Upgrading from IDE to SATA....

[4_Series_Scania]

Bought myself one of  these today, a Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache Hard drive.

I'm not sure how to set up an SATA drive, assuming its not simply "plug & play"

Could anybody give me some pointers before I start to dismantle my pc...

I have a Gigabyte K8NSC-939 nForce3 250GB (Socket 939) Motherboard, which supports Serial ATA with RAID 0,1 function.

Thanks.

Paul.

[ctjoyce]

Plug it in, and formatt it. Then you good to go.

Cheers
Cameron

[4_Series_Scania]

Plug it in, and formatt it. Then you good to go.

Cheers
Cameron

Great stuff, I'll unpack it and set it up tomorrow.

Thanks.

[chuckcrc]

Make sure you enable the device in your bios (need to activate the port) too otherwise it won't be detected.
cheers
chuck

[ctjoyce]

Thats asuming he disabled it to begin with

Cheers
Cameron

[chuckcrc]

Another issue I just remembered about is, (it had me stumped for a while) you may find  that your M/B doesn't support Sata 11 , then you will have to set the jumpers on the assignment pins for Sata 1 working on the hard drive.

These pins are usually 5 to 6 that you bridge with the jumper. However check your hard drive for a layout drawing showing you the pin designations-- usually Sata 1 is denoted as 150Mbs.

cheers
chuck

[ctjoyce]

First off SATA 11 dosn't exist. Its SATA II (or 2), SATA 150, and SATA 3.

Secondly SATA2 drives are hard to find nowadays. Most likely he has a 150 or 3, ithor he will be able to use.

Cheers
Cameron

[4_Series_Scania]

Make sure you enable the device in your bios (need to activate the port) too otherwise it won't be detected.
cheers
chuck

I read this post after about 20 minutes of checking cables & power connections!  ::)

Thats asuming he disabled it to begin with

Cheers
Cameron

I had, a good while back!

Thanks guys.!

[congo]

[quote]
I read this post after about 20 minutes of checking cables & power connections!