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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 sure how I can troubleshoot this issue. The board is already updated with the latest BIOS and I have checked 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.

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 SATA setting in the BIOS. Maybe, 320/500 GB SATA are not just supported by this board.

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, but the 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.

Hi, Yes, I have tried with a new power supply but unsuccessful. I tried removing everything except the agp video card and system memories, and the problem still persists. Basically, my monitor says, "power saving mode." I looked at the computer power and hard drive lights and they are both on. The only thing that makes the computer boot is when I put in a brand new hard drive. Only then, I can get into the BIOS setting and boot the computer as well. However, this is only a temporary relief. As soon as the computer is either restarted or shutdown and powered on, I get the same message "power saving mode" and the computer will not boot nor can I access the BIOS. I searched about this board and its power saving mode, and it appears that several people have already experienced this and ended up exchanging their boards. Obviously, my board is already out of its warranty, but since it is almost in a brand new condition, I am just curious if anyone has fixed this issue. Thanks.

Hi, Thanks. But, I checked all of the internal cables and they look okay. Just today, I was installing Linux on this system and the progress was about half way through before the computer got frozen. So, I rebooted the system for several times to resume my install but to no avail. Now, I am back to this old issue where the computer will not power up, and my monitor says that it is in some power saving mode. Through out it all, the system has both the power and hard drive lights on. I am just curious now why I was able to play with the Linux Live install for some time, and the system would not boot at all. I cannot even go into the BIOS setting at all unless I change my hard drive. But then, the computer will not boot again at all with both power and hard drive lights on. Anybody has any ideas? Thanks.