SATA problem

[BennyBoy96]

Hi,

The PC was before running in RAID 1, with 2 pcs 500GB HD. Now changed to a single 500GB, no RAID.

Works OK. I'm now trying to connect a 1TB HD as a second disc for storing data. It works fine through USB adapter, it comes up as 😧 in WIN Explorer.

When I move it inside, connect it to SATA connector, I can see it in BIOS, but not in Windows...

Any good hints how to solve this?

BR / Benny

[BeemerBiker]

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@BennyBoy96 wrote:

Hi,

Works OK. I'm now trying to connect a 1TB HD as a second disc for storing data. It works fine through USB adapter, it comes up as 😧 in WIN Explorer.

When I move it inside, connect it to SATA connector, I can see it in BIOS, but not in Windows...

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1 - Shucked drives

Removing the internal drive from an external enclosure is called shucking. Some external drives use pin 3 to enable sleep features when in external enclosure. That pin must not be connected electrically when the drive is used internally.
Read about the problem here.

2 - Needs to be initialized

Possible the drive just needs to be initialized 

This is how it is done in windows 10 or 11

[BennyBoy96]

Thanks for your input!

However I think I need to clarify my problem a bit... The disc I try to use inside my PC is an ordinary 3,5" HD. When I put that in my external USB-adapter, it works OK, but direct to SATA on motherboard it shows up in BIOS but not in Windows.....
I have also tested with another 3,5" disc, and the result is the same. And both those discs is working perfect in another desktop. So, problem has to be in BIOS or in motherboard I guess.

BR Benny

[BeemerBiker]

OK, I understand better.  I was looking at your BIOS revision history and there were a lot of changes. Please read through them.  I believe you need to be on the latest bios.

I noticed that MBR (Master Boot Record) was mentioned in the 2.06 bios.

The concerns me as MBR is the really old boot procedure and GPT is the new way to boot.

If you have an MBR bios you must boot mbr drives.  Here is example of creating an MBR bootable window 11 for systems that have mbr bios.  Use win10 if you want 11 should work just as well.

Older computer that do not have UEFI bios need MBR.  Set Rufus to use MBR and BIOS instead of GPT and UEFI.   If your disk drive is 2tb then GPT can still be selected but not UEFI.
Win11 can work even on really old systems and tiny windows 10/11 can fit in 2gb.


Get win10 here (get the ISO)

Get Rufus here

Let me know what you find out.

[BennyBoy96 · Accepted solution]

Hi BeemerBiker!
Thanks for your commitment!

FYI: The machine originally used RAID1 with two 500GB HD. I used SW Macrium Reflect to clone the system to an HD 1TB. I disconnected the two original HD and connected the new clone. Worked perfectly. After that, I tried adding a new formatted disk to SATA on the motherboard. It's recognized by the BIOS, but not by the WIN ... If I insert the same disc into my USB-SATA adapter, it's there in the WIN and works OK (but slow compared to SATA)

This is from my machine, unfortunately in Swedish:

Datormodell HP rp5800

Datortyp x64-based PC

System-SKU BZ776AV

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3100 Mhz, 4 kärnor, 4 logiska processorer

BIOS-version och -datum Hewlett-Packard J20 v02.23, 2015-02-23
SMBIOS-version 2.7

Version av inbäddad styrenhet 255.255

BIOS-läge UEFI
Baskortstillverkare Hewlett-Packard

Baskortsprodukt 1632

What's your opinion, should i upgrade to latest BIOS (00.02.28 RevA) from Feb 22.2018?

Both HDs are formatted with GPT.

SATA Emulation is AHCI Mode

My plane is to use all three SATA ports on Motherboard, Clone system to a SSD, and the other two for data storage on HDDs.

Waiting for you opinion :-

BR Benny 

[BennyBoy96]

Hi!

I upgraded to latest firmware, BIOS-version och -datum Hewlett-Packard J20 v02.29, 2018-05-29, and after that all is workng just fine!

BIG THANKS for your help!

BR Benny