external hard drive not recognized

[runLoganrun]

I have a vantec enclosure w/ a 660G WD drive in it that I have connected via e-sata pci slot adapter to sata. won't recognize drive at all, has power, everything is connected, but won't show up.
thx,
rlr

 

[Thuleman]

Is the adapter recognized? Which OS? Did the adapter ever work, did the external drive ever work? etc. etc.

Strictly speaking you didn't ask any questions to be answered but merely made a statement.

 

[nitrobass24]

In your bios make sure that the specific sata port your using is enabled.

 

[runLoganrun]

Is the adapter recognized? Which OS? Did the adapter ever work, did the external drive ever work? etc. etc.

Strictly speaking you didn't ask any questions to be answered but merely made a statement.

I'm using vista ultimate. the adapter isn't recognized, but it's just an adapter from sata to e-sata. the drive is brand new, so never used it on other machine.

 

[runLoganrun]

In your bios make sure that the specific sata port your using is enabled.

in the ide list, that port is set to auto, and it doesn't recognize drive. i tried to auto-detect through bios, but it does nothing, it's as if nothing is there.

 

[Thuleman]

So wait, it's a pass through cable then? An adapter that connects an onboard SATA port to the back of the case? It's not an adapter card that plugs into a PCI/PCI-e/PCI-X slot?

Can you hear the drive spin up when you connect the power?
If you are adventurous you could remove the drive from the enclosure and connect it internally to test out, though that will void the warranty and a simple return or exchange from where you bought it wouldn't be possible anymore (or at least unlikely).

 

[Old Hippie]

With a configuration like that, the drive's not going to be recognized unless it's powered on at boot.

Sometimes rescanning for hardware changes after boot will also do the trick.

 

[runLoganrun]

With a configuration like that, the drive's not going to be recognized unless it's powered on at boot.

yup, that was it. i thought i had tried it already, but this time powered on at reboot, the drive was recognized in device manager, I just needed to format it and now it's all set.
thanks