[Zen2007]

Hi everybody!

I have purchased a brand new 750gb sata hard drive today, installed and connected it to my Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard. However, during boot up, it detects the new drive but it hangs at the screen which says "press F2 to enter raid configuration utility" and does not progress any further. This stage is just after the memory count and IDE drive detection, it not even passed the stage where I can boot from CD.

If I set the SATA jumpers to the disabled position, I can boot up on the original IDE drive which contains the operating system but the new drive is not detected.

Can someone please help me to get my new hard drive working please?

My system specs are (if they are of any use)

Motherboard: Asus A7N8X-E
RAM: 1GB
Hard Drive: 120gb +40gb (IDE) and 750gb (SATA (having problems!!!))
CPU: AMD Athlon 3000+ XP 2.1GHz
Graphics card: Nvidia Geforce 5200 FX


Thanks in advance

[alex]

Looking at the motherboard I'd suggest it doesn't support a drive of a 750gb capacity. Are you running the default bios that came with the motherboard?

[Zen2007]

Yes, its running the default bios- version 1009 dated 02/04/2004

Edit: If my motherboard does not support such a large hard drive, is there anything else I could do as I dont think I can return the hard drive as I have opened the shrink wrapping? I have heard about SATA PCI cards, will those be suitable?

[Zen2007]

Hello?

[Dave Hybrid]

Originally Posted by Zen2007 Hello?

<Puts on Lionel Richie voice>

Is it me your looking for?

[its.sid]

Yes that should surely help , but please check before buying . I can attach SCUZ drives using pci slots so that shouldn't be any problem whatsoever .

[Dave Hybrid]

Originally Posted by Zen2007 Yes, its running the default bios- version 1009 dated 02/04/2004 Edit: If my motherboard does not support such a large hard drive, is there anything else I could do as I dont think I can return the hard drive as I have opened the shrink wrapping? I have heard about SATA PCI cards, will those be suitable?

Yes it will work fine just make sure it supports your size drive.

[geforce]

I would suggest you to look at ASUS website if they now provide any newes BIOS version or not. Its almost sure that the newer version will support your Hard disk. Give it a try, I am sure, it will work.

[Zen2007]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply guys,

I'll try a bios update first and see what happens, if not, I'll see about getting a PCI card try tooking it up to the drive.

I'll let you know how I get on.

[Zen2007]

Ok, I've tried flashing a new bios, it is now the latest version (version 1013) but the upon detection of the drive, it still hangs.

I will resort to getting a SATA host PCI card tomorrow from a computer fair. Regarding these cards, I've heard that they have no limit on the hard drive size, and that the boxes says nothing about the capacity they support; but Dave, you are telling me to check that it supports a large drive

BTW, is there any difference between a SATA Host card and a SATA RAID card? Which one is right for me?

Im not sure about the rules of posting images on the forum, but this is the screen that it hangs on. Mods can chhange the image to a link if nessasary

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[Dave Hybrid]

Originally Posted by Zen2007 but Dave, you are telling me to check that it supports a large drive

Check on the manufacturers website or ring them.

[Zen2007]

I've bought a SATA host adapter the other day and the hard drive is now working fine.

Thanks for your help guys! :)