pcie sata II card

baccini

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Hiya I have a sata 1 motherboard on a windows 7 system Im trying to fit a pci e sata II card the question is do I need to install drivers first.ive gave it a try and the pc wont boot when i connect a ssd boot drive to the card, I thought it would just plug and play
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Before connecting a drive to the card, install the drivers from the disc or the manufacturer's website. If you just installed the card and then hooked up a drive to the card, more than likely, Windows will not be able to see the drive.
 

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AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition @ 3.4GHz (AM2+)
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Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P (AM2+)
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ok thanks i'll give that a try
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
windows 7 64bit sp1
CPU
I7 2700K @3.5GHz
Motherboard
GA-Z68XP-UD3P
Memory
Corsair 16GB PC3-12800 1600 MHz (4x4GB)
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 6450 - 1 GB - (XFX) - Silent - (PCI-E)
Sound Card
none
Monitor(s) Displays
lg 23"
Hard Drives
90GB Corsair Force Series 3 SATA 6Gb/s SSD 1 TB Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda SATA-III 7200RPM and 3tb seagate
PSU
Corsair 600W (CMPSU-600CX)
Case
Cooler Master Sileo 500 - Silent
Antivirus
mcafee
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