BIOS and HDD problem, pls help

chechakochechako
edited March 2005 in Hardware
Hello everybody,

Please help!

I built the system with two SATA HDD (CPU Intel 3,2; MB ASUS P5AD2).

While powering up the system for the first time, BIOS detected only one HDD.
I was not sure whether it was OK but installed Win MCE. After install Win showed only one HDD.

Trying to correct it I changed the cables and I’ve got the following configuration:
- Primary IDE Master: Plextor DVDR (Type – CDROM)
- Third IDE Master: Samsung HDD (Auto)
- Third IDE slave: Samsung HDD (Auto)

Will this work? If positive, should I reformat the HDDs and reinstall for it to see both HDDs?

Thank you!

Comments

  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Are you trying to set the two Samsung HDDs in a raid setup?

    If not unplug the one that does get seen by the bios and check to see if it then sees the second Samsung HDD.
  • chechakochechako
    edited March 2005
    Thank you for the prompt reply.

    Some RAID stuff installed but I do not need RAID, just two HDDs.

    Sorry but it is confusing to me
    Zuntar wrote:
    unplug the one that does get seen by the bios and check to see if it then sees the second Samsung HDD.

    But it does see both now. I am not sure whether the configuration I've got would work.

    Thank you!
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