PCWorks: Cannot boot from addon SATA card

I have a system here which has a Syba PCI to SATA addon card
with a new 
Seagate 250 gb SATA2. the Drive works smoothly in a system
with onboard 
SATA. But with this addon card the drive can have an OS
installed to it 
but the drive won't boot.

The mobo has only 1 free PCI slot and the BIOS is set to
boot from the 
SCSI drive as per the instructions in the addon cards'
manual.

I'm thinking the addon card is bad and should be replaced.
What do you 
think?

Peter Kaulback
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Does the system see the HD and the card?

There's an FAQ here:
http://www.syba.com/support_download/faq/SD-SATA1
50R/index.html
See E, about installing the driver, which is a common
problem.


Peter Kaulback wrote:
> I have a system here which has a Syba PCI to SATA addon
card with a new 
> Seagate 250 gb SATA2. the Drive works smoothly in a
system with onboard 
> SATA. But with this addon card the drive can have an OS
installed to it 
> but the drive won't boot.
> 
> The mobo has only 1 free PCI slot and the BIOS is set
to boot from the 
> SCSI drive as per the instructions in the addon cards'
manual.
> 
> I'm thinking the addon card is bad and should be
replaced. What do you 
> think?
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Thats the thing, the card is seen by the system and in
windows. The bard 
drive appears in the POST for the card but is not seen by
the system, 
which sometimes happens on older boards.

I just ran the Seatools from Seagate and the drive could not
be found so 
it is a bad controller card.

I will have to swap it out tomorrow.

Thanks Hugh,

Peter Kaulback

Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> Does the system see the HD and the card?
> 
> There's an FAQ here:
> http://www.syba.com/support_download/faq/SD-SATA1
50R/index.html
> See E, about installing the driver, which is a common
problem.
> 
> 
> Peter Kaulback wrote:
>> I have a system here which has a Syba PCI to SATA
addon card with a 
>> new Seagate 250 gb SATA2. the Drive works smoothly
in a system with 
>> onboard SATA. But with this addon card the drive
can have an OS 
>> installed to it but the drive won't boot.
>>
>> The mobo has only 1 free PCI slot and the BIOS is
set to boot from the 
>> SCSI drive as per the instructions in the addon
cards' manual.
>>
>> I'm thinking the addon card is bad and should be
replaced. What do you 
>> think?
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