Abit ip35 pro eSata problem

[ilogik]

New build, Vista32, ip35 pro, E8400, 4 gigs of Gskill ram, latest bios installed on the board. When I connect a drive to the eSata port it is not seen by the system or in bios. Brand new cable and the drive is seen when I use USB port. Any suggestions?

 

[vailr]

Probably a bios setting.
Check bios setting for: Integrated Peripherals/Onboard PCI Device/Storage Controller.
eSATA is controlled by the JMicron chip.

 

[lopri]

I don't have the same board but I do have a PCIe eSATA card with JMicron chip (JMB360). I also don't see the eSATA drive in the BIOS but it shows up in Windows. For hot-swap drivers were needed.

Are you using an after-market eSATA enclosure? Some of the early eSATA enclosure had a compatibility issue with SATA II (300Gbp/s), which could be fixed by switching the jumper on the HDD.

 

[ilogik]

Its a acomdata 1tb drive which came with its own enclosure. Bios or Vista32 doesn't see it, and I have installed the JMicron drivers. In bios its set to IDE instead of raid and nothing is seen by the JMicron controller during POST.

 

[Old Hippie]

My eSATA ports have worked from the get-go.

Try the latest driver?

 

[ilogik]

Well I i am not the patient kind so I ripped the enclosure apart and found a WD Caviar GP 1 TB SATA Hard Drive ( WD10EACS ) in it. I don't take it well when inanimate objects try to argue with me

 

[Binky]

Load the jmicron drivers. You need these. Plug it in while windows is running. I don't recall if it shows up in bios but I'm not at my IP35 Pro system right now.

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: ilogik
Well I i am not the patient kind so I ripped the enclosure apart and found a WD Caviar GP 1 TB SATA Hard Drive ( WD10EACS ) in it. I don't take it well when inanimate objects try to argue with me

I take it you don't care if the ports work now? :laugh: