Re: 750G SATA drive with KT7A RAID

Terry wrote:
Although I may have not replied to everyone, I have tried to follow
all suggestions I have read here so far. If your suggestion is not on
this list please remind me to try it again.

Here is my dilemma.

Here is what I have done.
I reset the CMOS
I have all three boot options set to HD0
I have boot from external disabled
I have onboard RAID disabled

My computer is a Abit KT7A RAID
1G Athlon
Nvidia 5500 Video
430W PS
Sil 3112A SATA RAID 14.2.47 1997-2004 Silicon Image Inc. PCI
controller card
80 G IDE WD boot drive
IDE WD 160G
SATA WD 500

I am trying to add a SATA WD 750

Everything was working fine. I added the 750 drive. It wouldn't
work. It hangs the computer at boot. I went to WD support page and
found this:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1337&p_created=1112379341

I installed the jumper and the drive worked! I copied all the files I
had on a 150G IDE drive to the new 750 drive. I then took the IDE
hard drive out. I mounted the 750 in its place. Well it quit working
again and started hanging at the boot screen.

When I try to boot the PCI SATA controller reports
WDC WD 5000 AAKS 00TMA 5 000 000
WDC WD 7500 AAKS 00RBA < It hangs here

I can unplug the 750 and everything boots fine.
I have tried the 750 on controller 0 and 1
If I plug the 750 into slot 0 then it hangs without reporting the 500

The 500 has been working fine without using the jumper, but I have
installed a jumper on the 500 now.

So now the 500 will work with or without the jumper. the 750 will
not work with or without the jumper.

The 750 will work fine in my other machine, but I want it in my old
KT7A machine. I have also tried using the 750 only without the 500.

What else can I try to get the 750 going?

The drive won't work with the SATA controller. Like I said previously, I've had the same problem. Nothing you can do except buy a better controller or upgrade the computer.

Ari

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