Need help installing External HD

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AFG34

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Bought this enclosure:http://pccyber.com/?v=Product&i=RACK-TAOTEC-ELEGANT-BLK

Along with a WD 3200AAKS

Put the HD in the tray, and connected the sata cable aswell as the usb cable and closed the enclosure.

Plugged it in via usb and fromatted it with PartitionMagic

Then i installed the sata riser and plugged it in the "sata 2" port on the motherbaord - sata 1 was taken by my internal HD.
as seen on this picture - look at bottom left hand side: http://i15.tinypic.com/8fnn41u.jpg
the one highlighted with orange is the ony i connected the riser to and the green highlited one is the one that my internal HD is connected to.
Plugged it via eSata and it didnt recognize it all.
Did i plug it in the wrong place?

Need some help; thnx
 
Does it appear on the list of installed hard drives in the CMOS?
Check disk manager to see if it is recognised by windows.

Does it still work as an external drive?
Try plugging the drive in with a normal SATA cable to the same port.
 
Nenu said:
Does it appear on the list of installed hard drives in the CMOS?
Check disk manager to see if it is recognised by windows.

Does it still work as an external drive?
Try plugging the drive in with a normal SATA cable to the same port.
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i couldn't find it in cmos
it is not recognized by disk manager

yes, it works as an external drive only through usb though
the last suggestion i will try tomorw
 
Sounds like it's probably being seen as an internal drive, and must be connected and powered at boot to be useable.

To be true eSATA and hot swappable, you're gonna hafta do a little work. I posted some recommendations in this thread.


Good Luck!
 
AFG34 said:
i ran that hotswap app and it still doesnt recognize it :mad:

even usb
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Bummer! The only other thing I know to tell ya is, some chipsets cannot autonegotiate between the SATA1 and SATA2 standards. Your drive is a SATA2. There maybe WD drive tools or jumpers that let you set it to SATA1?
 
Old Hippie said:
Bummer! The only other thing I know to tell ya is, some chipsets cannot autonegotiate between the SATA1 and SATA2 standards. Your drive is a SATA2. There maybe WD drive tools or jumpers that let you set it to SATA1?
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how do i do that?
 
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