyst/Red/Vision drivers are sometimes generic and the pc makers have their own specifically built drivers that work better.

It could also be that your motherboard is not compatible with hotswapping (which was not in SATA 1, I think) or that there is some incompatibility between the caddy you are using and the drive you want to put in it.because the motherboard is seeing the caddy, but not the hard drive.