ok im going to explode, first post guys!
my wife bought me a new mobo (gigabyte z68ap - d3), an i7 and 8 gigs of ram for xmas (woop)
now ive got everyting installed in my new case etc etc, i can get into my previous installation of windows but.....i didnt realise my dvd drive isnt sata, its just a ribbon connector, so i went out to pcworld today and bought one of these adapter things, ide > sata conversion thing
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s plugged it in and connected it to one of my sata connectors.
heres the problem, on boot it gets stuck on "detecting ide drives" when boot with it plugged in it will say this and eventually not even pick up my HDD. If i unplug it then windows boots normally
whats the problem?
heres another pic
please help, i need to reinstall windows and NEED my dvdrive (no i dont have a usb stick that isnt helpful to me)
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first, wish to have that kind of wife,,,,
second, i had same problem on p5q pro with 2 ide dvds and with ahci mode turned on..
honestly, didnt bother with it..
its just a problem with mode...
if u switch to ide u wont have that problem... and u wont notice difference between ide and ahci mode...
