SATA Question - Silly Message

[stehodges]

Sorry, ive been away for a few days.
Im 99% sure i only have two SATA ports, SATA1 and SATA2, it is currently connected to SATA1, i don't think switching it to SATA2 is going to make a difference, bit Ive give it a go later today.

Is it very likely the board only allows for RAID configurations, and is not really aimed at single SATA drives?

 

[ag3]

A motherboard will never not have a native channel.

 

[stehodges]

So your saying there's no chance it will only have 2xSATA ports? Believe me, thats all it has!

 

[ag3]

You are confused.

One of your SATA ports is in native channel, meaning you can attach a single SATA HDD (to that port) without a RAID configuration.

 

[ag3]

So your saying there's no chance it will only have 2xSATA ports?

Where did you get that from?

 

[killians45]

if its the one I'm thinking of, you have 2 sata next to the CMOS battery, and then 2 more, one positioned under each SIS chipset.

 

[ag3]

There are only two SATA ports on that motherboard. Click here to see the specs.

 

[killians45]

ah, I was looking at the -e.... not sure why he can't find it in the bios... just manually disable the 2nd in bios???

 

[ag3]

The problem is that he has a single HDD in the RAID channel.

 

[killians45]

well, what you've posted is pretty straight forward... guess I dont understand what problem he is having... should be able to change that in the bios. I don't have SATA, so dont know all the ins and outs. How about jumper settings on the HDD?? Also, he never elaborated on the bios...