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Simcut · 28-03-2008, 14:00

Yes, all mobo drivers were installed from CD when I booted into windows. I've rebooted the PC since but this "unreadable" issue still occurs.

The SATA cables are plugged in to the yellow slots, but I need to change them around when I get home, as they are not in 0, 1 and 2.

I'm hopeful that the BIOS isnt configured correctly which is why the drives wont show properly...bloody hope thats the case anyway.

Just looking in my mobo manual....these are the BIOS settings

"SATA RAID / AHCI Mode"
I can choose either 'Disabled' / 'AHCI' / or 'RAID'

"SATA AHCI Mode"
I can choose either 'Disabled' / 'AHCI'

"SATA Port0-3 Native Mode"
I can choose either 'Disabled' or 'Enabled'

"SATA Port0-1 Native Mode"
I can choose either 'Disabled' or 'Enabled'

"Onboard SATA/IDE Device"
I can either Enable or Disable this - description says "Enables or disabled the IDE and SATA Controllers integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip - Default Enabled

"Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode" (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip)
I can chooe either 'IDE' / 'AHCI' or 'RAID/IDE'

Any advice on what I should set, am I right in saying that any SATA non-RAID stuff should be set to "IDE" and not AHCI?

Thanks guys.

28-03-2008, 14:00	#8
Simcut Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hertford, Hertfordshire Age: 43 Services: 120mbit Virgin Media Cable Sky Digital Package (Sky+) Posts: 691	Re: New PC not recognising 2 of my 3 hard drives, showing as "unreadable" in Windows. Yes, all mobo drivers were installed from CD when I booted into windows. I've rebooted the PC since but this "unreadable" issue still occurs. The SATA cables are plugged in to the yellow slots, but I need to change them around when I get home, as they are not in 0, 1 and 2. I'm hopeful that the BIOS isnt configured correctly which is why the drives wont show properly...bloody hope thats the case anyway. Just looking in my mobo manual....these are the BIOS settings "SATA RAID / AHCI Mode" I can choose either 'Disabled' / 'AHCI' / or 'RAID' "SATA AHCI Mode" I can choose either 'Disabled' / 'AHCI' "SATA Port0-3 Native Mode" I can choose either 'Disabled' or 'Enabled' "SATA Port0-1 Native Mode" I can choose either 'Disabled' or 'Enabled' "Onboard SATA/IDE Device" I can either Enable or Disable this - description says "Enables or disabled the IDE and SATA Controllers integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip - Default Enabled "Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode" (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip) I can chooe either 'IDE' / 'AHCI' or 'RAID/IDE' Any advice on what I should set, am I right in saying that any SATA non-RAID stuff should be set to "IDE" and not AHCI? Thanks guys.