Not all IDE hard disks are detected by my BIOS

[Kam Leo]

On 8/18/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/17/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> > > At boot time, my new BIOS is unable to detect 2 of my 3 IDE hard
> > > disks. However, I can access to all of them from FC5. Is there
> > > something that I can do to have the BIOS detecting all my IDE hard
> > > disks?
> > >
> > How are the undetected drives connected? Are they connected to the
> > motherboard IDE controller, or an add-on card?
> >
> > If they are connected to the mb controller, what have you tried to
> > get the BIOS to detect them? Does your BIOS setup have a detect IDE
> > drives section? Is your BIOS set to auto-detect your drives? Have
> > you followed the instructions for your BIOS to properly set up the
> > drives?
> >
> > Why do you need the BIOS to detect them?
>
> I was not the one who connected the hard disks to the motherboard, but
> instead the vendor of it. However, I suppose that the disks are
> directly connected to the motherboard. Anyway, I can boot in those IDE
> hard disks, with no problem. My question was motivated by the fact
> that, at the boot time, I always get as a result of an IDE scan:
>
> Drive 3: Not detected
> Drive 4: Not detected
>
> After all, in practice, I do not see any serious consequence.
>
> Paul
>

There is nothing wrong with your system or BIOS. Your hard and CD/DVD
drives are connected to IDE ports. The BIOS is reporting the two SATA
ports have no drives attached.