Windows does not recognize hard drive, I have been troubleshooting

[jrod118]

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.

 

[Matthew DeCarlo]

You've probably got to install the SATA drivers. What operating system are you using?

 

[jrod118]

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.

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I have a tyan S2696. I'm stuck here. I don't know which to choose. I'm not running a raid.

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).

 

[jrod118]

Thanks I'll try this one.