SATA vs IDE

[Guest Charlie Berube]

I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

 

 

 

I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

 

I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

 

I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

 

 

 

My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

 

When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

 

I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

 

I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I still

cannot see both devices.

 

 

 

I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other computers

both as masters or slaves.

 

 

 

Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA and

my DVD burner is IDE?

 

 

 

1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and their

technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard of this

happening.

2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

 

 

Anyone out there help me?

[Guest JS]

Re: SATA vs IDE

 

Did you try the setting the IDE drive's jumper to "Cable Select" (CS).

 

JS

 

"Charlie Berube" <cberube@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message

news:4894ae14$0$4034$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...

>I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

>

>

>

> I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

>

> I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

>

> I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

>

>

>

> My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

>

> When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

> the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

>

> I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

>

> I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I

> still cannot see both devices.

>

>

>

> I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other

> computers both as masters or slaves.

>

>

>

> Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA

> and my DVD burner is IDE?

>

>

>

> 1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and

> their technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard

> of this happening.

> 2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

>

>

> Anyone out there help me?

>

>

[Guest AJR]

Re: SATA vs IDE

 

Further regarding JS's response - were "slave"jumper and"master" jumpers set

correctly?

 

 

 

"Charlie Berube" <cberube@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message

news:4894ae14$0$4034$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...

>I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

>

>

>

> I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

>

> I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

>

> I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

>

>

>

> My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

>

> When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

> the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

>

> I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

>

> I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I

> still cannot see both devices.

>

>

>

> I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other

> computers both as masters or slaves.

>

>

>

> Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA

> and my DVD burner is IDE?

>

>

>

> 1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and

> their technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard

> of this happening.

> 2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

>

>

> Anyone out there help me?

>

>

[Guest Jerry]

Re: SATA vs IDE

 

"Charlie Berube" <cberube@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message

news:4894ae14$0$4034$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...

>I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

>I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

>I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

>I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

>

> My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

>

> When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

> the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

>

> I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

> I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I

> still cannot see both devices.

> I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other

> computers both as masters or slaves.

>

>

>

> Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA

> and my DVD burner is IDE?

>

>

>

> 1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and

> their technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard

> of this happening.

> 2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

>

>

> Anyone out there help me?

 

If both ide devices work by themselves on the cable then you have a

jumpering problem. I would suspect that the ide hard drive is probably a

Western Digital, if that is the case then you need to visit their website

and get the correct jumper configuration. WD drives require a different

jumper configuration if they are on a cable by themselves or with another

device.

[Guest Andrew E.]

RE: SATA vs IDE

 

Many pcs need the user to set the BIOS to use both SATA & IDE hd together.

Also,change the IDE connections around.

 

"Charlie Berube" wrote:

> I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

>

>

>

> I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

>

> I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

>

> I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

>

>

>

> My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

>

> When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

> the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

>

> I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

>

> I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I still

> cannot see both devices.

>

>

>

> I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other computers

> both as masters or slaves.

>

>

>

> Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA and

> my DVD burner is IDE?

>

>

>

> 1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and their

> technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard of this

> happening.

> 2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

>

>

> Anyone out there help me?

>

>

>

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: SATA vs IDE

 

"Charlie Berube" <cberube@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message

news:4894ae14$0$4034$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...

>I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

>

>

>

> I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

>

> I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

>

> I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

>

>

>

> My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

>

> When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

> the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

 

What is "it", the bios and/or XP?

>

> I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

>

> I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I

> still cannot see both devices.

>

>

>

> I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other

> computers both as masters or slaves.

>

>

>

> Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA

> and my DVD burner is IDE?

>

>

>

> 1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and

> their technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard

> of this happening.

> 2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

 

What version of Ghost, and are you using Ghost boot media rather than within

XP for making an image?

Where are you saving the image to?

--

Dave

[Guest sgopus]

RE: SATA vs IDE

 

you can't make an image of your hd because it requires two hd's to be

installed at the same time

 

"Charlie Berube" wrote:

> I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

>

>

>

> I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

>

> I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

>

> I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

>

>

>

> My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

>

> When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

> the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

>

> I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

>

> I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I still

> cannot see both devices.

>

>

>

> I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other computers

> both as masters or slaves.

>

>

>

> Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA and

> my DVD burner is IDE?

>

>

>

> 1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and their

> technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard of this

> happening.

> 2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

>

>

> Anyone out there help me?

>

>

>

[Guest sgopus]

RE: SATA vs IDE

 

sorry that's for cloning.

 

"Charlie Berube" wrote:

> I have 2 identical computers and I have the same problem with both.

>

>

>

> I have ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 socket 775 motherboard.

>

> I have a Seagate 80GB SATA/8MB 7200RPM OEM hard drive.

>

> I have an LG GSA-H55N 20X Dual Layer DVD burner (OEM).

>

>

>

> My DVD burner is hooked to an IDE cable.

>

> When I try to hook up a slave hard drive to the IDE cable, it does not see

> the drive unless I unhook the DVD burner.

>

> I cannot see both the slave drive and the DVD burner at the same time.

>

> I tried different combination of slave and master configurations but I still

> cannot see both devices.

>

>

>

> I tied with 2 different know good hard drives that worked on other computers

> both as masters or slaves.

>

>

>

> Would this have anything to do with the fact that my hard drive is SATA and

> my DVD burner is IDE?

>

>

>

> 1.. Ps: I contacted the retailer where I purchased the computers and their

> technician indicated that this is the first time he has ever heard of this

> happening.

> 2.. I am also unable to make a "ghost image" of the SATA drive.

>

>

> Anyone out there help me?

>

>

>