How to detect hdd sata to mother board p4m800 m7 v1.0

SOURCE: System won?t recognize SATA drive

No, the size does not matter. When you state the motherboard does not see the SATA drive are you saying the bios does not list the SATA drive? You're 750GB drive is most likely SATA 2.0 / 3.00BG transfer rate.
The P4M800-M7 does support SATA but it does not support SATA 2.0. So what you need to do to get the drive to function at a lower speed. Set to run Ultra 100/133MHz. You'll need help to do this. Try this software for Seagate. It might work for Seagate.
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/faqView.do?b2b_bbs_msg_id=126&orderNum=2
I haven't the time to research Seagates site for simular software.
However you can look through Seagate. Again you want to lower the SATA drive speed to Ultra. The bios will than see the SATA & so will windows.
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools

Good Luck!

Mike

SOURCE: how to detect sata hard

Hi fleetpio,


1. How to detect sata HD?- I am assuming that you have fixed the hardware part. During POST (Power On Self Test) press delete key inyour keyboard.




2. After pressing delete, a menu like the image above will appear. use arrow key to navigate, enter to select, +/- to modify values, Esc to exit current menu and F10 to save settings. proceed to Features Setup and press enter.




3. Another menu will appear like the image shown above, on the Onboard SATA-IDE from IDE change it to SATA-IDE.


4. Press F10, Saves the current configuration and exit setup.


5. To verify if the SATA hard drive has been detected, look on your POST if the HD appears. If the full screen logo appears repeat Step1 proceed to Standard CMOS Setup, check if youre HD appears.



Hopefully this information helps.


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SOURCE: my bio-star p4m800-m7 mother board

Hello,Please check the BIOS to see if the SATA ports are enabled. Older boards will disable the sata ports in the BIOS by default. To enter the BIOS, hit the DEl key as soon as you boot the PC.
If ports are enabled, then you probably have to format the drive.Heres how:1. Right-click My Computer and select Manage.
2. Under Storage, click Disk Management on the left pane.
STEP 3 - Format the device / drive / MP3 player
1. Right-click on the 1 TB drive you want to format then select Format.Windows will not recognize the drives file system and will mount it with a drive letter. ex; E: