New Hard Drive

Right now I have 2 hard drives, one is running off a ATA ribbon and the other is a SATA. I just bought another SATA hard drive and am trying to install it. On my motherboard I have 3 more SATA inputs. For some reason only one of them works, the one that has my old drive already in it. What do i need to do so that i can have 2 SATA hard drives working? Do I need to enable something so my motherboard will read another SATA drive?

 

No i dont think so, im not that familiar with the BIOS but it shows says one is Not Detected. Then my other drives are shown.

 

I think im lookin at the right thing. when windows starts up you just push delete to get to the bios page right?

 

Ye and it should say:

Sata 1
Sata 2
Sata 3

And next to that should be whats connected! Although all bioses are different!
Also if they are truly broken then you can always buy a hub full of connectors for around £20!

 

well the motherboard is only a year old, and i doubt that 3 of the 4 inputs are broke...at least i dont think. I dunno im jus confused with this BIOS page, i have no clue what im doin, im not computer dumb i jus havent ever had to go into that menu.

 

Just have a look! The best way of learning is to try it out yourself!

 

ya but im not tryin to mess up my computer to the point were everytings not workin...which has happened before then instead of askin how to fix my lil HD prob ill be sayin that all my HDs arent workin.lol

 

Lol well you wont be able to mess anything up in there. As long as you dont change any settings without first consulting someone youl be fine! You can look at any part of your bios without damaging anything. FACT

 

aight well i looked at it. 4 spots, 1 says my 1 dvd/cd rom, 2nd is one hd, 3rd is my other hd and the 4th jus says not detected. I have the rom and 1 hd runnin on a ata ribbon and the the 2nd hd runnin on a SATA cord. And im guessin the Not Detected is where my 3rd HD runnin on the SATA cord should be. But its not and i cant change anything on the Not Detected part.

 

I saw your post on computerforum =]

Anyways, try it with another HDD and cable, and then we can isolate the problem to the MOBO or HDD. Usually some cables that are shipped are faulty.

If you try with another HDD and it still doesnt work, its a MOBO problem. If you think it has compatability problems, try updating the BIOS's driver.

Please reply with the necessary information and I will try and further assist you!

 

how do i update my bios page, im not sure how to do that?

 

um manual, ya i dunno if i have that. I think my motherboard is Board: ECS 915G-M 1.X
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080011 08/31/2004

 

alright i updated bios and still not working? I have no idea whats wrong? any other suggestions?