2nd SATA drive problem

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by **AndrewChapman** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:54 am

I installed a second SATA hard drive on my PC, but it is not seen on the initial system check,
is not recognised as a boot device, and Windows doesn't see it.

However if I change the setting in the BIOS from 'Primary SATA, Secondary PATA' to 'SATA only' then the new hard drive is seen at the system check, is recognized as a boot device and can be seen in Windows. But if I do this I lose the use of the optical drive. Have spoken to several PC engineers and none have any idea what is causing the problem.

Motherboard: ECS 915P-M3
BIOS: American Megatrends v02.58
PC: Philips MT2400
http://www.pcservicecall.co.uk/layout.a ... de563724c8

Would much appreciate any help.

by **edwin** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:15 pm

Complain at Philips they should release a bios update that does not have this limit.

by **AndrewChapman** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:31 am

Have found the anwer which was to change the 'ATA/IDE confiuration' setting from 'compatible' to 'enhanced'.

Thanks for your help