Mike12166
@ameritech.net
| Satalink Controller Card issues....
recently bought a Seagate SATA 3.5" Internal Hard drive with 500 G. As I was trying to hook it up in my computer, I noticed I didn't have a Sata card and so I went off and bought one.
I ordered a Silicon Image SATAlink 2-port SATA PCI controller Card from Geeks and put it into a open PCI slot in the back of my computer. After I hooked everything up and installed the drivers and software, The computer couldn't read the card or Hard Drive. I looked at the Hardware list and it says the card wont start. Like two days past and I tried again, this time it started and I began installing the hardrive. once I had it setup, I restarted my computer and found that it stopped reading the hard drive.
The Computer is a Dell Dimension 4100 and its currently running on Windows XP.
Seriously, Ive tried everything from Reinstalling the software and drivers to pulling to pulling out the card and making sure it is intact. What really confused me is when it worked once than started not working.
Please Help me! |
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Dogg
Premium
join:2003-06-11
Belleville, IL | My first thought would be a faulty card. Second, I would suspect the PCI slot. Drivers and software are irrelevant if the hardware isn't always detected.
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mike12166
@ameritech.net | Thanks man! Im going to try and send back the peice for a new one than if that doesnt fix it, it must be the pci slot. |
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