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<blockquote data-quote="AtlBo" data-source="post: 698004" data-attributes="member: 32547">Have a kind of interesting thing to pass on about this.&nbsp; I went into BIOS to see if there are any settings I could work with while doing the research on another PC.&nbsp; In BIOS, I noticed that the 4 SATA 2 data connectors are not showing where they are supposed to be.&nbsp; Well, there is an IDE channel showing up there that is showing the IDE drive that came with the system.&nbsp; It was showing as the Master however, while I am using it as a backup/data drive.&nbsp; The CD/DVD also shows up on an IDE channel just below it.&nbsp; Here are the Standard Settings in the BIOS as they should look but showing the missing entries outlined in red (I don&#039;t see these):[ATTACH=full]176205[/ATTACH]I decided to boot with the IDE Master Channel off to see if that might cause the SATA connecttors to show up in BIOS.&nbsp; So with the BIOS settings for the IDE Channel Master set to Disabled, guess what?&nbsp; The system still boots.&nbsp; O/C the SATA 2 drive is the main OS drive, and it was still connected, but this is strange to me.&nbsp; The SATA drives are still not appearing in BIOS.&nbsp; In Windows Explorer, the IDE drive is not seen but then too the CD/DVD disappears.&nbsp; I assume that I could arrange things somehow in BIOS so that it would be available, but I could not do so from the IDE Channel 0 Slave setting.&nbsp; It was grayed.Right now I am in Windows seeing how the PC will run, but I do have some questions.&nbsp; First, if BIOS doesn&#039;t see the SATA data connectors, how does the system boot?&nbsp; O/C in Windows in Device Manager the drivers look normal (same as the PC next to here), but I am wondering if the SATA drive is somehow running on an IDE channel.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think so as everything I have looked at sees the drive as a SATA 3.0 GB/s drive.&nbsp; I guess I will try a data test on the hard drive to see how it performs.&nbsp; Does anyone have a good test to use for reading the speed of a drive in MB/s?BTW, this is the absolute latest BIOS for this board...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AtlBo, post: 698004, member: 32547"] Have a kind of interesting thing to pass on about this. I went into BIOS to see if there are any settings I could work with while doing the research on another PC. In BIOS, I noticed that the 4 SATA 2 data connectors are not showing where they are supposed to be. Well, there is an IDE channel showing up there that is showing the IDE drive that came with the system. It was showing as the Master however, while I am using it as a backup/data drive. The CD/DVD also shows up on an IDE channel just below it. Here are the Standard Settings in the BIOS as they should look but showing the missing entries outlined in red (I don't see these): [ATTACH=full]176205[/ATTACH] I decided to boot with the IDE Master Channel off to see if that might cause the SATA connecttors to show up in BIOS. So with the BIOS settings for the IDE Channel Master set to Disabled, guess what? The system still boots. O/C the SATA 2 drive is the main OS drive, and it was still connected, but this is strange to me. The SATA drives are still not appearing in BIOS. In Windows Explorer, the IDE drive is not seen but then too the CD/DVD disappears. I assume that I could arrange things somehow in BIOS so that it would be available, but I could not do so from the IDE Channel 0 Slave setting. It was grayed. Right now I am in Windows seeing how the PC will run, but I do have some questions. First, if BIOS doesn't see the SATA data connectors, how does the system boot? O/C in Windows in Device Manager the drivers look normal (same as the PC next to here), but I am wondering if the SATA drive is somehow running on an IDE channel. I don't think so as everything I have looked at sees the drive as a SATA 3.0 GB/s drive. I guess I will try a data test on the hard drive to see how it performs. Does anyone have a good test to use for reading the speed of a drive in MB/s? BTW, this is the absolute latest BIOS for this board... [/QUOTE]

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