P5B unable to detect any drives

[fry34]

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In the process of installing Vista on a new machine, the system rebooted and failed before entering Vista for the first time. After the POST checks I get an error message saying:
JMicron Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v1.06.59
?Detect drives done, no any drive found?

I have installed the latest BIOS revision (which also updated the JMicron BIOS version)

The SATA ports on the board are arranged as follows
Top L-to-R 5 (red), 2 (red), 1 (red)
Bottom L-to-R 6 (red), 4 (black), 3 (black)
My hard drive is connected to the SATA 1 port and my DVD drive is connected to SATA2.

I am not sure what BIOS settings I need when not using a RAID configuration. I have tried the IDE Configuration setting set to 'Compatible' and ?Enhanced? with no joy.

This appears to be a common problem - is it a driver issue? If so, any advice on how to resolve it would be appreciated.

Mobo : Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP, BIOS revision 1101
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
RAM : 2 x 512Mb Crucial DDR2-800
HDD : Maxtor STM3320820AS DiamondMax21 SATA300, 320Gb
DVD : ASUS SATA DVD-E616A3T DVD-ROM
Graphics : Asus EN7900GS Top
O/S : Vista Home Premium 32-bit

 

[imported_Husky55]

Your SATA HD AND DVD should be connected to the bootable SATA, BLACK not red.

Also If you don't use RAID do not use the JMicron driver.