Help me add a SATA drive to my rig please

[JoeBob]

Hello all,
I am trying to add a SATA hard drive to my computer, but Windows 2000 is having trouble with this. I have checked the device manager and it shows both the NVIDIA Nforce3 250 Paralell ATA and Serial ATA Contollers installed. The bios identifies the drive upon post, but windows hangs at the windows 2000 splash screen without fail. This is actually an old 80 gig drive that I am using a Parallel to Serial converter board on, but it should still work shouldn't it. Obviously this is my first experience with SATA so any ideas that might identify my problem would be appreciated.

Epox 8K3ADJ (Nforce3 250)
Athlon 64 2800+
1G PC 3200 PQI Turbo Memory
Leadtech 6800GT
WD 80G HD
Seagate Barracuda IV 60G

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: JoeBob
Hello all, This is actually an old 80 gig drive that I am using a Parallel to Serial converter board on, but it should still work shouldn't it?

Two problems - W2K and a converter that will not do what you want. Try a REAL SATA drive. You can't create one. W2K is a 6-year old OS that is getting long in the tooth. SATA wasn't even invented yet when it came out.

 

[JoeBob]

With all due respect, according to your criteria, no OS short of Linux would be appropriate since the newest kernel is all that has been developed after SATA. I realize that this may be a dificult quesiton, but I was hoping that someone might have an idea. Anybody else? Helpful posts are certainly appreciated.

If this is not possible I will certainly get a new drive and maybe even XP. Not ready to give up the ghost yet though.

 

[corkyg]

OK, here is the problem:

"This is actually an old 80 gig drive that I am using a Parallel to Serial converter board on, but it should still work shouldn't it."

You can't make a SATA drive out of an old IDE drive. Your controller should work OK, but it has to see a real SATA drive.