zzr Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Having just replaced my motherboard I have now realised it only has 1 IDE socket. As I had 2 on my old board with 2xHDD and 2XDVD's I can only have 1 of each. However, I have purchased a SATA/IDE converter that plugs into the back of the HDD and connects to a SATA socket on the mobo. But I can't get WinXP to recognise the other drive. Have changed settings in BIOS but to no avail. Has anyone else used these or know if they work? I'm reluctant to give up a 120gb HD, which still has some info I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hill Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Having just replaced my motherboard I have now realised it only has 1 IDE socket. As I had 2 on my old board with 2xHDD and 2XDVD's I can only have 1 of each. However, I have purchased a SATA/IDE converter that plugs into the back of the HDD and connects to a SATA socket on the mobo. But I can't get WinXP to recognise the other drive. Have changed settings in BIOS but to no avail. Has anyone else used these or know if they work? I'm reluctant to give up a 120gb HD, which still has some info I need.I have an ABIT IL9 PRO Motherboard, and I too have added an SATA DRIVE DVD/RW. The Drive works fine as far as reading and writing, but when ever I insert a DVD or CD I get an error message USB Device not recognized! The DVD in internal SATA. Can't figure wht it looks for USB. My Motherboard has four built in SATA ports and SATA power connecters.Will check with both Motherboare and DVD manufacturer. Any suggestions would help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I don't know a lot about SATA but, it used to require separate drivers with certain motherboard/device/XP combinations. Could this be part of the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike567 Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Your winxp installation wont recognise its now running on SATA.You can't just put a convertor in.Your best bet would be to boot it up on IDE back up and reinstall on SATA using the drivers with the windows CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APC900 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Get a PCI based IDE controller card for about $19USD and that'll cure all your 'headaches'. I just had to do the exact thing for my nephew's computer when I rebuilt it three weeks ago. He had an E-machines T3092 and the capacitors started bulging and failing. I was limited on M/B sizes and the one I found only had one IDE header. I went with an SIIG add-in IDE controller card and added both DVDs to it. I then put both harddrives on the board's IDE controller. All the drives were recognized instantly and the system is back up and running faster than ever. I also went with a dual core proc while I was at it....price was right. He's one 'happy' college student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intelguy Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 After checking in the BIOS that the ports are enabled, if the board is using an onboard JMicron or Silicon Images controller, as opposed to the native Intel or nVidia chipset-supported ports, there may need to be a driver installed before Windows can recognize the hardware.What is the make and model of the motherboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzr Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 After checking in the BIOS that the ports are enabled, if the board is using an onboard JMicron or Silicon Images controller, as opposed to the native Intel or nVidia chipset-supported ports, there may need to be a driver installed before Windows can recognize the hardware.What is the make and model of the motherboard?It's a Foxconn 45cmx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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