Problems with SATA recognition

[T-Badger]

I just recieved an 80GB Western Digital SATA HD and I installed it and it seems to be recognized as a external hardware device and does not show as a hard drive in the computer's menu. I'm using a GA-K8N-Ultra9 Mobo and I have the drived plugged into the Sil3114 ports along the bottom of the board.

Any suggestions ?

[Lazn_Work]

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Managment > Disk Management.

Then create a partition on the new drive.

It will still show up as a removeable device (because SATA is Hotswapable), but that is how you get it to show up in My Computer after Device Manager finds it.

==>Lazn

[T-Badger]

I tired that and the SATA drive isnt even listed. It seems to only be recognized on inital boot when it asks about RAID configs. After that it never appears again ? should i have it plugged into a certain slot or something. I bought it OEM so it didnt come with instructions or drivers. But i supposedly have all the SATA controllers and drivers that came with my mobo.

P.S. -this drive is meant only for storage

[Lazn_Work]

Does the Sil3114 show up in Device Manager?

Even if it does, go to the website of your MB MFG and download the latest drivers for it, and give those a try.

==>Lazn

[T-Badger]

Reflashed the Bios and everything seems to be working. Had to set up the drive in the RAID array as JBOD to get it to recognize as a HD