i plugged in and nothing also =.=''

nothing on the menus saying SATA

well, looks like no SATA for me

Is the BIOS updated?

if im not mistaken, its the latest bios

in a few posts behind, i took a picture of my bios and mobo

on MSI site, it is "latest"

are those hdds listed as primary master/slave and secondary on SATA or IDE?

there might be a possibility that the SATA controller is dead. My friend had a P4 mobo too, and the IDE controllers just went dead for no reason. Couldn't detect any devices on either ports.

in the screenshot, they are 4 IDE's

DISK1
DISK2
DISK3
DVDROM

so there issnt any sata word, anywhere i could find

have you tested the hard disks on another pc? as i mentioned above, suspect that the sata controller on your mobo is dead

The funny thing is, if you assume the SATA controller is dead but bro jcsy can't even find any SATA option in his BIOS to begin with ~_~

the hard disk works , as an external cooler master casing i use with it

i didnt find a single option for SATA on my BIOS

but i do see the 2 ports for SATA on my mobo, physically



looks like im never fated to use SATA

Sciencefreak | 3.0HT @ stock | MSI Mobo | Kingston 1GB | HIS ATI Radeon 9250 128 mb

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Added on September 16, 2010, 11:38 pmadd me to the list!

This post has been edited by sciencefreak: Sep 16 2010, 11:38 PM

Well, you are not the only 1 who is suffering from this problem
All users of that board are as well haha

Good luck with that PM8MV. I've tried and tried for almost 6 months already to have the SATA ports working. I've tried updating the BIOS and everything but still useless.

Worst still, each and every extra RAM I slot in it comes out error.
Stuck at 500Mb RAM forever.

To all P4 users here, its sad to say I'm departing from this platform. My new download rig will be either Dual Core or Sempron/Athlon powered.

I will only make the switch when my current 1TB HDD is full.

Oh, and remember my 808GB HDD? It has died too.
Have it RMAed and WD swapped a 1TB HDD for me. All my "1 year Jack Sparrow" gone.

This post has been edited by V12Kompressor: Sep 19 2010, 09:30 AM

Added you in the list,assuming you are with Prescott core.

Opps...VIA chipset doesn't work well with their SATA port. That's too bad. Your amount of RAM is able to show out 500MB?

wow, didnt expect the sata problem to affect all users of that board. it's weird that there are no fix or updates to that problem

@v12,
hdd so fast ko d? excessive downloading?

add me to the list! look at my siggy.

guys, my friend's pc has this problem. it's cant boot, and once i took out all the IDE cables, it can boot. When i use different cables, sometimes it boots sometimes it does not. However when it does boot, the IDE hard disks and CD-ROM cant be detected. Could it be that the IDE port / chip KO-ed?

mind if I ask, when you say boot do you mean POST?
have you already check the pin on the IDE connector...

yes, POST. pins on the connector? yeah they are all intact. Even tried with a new cable, can't detect also.

and there's another problem. When using a stick of 512MB ram, it doesn't boot. when i use another stick, it boots. Sign of motherboard gonna KO also?

How about trying the 512MB RAM on another DRAM slot?

same problem. doesnt boot. i suspect that the ram is faulty already, but i dont have other systems to test the 512MB ram on. i think the mobo is gonna KO too

Is your proc Northwood or Prescott? Mobo use??