SATA hard drive not recognized

OS - server 2003
motherboard - 865gvm3-v from MSI
hard drive (new)- wd caviar sata 16mb (500aaks)

os is on an older 40 GB maxtor drive, works no problem, installed new sata hard drive for data only, but board does not recognize it ( THE DRIVE WORKS FINE ON A USB CONNECTION)
I have tried changing bios in diferrent settings but no change. Would appreciate any suggestions.

 

Here is the jumper information for a WD Caviar Blue 500GB
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1409&p_created=#jumper
You might need to set the jumper for 1.5 Gb/s data speed, since your motherboard is SATAI not SATAII.

Anyway, look up your model, check the FAQs and there should be an installation manual for download.

Matt
PS Also read in your motherboard manual about connecting drives.

 

Thanks for the help, but it did not work. not sure what to do next

 

Can you see the 40GB HDD in the BIOS?

Have you looked in Disk Management. It's in Adding a Second Drive here:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...nBfY3Y9MS4xMjMmcF9wYWdlPTE!&p_li=&p_topview=1
They also say

Win Server 2003 Server is set to run RAID.

Did you look in the FAQs? There are several reasons why a SATAI motherboard won't see a SATAII HDD, one is
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...nBfY3Y9MS4xMjMmcF9wYWdlPTE!&p_li=&p_topview=1
There are 7 pages of installation FAQs
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...new_search=1&p_search_type=answers.search_fnl

Run the Lifeguard utilities, although Win Server 2003 is not supported for the Windows version. You will need to make the boot CD
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=606&sid=30&lang=en

If your experience level is beginner, you have a steep learning curve running Win Server 2003, it is not made for a home user.

Matt

 

Forgot to mention - the computer initialy came with a sata drive which stopped working after a while, so i replaced it with an ide drive. Once that was done then i tried the same sata drive via usb and it worked. So i reinstalled the initial sata as a data drive via sata connector and it did not work. conclusion- via usb works but not via sata connection

 

Shooting from the hip, my limited exposure via WHS, which is based on 2003. ...
Originally server OS was setup for on IDE drive and it worked.
At a later date (?) you added a Sata drive for data. Do you know if Sata drivers (possible AHCI drivers) installed during original OS install??