Hard Drive not Recognizing??

[Windwaker222]

It's been a couple of weeks since I've gotten my whole computer together.

The only problem is that I can't install Windows since the motherboard won't recognize a SATA Hard Drive or and ATA HD...

Anyone know any ways that I could possibly fix it.

WD Caviar 40gb ATA
Seagate 120GB S-ATA

and then Chaintech VNF4 Ultra Mobo
AMD 64 3000+ S939 1.8GHZ
1GB Corsair VS Ram (512 x 2)

 

[Kage]

Hi,

Thats weird, because it must be quite a recent motherboard. I don't know if flashing to a new version would fix this, as teh cables and features for those should already be implemented.

Are you sure your motherboard can support these features?

*KaGe*

 

[Kage]

http://tekgems.com/Products/et-14411-mbb-vnf4-ultra-n.htm

done a bit of research, and it definetly seems like it should support SATA...

*KaGe*

 

[crayzboost]

i know mine didint recognise my sata HD's until i installed the sata driver disk before installing windows xp..

 

[Windwaker222]

i tried that 2 but it wont recognize it even on the driver installation pack

 

[DarkBlade1]

Odd.... Hmm, try changing the SATA cable to a different connector on another part of the motherboard and see what happens. Also, make sure the jumper on the Drive is set for Cable Select or Master, not slave. GL!

 

[Windwaker222]

Well it's installing Windows right now...Hopefully nothing goes wrong now!

I'm not even sure what it was. I changed the SATA cable and I gave the HD and the CD-Drive it's own power cable since they were both on a split one.

Then it finally recognized...now I can hopefully get my Doom 3, Painkiller, UT2004, and Half-Life 2 games running

 

[Windwaker222]

uhh..i think i got a problem...

I'm no pro at cooling but I think 90C for the CPU is a little hot!!! correct me if im wrong

edit : Right now, it's iddling at about 25, i redid the heat sink and so far its working fine! Wow, after almost a month I finally got my computer running stable...God do I hate 1st builds