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by chateram.bhagroo

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I connected a SATA DVD burner through a SATA to IDE adapter on an IDE port. What has to be done to BIOS so it recognises the Drive?

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by oh smeg

All you should need to do is connect up the Drive and set the Jumper on the Adapter. Though I'm not sure that BIOS will even see the drive.

The reality of the situation is if the M'Board supports IDE you should use IDE if it supports SATA you can use SATA. But using SATA with a IDE Adapter will only allow the SATA Drive to perform at the IDE Speeds so you are effectively wasting your money.

Col

by chateram.bhagroo

Now I know that but i have the drive and i don't want to return it.
Is there something i can do in BIOS to get the drive recognise?

by oh smeg

But when the OS is loaded the drive should be present in My Computer if you installed the OS after fitting the Drive. Of course you will need another drive to load the OS as the necessary Drivers for the SATA Drive Adapter will be included in the OS.

Col

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