Pc fails to detect new SATA hard drive

[DANIEL 602]

Hi,
I have bought a new SATA hard drive but My problem is that the computer fails to detect it at all. The bios also complains and I have to hit <g> (for some reason) to enable the old drive to continue with the boot up. I have an Asus motherboard which supports SATA.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Killen]

The problem may be coming from a number of issues. it could be coming from the motherboard as well from the ide or sata cables inside your computer. call a technician, it would be the best solution instead of trying to repair it by yourself.

[RoninBlade]

You will need to set this up appropriately to your motherboard using the BIOS and/or any RAID setup utility on the motherboard.

When you start installing the OS you may also need the controller drivers on a floppy disk to provide to the installer software. you should be able to get any required drivers from asus. please post model of motherboard here.

[DANIEL 602]

My motherboard is the Asus K8V SE deluxe. The new hard dirve - Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB S300 16MG - manufacturer code - WD3200KS didn't come with any software

[Hardwareman]

Jumper pins 5 and 6 on WD hard disk transfer speed limited to 150MB/sec. That will be required for SATA controller (and BIOS) to recognize hard disk. It is a well known issue with WD SATA II hard disks and VIA 8237 southbridge chips. Your motherboard has an 8237 southbridge.