Windows 7: Motherboard sata ports won't work

farbods0 · 24 Dec 2009

well i bought everything and im having trouble with my motherboard. Everything turns on fine the screen shows the bios and stuff but none of the sata ports on the motherboard are working. GA-MA785GT-UD3H sata ports not working my hdd wont show and my cd rom drive wont open as well what do i do

Brink · 24 Dec 2009

Hello Farbods0, and welcome to Seven Forums.

On page 49 of your motherboard's manual (PDF file), check in BIOS to make sure that you have the Onchip SATA controller enabled with the type set to AHCI.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

farbods0 · 24 Dec 2009

If that does work because I'm not at my computer righ now how do I boot from my USB I put the iso image on it but what is the USB called at the front of the antec 902, case

Brink · 25 Dec 2009

On page 47 of your motherboard's manual as reference, you would just need to make sure that the USB drive is listed first in the boot order, then the HDD. Sometimes you may need to reverse that boot order if during the first reboot during the installation it boots from the USB drive again instead of continuing with the installation.

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farbods0 · 25 Dec 2009

Yeah but for me there is like USB_ hdd USB_cd ext

Brink · 25 Dec 2009

You should be able to use the Hard Disk option for the HDD, and USB-HDD for a USB drive.

farbods0 · 25 Dec 2009

Okay I did it and still it won't work

Brink · 25 Dec 2009

You might check to see if the HDD and CD drive works while connected to another computer to help rule out if they are bad or not.

farbods0 · 25 Dec 2009

Yes i connected it to another computer and they worked

Brink · 25 Dec 2009

Well, since you have the SATA ports enabled in BIOS, it looks like you may have a defective motherboard.

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