GA-965P-DS3: Installing a SATA HDD

[richard8309]

My mobo is GA-965P-DS3. I installed WindowsXP Pro on an 80Gb IDE drive.  I'd like to add a SATA HDD to my system.

I plugged in my SATA HDD, but it does not show in BIOS.

What do I need to do to make my BIOS see the SATA HDD?

I presume  BIOS can detect both my IDE HDD and my new SATA HDD - not one or the other.  Thanks.

[richard8309]

I've found the handbook. On page 73, it talks about installing the SATA driver during OS installation.  Does that mean you install SATA HDD only during an install of an operating system?  Is it expected that you attach either IDE drives, or SATA drives to your system? And you make that decision before you install the OS?

If that is true, I cannot have both IDE drives and SATA drives on my system.

[dmdilks]

Go to page 66 and make sure you have the sata controller set right. It should be enabled and IDE. Click on this Hard Disk Boot Priority in the bios and make sure the sata drive is first in the list.

Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) If you are not doing either of these leave the controller on IDE. You don't need the driver disk on windows installation. 

[richard8309]

On this board I have an IDE connector and 6 SATA connectors. I can have two IDE HDD's on the IDE connector.  Can I have 8 HDDs connected, or is it ether 6 SATA only or 2 IDE only? I'm not sure about this.

[dmdilks]

You should be able to have them all connected. But remember you are using XP and it will only support I think 2tbs. Plus what version board do you have it will tell you down in the left corner. Do you have latest bios too.