Trouble installing seagate barracuda hd 250gb sata with pci controller

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hello, i have been having trouble installing a new hard drive on my system.
don't laugh but it is a
hp pavilionxt963 (it was free)
CPU:intel celron 1200 mhz
mobo: ASUS CUW-AW/MEW-AM
Chipset: Intel 810E (whitney) + 1CH
Video:nVidia GeForce MX 4000
Hard Drive: Samsung SV4002H 40GB

i have a seagate barracuda hd 250gb sata st3250823as
that i am trying to install for storage.
i have a syba 2 channel pci controler card that the drivers are reconized and works properly. but when i reboot after using discwizard, it gives me an error message.
i have even change pci slots and still get this:
-expansion rom not initialized- pci mass storage controller
bios:01, device:0A, funtion:00
 
That's not necessarily an error message..

Can you see anything that would show the controller recognising the attahced Seagate? Do you see the drive in Windows?
 
no, it does not show the seagate anywhere. i can only see the sata controller. i checked to make sure that the seagate is on, and it is. but nothing shows anywhere for the seagate.
 
Try that hard drive in another computer.. Maybe it's dead? The SATA controller should recognise any drives attached and report them during POST.
 
i got it to recognize the sata card and now the seagate is listed in disc drives in the device manager. but it is not showing in my computer. only my old drive is showing.
 
Find someone who has a computer with SATA?

Visit your Friendly Local Computer Shop - I'm sure they will spare 5 minutes and see if the drive is OK.
 
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