I fitted a second SATA hard drive but it wasn't recognised in the initial system check, nor as a boot device, nor in disk mangament in Windows. Then I tried changing the setting in the BIOS in Advanced Settings|ATA/IDE configuration|Legacy IDE Channels from SATA primary/PATA secondary to SATA only. Then the second hard drive was recognised by all three of the above, but I lost the use of my DVD drive. What is going on? And what can I do? Thanks. Motherboard: ECS 915P-M3 BIOS: American Megatrends v02.58 PC: Philips MT2400 http://www.pcservicecall.co.uk/layo...70&CatID=88a559da-e335-46c4-b5be-d5bf30b8c020
PATA - Parallel Advanced Technology Adaptor, they use IDE cables for the interface. your CD/DVD drive is also connected with IDE cable nd if you disable PATA interface, it will neva work so you have to enable it......
Right, but how do I get both working at the same time - the DVD drive and the second hard drive? Thanks.
Attach your second HDD nd Set the drive(which has Windows on it) on first number/priority through BIOS...
I seem to have found the answer which was to change the 'ATA/IDE configuration setting' from 'compatible' to 'enhanced'. Thanks for your help.
