Sata 3 HDD on Sata 1 motherboard

[Daellus]

Let's start with the specs:

Motherboard/CPU/etc:
Intel D945GTP mobo
Pentium D 3.4
3GB RAM
HDD:
Hitachi DeskStar
500 GB Sata 3

My motherboard won't see the drive when I plug it into any of the 4 available sata ports, but it works just fine on the IDE with an IDE/SATA adapter. I'm a bit new to sata devices, and I'm not completely certain that the drive is powering up when connected to the sata port....

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

PS: just thought, my backup drive (usb) has a sata connect... should try that too.

 

[Daellus]

Nevermind.... fully enlightened now.
Gonna grab some appropriate molex/sata
adapters.

😉

 

[Hawkeye22]

There should be a jumper on the drive to force it to SATA1 speeds if needed. If you are running XP, you should leave the bios set to IDE mode instead of AHCI. There is no need to use a SATA to IDE adapter.