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my pc doesnt recognize a new sata hd

Sat, 09/06/2008 - 18:04 — tunakid

my pc has win xp on ide hd  mother board: via pm800-8237

i'm trying to connect a second hd: 320 gb sata hd

i dont see it on my computer.

i enabled sata on BIOS.

computer also doesn't recognize sata dvd drive.

i suspect missing sata driver. any other ideas?

any sourse for driver that suits my mother board?

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#1Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 21:51.

Check out this site for the drivers you need, I'm guessing you have the VT8237 SATA Chipset..

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1180&SubCat...

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