SATA HDD 160GB- BIOS not detecting

[sashijoseph]

whats the max HD that i can use with
MSI N1996
MS-742
Athlon 1.8 Ghz

Don't think the capacity of the hdd is a problem,atleast for Sata drives.IDE ones used to have problems with bioses prior to 1995 or so.
The only issue seems that the motherboard sata controller supports lower transfer rates and your new hdd is a 3.0Gb/s one.
So apply a jumper to the two outermost pins of the jumper block and it should be detected.Will work at reduced tx rates though.

 

[decemberthirteenth]

i went hunting for a sata jumper and people started laughing @ me .....
they say there wont be a SATA jumper. can u show me a picture how it looks like

p.s 160 GB sata is working fine...

 

[almighty]

MSI board need sata driver from third party
means while installing u need to press F6
otherwise setup wonr detect any hdd

 

[decemberthirteenth]

Thanks man.... its working now....
all i did is plug in the jumper to the last 2 pins and its working...
i love this site ....