I just put together a computer:
Gigabyte GA-K8U
AMD Sempron 2800+
Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB
OCZ 512MB stick
MSI NX6200
Now, the hard drive definitely powers on - I hear it spin up and everything, and the BIOS itself recognizes it. The problem comes in when I try to install Windows. The installer tells me that it cannot find a hard drive! I tried another hard drive, switching the SATA port on the motherboard and different copies of the Windows installer. What's going on? Is it possible that this board doesn't have full SATA compatibility? I did notice that the SATA support seems to be separate from the BIOS, but I'm not sure. URGH! I need to have this working by tomorrow! THANKS GUYS!
Gigabyte GA-K8U
AMD Sempron 2800+
Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB
OCZ 512MB stick
MSI NX6200
Now, the hard drive definitely powers on - I hear it spin up and everything, and the BIOS itself recognizes it. The problem comes in when I try to install Windows. The installer tells me that it cannot find a hard drive! I tried another hard drive, switching the SATA port on the motherboard and different copies of the Windows installer. What's going on? Is it possible that this board doesn't have full SATA compatibility? I did notice that the SATA support seems to be separate from the BIOS, but I'm not sure. URGH! I need to have this working by tomorrow! THANKS GUYS!