[Simply Computers] Re: How to get 3rd sata hd to be seen ?

 

Hello

You're connecting the 3rd drive via USB, so I don't think the problem is SATA related.

You know the drive is good, so I would suspect the external enclosure. The enclosure contains a circuit board that converts the SATA connection to USB.

Does the drive feel like it's spinning up (vibrating) .. perhaps you have a bad power connection.

Is it an actual external drive enclosure, or are you using one of those adapter modules?

If it's an adapter, it may not have enough power to spinup a 3.5" SATA drive.... you will need to connect the adapter's power cable directly to the SATA drive (with a 4 pin to SATA power converter cable) and just use the adapter to connect the data cable.

rogerX

--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Chris <chrispemble@...> wrote:
>
> On the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe mobo, there's 2 sata connectors and I have 2
> satas connected to them, but when I connect another 3rd (known-working)
> sata to the pc (on win xp pro), via an external enclosure, the sata drive
> isn't seen in the bios or the disk management. Is there any way of somehow
> getting the 3rd drive to be seen please?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Chris
>

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