Resolved Windows 7 ESATA won't work

My Computer is built on a Asus M4n78pro Motherboard, I have 6 Sata plug 4 are colored red (Numbered 4,3,2,1) 2 are colored Black (numbered 5 &6) My hard drive is pluged into # 3 sata,,, CD/DVD Burner into #1'''and the computer case Esata plug into #3.
It has Nvidia GeForce 8300
& Sata 3.0GB/s Raid Running on Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit

I have a second Hard Drive install with windows Vista Bit.This Hard drive I Have In the computer BUT IS NOT CONNECTED nor POWER TO IT .I only use The drive with seven on it, sometimes I unplug The 7 drive and plug in the vistadrive, and use it)

I have a Rocketfish External hard drive enclosure that has ESATA and USB2.0. I installed a Seagate 750 Gig Drive in it (can take up to a 1TB Drive)

Here is my problem.
I can only use the external hard drive in USB mode, It will not work when I plug it up thru ESATA
The screen goes Blank ( Like The Blue screen of death) I have to disconnect esata and reboot to get back into windows.

This result also happen when I try ESATA in vista also. Only works in USB their also

My device manager under IDE ATA/ATAPI controller shows this

ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 1
ATA Channel 1
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

This leads me to think that maybe my AHCI driver is not working
I download the NVIDIA AHCI And NVIDIA SATA RAID from ASUS but can’t install them darn things It Has no setup file

Anyone have and Ideas on what I need to do to get my Esate to work.
Thank for reading my post

 

ESATA NOT Working

Arie
Let me get this right.
I have a sata cable running from my motherboard Sata connector to my esata plug on my computer case (inside the case) Then I plugged in my externial HD to my Esata connection on outside of my computer case. It will not work
Their is suppose to be a another different connector on my motherboard for Esata Thats why it not working Because I have it plugged to a regular sata plug
So I need an add on pci card
Thanks for the info, I've give it a try

 

Esata not working

Thanks PeteC

I'll go get a PCI Card, I was begining to think that maybe it is the quickest route to take

 

Problem solved I put in an ESATA PCI card.
A Vantec Sata/Esata PCI Host Card 150
All is working Just Fine Now.
Thanks For All The Help You Guys

 

Hello I got my Esata computer case now working Just great
I Now have removed my PCI Esata Card,

Here Is what I did to Get it to work
Plug in my Sata cable from my case Esata Plug into my one of Sata plug on my motherboard Then

1. Exit all Windows-based programs.
2. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
3. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services Msahci
5. In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry

Then I went to BIOS and changed the setting from SATA Mode to AHCI mode
Reboot
When W7 Reboots It Found new Hardware & It installed all drivers I need Then It worked

On my Identical system with Vista I did the same as above Plus I had to Do The Following


Put NVIDIA driver Folder on Desktop

In

System

Click on Device Manger Click IDE ATA/ATAP Controler

Right Click StandardAHCI Serial ATA Controler
Click Update Driver Software

Click on install and Direst it to the desktop folder that you put their with the drivers in it

PATH Example
\desktop\NVIDIA SATA Raid\Raid Driver\AHCI