Sata drive

Maddhatter · 10-26-2006, 01:00 AM

I just bought a western digital caviar 160 GB sata drive.....i unplugged my WD 40 GB IDE and then hooked up the sata drive....in the bios its showing that the sata drive is on the third IDE master channel is this an issue? and if so how do i set it to primary IDE channel?

**The_Other_One** · 10-26-2006, 02:25 AM

That's probably just how your motherboard work. I'm quite sure that's how my room mate's works as well. The drive basically runs in IDE mode. You can't make it the primary master, because that would "remove" the Primary IDE channel. Any more, it makes no real difference what order the drives are connected to your board.

What I tend to do is connect CD-ROM's and what not to the Secondary IDE, disable the Primary IDE, and any extra SATAs(I have a mobo with 8 connections) Does this make any difference if you have them all enabled? Nope, that's just what I do

PC eye · 10-26-2006, 02:39 AM

The ide controller automatically overrides SATA by default. You have to refer to the board's manual or support site FAQs for specifics on enabling the SATA controllers and setting that as the primary boot device. Serial ATA and EIDE are two separate buses. Originally Sata was intended for increasing storage similar to what was done with SCSI and RAID arrays.

Different board manufacturers like Gigabyte have articles on configuring Sata drives as the primary host drives. In the boot devices and integrated peripherals there's usually the option to assign Sata or Sata array instead of ide as the host.

SirKenin · 10-26-2006, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Maddhatter

I just bought a western digital caviar 160 GB sata drive.....i unplugged my WD 40 GB IDE and then hooked up the sata drive....in the bios its showing that the sata drive is on the third IDE master channel is this an issue? and if so how do i set it to primary IDE channel?

They all work like that if you have both PATA and SATA (which every motherboard I know of has). Nothing to worry about.

Maddhatter · 10-26-2006, 03:05 AM

alright thanks alot guys....its working fine i just thought that was a little strange looking in the bios my dvd burner is in the primary IDE channel

SirKenin · 10-26-2006, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Maddhatter

alright thanks alot guys....its working fine i just thought that was a little strange looking in the bios my dvd burner is in the primary IDE channel

It's listed on the primary channel as a slave, unless you switched the default jumper setting, because it's an ATAPI device.. If it was a SATA device it would be on one of the last channels along with your WD.

PC eye · 10-26-2006, 09:05 AM

Your burner being seen that way due to having removed the 40gb drive. That would be the only drive seen on the ide bus. Here's a few links that explain how to setup SATA boot drives.

http://www.mysuperpc.com/build/pc_sa...ond_boot.shtml
http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2079-001042.pdf

10-26-2006, 01:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Maddhatter Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Age: 27 Posts: 781	Sata drive I just bought a western digital caviar 160 GB sata drive.....i unplugged my WD 40 GB IDE and then hooked up the sata drive....in the bios its showing that the sata drive is on the third IDE master channel is this an issue? and if so how do i set it to primary IDE channel? __________________ Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz PSU: Rosewill 400W Ram: G.Skill 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit GPU: Ati Radeon x1800xt 256 mb OS: Windows XP Professional 64 bit

10-26-2006, 02:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,432	That's probably just how your motherboard work. I'm quite sure that's how my room mate's works as well. The drive basically runs in IDE mode. You can't make it the primary master, because that would "remove" the Primary IDE channel. Any more, it makes no real difference what order the drives are connected to your board. What I tend to do is connect CD-ROM's and what not to the Secondary IDE, disable the Primary IDE, and any extra SATAs(I have a mobo with 8 connections) Does this make any difference if you have them all enabled? Nope, that's just what I do __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

10-26-2006, 03:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Maddhatter Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Age: 27 Posts: 781	alright thanks alot guys....its working fine i just thought that was a little strange looking in the bios my dvd burner is in the primary IDE channel __________________ Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz PSU: Rosewill 400W Ram: G.Skill 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit GPU: Ati Radeon x1800xt 256 mb OS: Windows XP Professional 64 bit

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10-26-2006, 02:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	The ide controller automatically overrides SATA by default. You have to refer to the board's manual or support site FAQs for specifics on enabling the SATA controllers and setting that as the primary boot device. Serial ATA and EIDE are two separate buses. Originally Sata was intended for increasing storage similar to what was done with SCSI and RAID arrays. Different board manufacturers like Gigabyte have articles on configuring Sata drives as the primary host drives. In the boot devices and integrated peripherals there's usually the option to assign Sata or Sata array instead of ide as the host.

10-26-2006, 09:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	Your burner being seen that way due to having removed the 40gb drive. That would be the only drive seen on the ide bus. Here's a few links that explain how to setup SATA boot drives. http://www.mysuperpc.com/build/pc_sa...ond_boot.shtml http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2079-001042.pdf