Below the below. Gman wrote: > Below > > Peace, > Gman > > >> Gman, >> I am beginning to think this may be a controller issue. I have four >> SATA connectors on the mobo. All a different color (are they color >> coded per industry standard?). They are arranged like this: >> >> XX >> XX >> > > > No industry standard on color coding here. That doesn't surprise me. You didn't comment on my idea it might be a controller issue. Does that sound as logical to you as it does to me? > > With SATA drives, there is no such thing as Primary or Secondary. One SATA > controller handles each device connected to it separately. Some boards have > two controllers (the second often has the ability to serve either in normal > or RAID configuration). > That doesn't surprise me either. > Instead, look for actual numbers silkscreened on the mobo to indicate > position. They will most likely be labeled 1 to 4, but may also go by A - > D, 0 - 3 or something in Swahili. The BIOS wishes to recognize them > individually in ascending order according to these numbers, although most > have the means to dictate one as the 'boot' drive over the others, > regardless of numerical position. > > > OK. We're getting somewhere now. Mine are numbered 1-4 (in English). >> OK. I'm back. The data connectors are numbered and colored as such: >> >> 2 white, 1 black >> 3 blue 4 yellow >> > > > Wow! That was quick! I prefer to connect my main boot drive to '1', > additional drives to '2', '3', etc., and then the optical last to '4' (or to > a separate controller altogether if one exists on the board). > Not just quick. But darn good too! ;-) If there was a second controller, there would be a second set of 4 connectors, yes? When my new cables get here I will play musical hard drives and put what will be the boot drive on connector 1, the second hard drive on connector 2 and the DVD on three. If I ever upgrade the power supply and video card I will add a blue ray player and put it on connector 4. --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------