[m00cka]

I recently got a new S-ATA hard drive; Samsung Spinpoint F1 750gb to my server. Previously the server has only had one IDE hard drive which has worked without any problems. Anyhow, the BIOS (ASUS A7V600-X) does not detect the new hard drive.

What should I do? I appreciate all help I can get.

[Hughv]

This problem(Assuming the drive isn't faulty) usually involves enabling SATA in the BIOS.

[m00cka]

I see. When looking around (not very thoroughly) in the BIOS I could not see any settings for S-ATA, only ATA. Anyhow, I'm sure the motherboard supports S-ATA drives. Do you have any thoughts about where these settings may be?

[Hughv]

My ASUS MOBO manual isn't handy at the moment, but that's where you need to look
And... if you haven't formatted this disk you may need to look in disk management.

[m00cka]

I have now formatted the drive by connecting it to another computer. Thus, the drive is neither faulty nor unformatted, so that can not be the problem.

In addition I have checked with the manual that the following setting is enabled:

Originally Posted by Asus A7V600-X manual

Onboard ATA Boot ROM [Enabled]
These fields allow you to enable or disable the onboard Serial ATA controller boot ROM. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

May it be the cable that is the problem? (Though it seems unlikely to me as it was completely new when it got it). It is not the same cable I used to connect to the other computer.

EDIT: The drive does spin up, it sounds like it spins up to maximum speed (7200 RPM) and holds that speed constantly.

EDIT2: I just tried the other cable; no difference in the outcome.

[Hughv]

What do you see in disk management?
Are you trying to boot from this drive, or is the IDE drive still in place?

[m00cka]

I'm running on Ubuntu Server. When I type "sudo lshw -C disk" it only shows the IDE drive and CD ROM.

I'm not trying to boot from the S-ATA, the IDE is still in place (though I tried to make it slave instead of master; it made no difference).

[Hughv]

This may be a problem with lshw:
http://ezix.org/project/ticket/411

[m00cka]

It might be. Anyhow, gparted did not find the hard drive either, so I think there is something with the setup of the MOBO. Else there must be something broken.

[tech.core]

Your drive Samsung Spinpoint F1 750gb is a SATA II drive but your mobo only supports SATA I drives take a look here on your mobo specs http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=L2XYS0rmtCjeOr4k and see its only 1.5gbps (thats SATA I) and here at your HDD specs http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-054-SA (Its 3.0 gbps which means SATA II)

You should replace that hard drive with old SATA I with your dealer whom you purchased from.

Your HDD spins thats because there are 2 cables, one for power and other for the mobo connector, mobo can't recognise the drive, your drive is spinning only cuz of your power supply cable connected to your HDD.

Regards

[m00cka]

I see. Thanks a lot for the help I've received. I mean I have read somewhere that it is possible to use SATA II drives on SATA I MOBOs, just that the transfer speed will only be 1.5gbps?

[Hughv]

There's usually a jumper on the drive to limit the speed. I had to do that with my SATA II drive.

[m00cka]

After searching around a bit, I did not find any jumper settings for this for my drive. The drive also only have four jumper sticks. Anyhow, I found a firmware patch here which is supposed to downgrade from 3.0gbps to 1.5gbps, but when I tried it on the same computer, it did not recognize the drive in the downgrade software. I'll try to downgrade the drive on my other computer and then put it into the server again.

[Hughv]

See here for the jumper setting:
http://www.samsung.com/global/system...tionjumper.jpg
"A special jumper is provided for use of connecting to legacy SATA host which has problem of accepting SATA 3.0G speed negotiation. This jumper can be used only when the SATA interface connection can not be established

The SATA 1.5Gbps Speed connector is located on the front of the device as it is shown on the below figure, the factory default is an auto negotiation mode, if auto negotiation mode failed try the force 1.5Gbps mode by installing enclosed jumper to SATA 1.5G connector."

[m00cka]

Yes thanks, I saw that too. The problem is that my drive only have four jumper stickers; the one on the drawing has eight.