How to made XP add SATA-II HDD to hardware list ?

[goo_lu3]

Previously my Western Digital SATA HDD had problem. I replaced a new WD3200AAJS one from dealer. I connected that HDD to one SATA port in my Gigabyte GA-8S655FX motherboard. The BIOS settings for SATA were set as below:

Sis Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] (available options: Enabled or Disabled)
Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] (available options: IDE or RAID)

After PC powered up. BIOS reported it detected the HDD.

However, as Windows XP Professional was running, I couldn't find the SATA HDD from explorer.

I used System Management Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management tool and forced it to scan new hardware but no new HDD found.

Also, I used Device Manager -> Drive icon and clicked to force hardware change scanning. Still no new HDD found.

Although there exist probability that the new HDD was faulty but I would like to ask what can I do further before I return it to the dealer for another HDD ?

Tks!

PS: My motherboard has 2 SATA ports. I'd tried both of them but the results were the same.

[Dias de verano]

did you get sata driver floppy with motherboard?

[patio]

And has the drive been formatted yet ? ?
Windows will not see it until it is.

[goo_lu3]

did you get sata driver floppy with motherboard?

Problem temporarily solved by changing BIOS setting Sis Serial ATA Mode [RAID] from RAID to IDE. But I would like to know if the IDE option has anything related to IDE. I read the driver manual, it said driver is needed if I want to install XP or 2000 on the SATA disk. I wonder without the driver, will the SATA disk performs as a real SATA disk. Anyone can suggest ?

[goo_lu3]

And has the drive been formatted yet ? ?
Windows will not see it until it is.

Not related. XP can still recognize an unformatted SATA disk. Formatting is the next step.

[patio]

And has the drive been formatted yet ? ?
Windows will not see it until it is.

Not related. XP can still recognize an unformatted SATA disk. Formatting is the next step.

Source ? ?

 

[goo_lu3]

And has the drive been formatted yet ? ?
Windows will not see it until it is.

Not related. XP can still recognize an unformatted SATA disk. Formatting is the next step.

Source ? ?

 

What your mean ?

[patio]

I mean post a source to your info that says what i stated is wrong.