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Windows does not recognize hard drive, I have been troubleshooting

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by jrod118, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. jrod118 Newcomer, in training

    I have a tyan S2696. I installed a new hard drive. "WD raptor X". windows doesn't recognize it. I found a tutorial that explains how to fix the problem, but it doesn't specify which SCSI Adapter to choose from the list provided.
    - Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA RAID Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller
    - Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller
    - Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801GR SATA RAID Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801GR SATA AHCI Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801GH SATA RAID Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801GH SATA AHCI Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller
    - Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller

    I'm stuck here. I don't know which to choose. I'm not running a raid. this is a personal desktop machine. Boxx, Tyan S2696, 2 intel quad cores. any suggestions? please help.
    jrod118, Apr 14, 2008
    #1

  2. Matthew TechSpot Staff Posts: 5,895   +59

    You've probably got to install the SATA drivers. What operating system are you using?
    Matthew, Apr 14, 2008
    #2

  3. jrod118 Newcomer, in training

    Windows XP 64. Yes, I am but. its reading a list of options that I mentioned above. this list is coming from the driver files. I chose the second one, "Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller", and it didn't work. It still didn't recognize the new hard drive.
    jrod118, Apr 14, 2008
    #3

  4. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    This one:

    - Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller

    But where do you specify which driver to load? Is this during Windows XP text-mode setup?

    Edit: forgot to mention that you need to set the SATA mode in BIOS properly (AHCI or "native", probably).
    Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 15, 2008
    #4

  5. jrod118 Newcomer, in training

    Thanks I'll try this one.
    jrod118, Apr 15, 2008
    #5
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