Serial ATA drive not responding

[The Dungeoun Master]

I pluged in a new SATA drive and connected it and did all that fun stuff to make sure it has powr but the computer isnt detecting it.I sinstalled RAID drivers and such but it still wont detect it.Need help.Thanks u...

[Greg Carlson]

What system is this installed in? If it isn't showing in the bios of the controller however, drivers won't help. You may have a dead drive from the sounds of it.

Ciao,
Greg

[The Dungeoun Master]

Its sinstalled in a Chanintech motherboard, and the system is running Windows xp ,769 RAM, such and such. I pluggted the cord into the SATA connector on the motherboard,tried both of them (theres two) And now Im stuck.It wont detect in System bios as an IDE drive.So yea this sucker costs 90 so im gonna be pissed if its dead.

[Stf]

Hello,

Is your SATA Drive is a seagate?

If this is the case you have to know that seagate SATA drive have separated power supply connector on them...

Stf ;-)

[The Dungeoun Master]

Its a Hitachi drive.It came with a power conector that connects to the main power supply and uses a legacy pin connector to power the drive.