pcandpc Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Hi,I have an Intel 865 GBF board (Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Prescott) with 2 SATA slots.I am trying to install 500 GB and/or 320 GB SATA drives, butthe BIOS would not detect neither one.I heard about SATA 1 mode for this board, so I tried a proper jumper setting on the drive, but did not work.Has anyone made either a 320 GB or 500 GB SATA drive work on this board?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I used to use this board, but only had a 160GB as my largest drive. I checked the BIOS release notes and it doesn't appear that any of the updates specifically mention this problem. It shouldn't hurt to update the BIOS anyways, and try changing the SATA setting in the BIOS. IIRC you should have options of Native or Enhanced. Latest BIOS update here:http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=10130&ProdId=948〈=eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandpc Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Hi Tripredacus,Thanks for your feedback.I have already the latest BIOS (P25) for this board, and currently,both the PATA and SATA are enabled in the BIOS.As far as I can tell, that is the only option related to the SATAsetting in the BIOS.Maybe, 320/500 GB SATA are not just supported by this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Maybe, 320/500 GB SATA are not just supported by this board.That would sound very "queer". I mean there is not AFAIK a known hard disk size limit in that range of sizes.The nearest is the 128 Gb LBA28/48 limit, but that applies to the OS and not normally to BIOS.Notebooks/laptops are prone to have "peculiar" BIOSes, but desktops are unlikely to.I guess you need to get your hands on a smaller drive and check it works on that MB, it is possible that *something* else is wrongly set or defective.There is at least a report:http://www.techenclave.com/storage-solutions/intel-865gbf-motherboard-compatibility-500gb-1tb-150875.htmlof 320 Gb acdtually working (but 1 Tb NOT working) on that board, and one definitely saying that 320 Gb does work:http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/intel-d865gbf-and-seagate-sata-hdd/48293.htmland here is a report of a 500GB being detected (but working slowly):http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1218331So right now I would vote for the *something* else....jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandpc Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Hi jaclaz,Currently, I am using a 200 GB SATA drive without a problem.As far as the BIOS not detecting 320/500 GB, I am not surehow I can troubleshoot this issue.The board is already updated with the latest BIOS and I havechecked the SATA cable connections thoroughly.Again, I have tried the jumper setting on the drive to be SATA 1,but nothing seems successful.The drives cannot be bad or dead as they are new.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlouBul Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 The drives cannot be bad or dead as they are new.Did you test them on another board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Don't forget you can try another SATA cable as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Currently, I am using a 200 GB SATA drive without a problem.Did you try them on those same cables (power and signal) or both 320 and 500 on a 2nd cable ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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