Thread: Why is SATA drive showing up on IDE channel in BIOS?
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Old March 21st 11, 06:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Why is SATA drive showing up on IDE channel in BIOS?
On 3/19/2011 9:32 PM, Doc wrote:
I see a WD Caviar drive is showing up under and IDE Channel in BIOS.
I'm not intimately familiar with the BIOS conventions, wondering why
this is. Using a Gigabyte mobo.

The solution may be as simple as updating the bios for this
particular motherboard. SATA is a variant of IDE.

GR
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