My PROBLEM is simple - maybe what I am trying to do just can't be done, and I am wasting my time. I have been searching for the answer.

I have one SATA drive (Seagate 250Gb - the boot device), one IDE ATA drive (Fujitsu 100Gb), one IDE DVD-Reader and one IDE DVD-RW drive. I want to use them all.

Problem:  When I mount the SATA, the BIOS remaps the SATA drive to IDE0 primary, and ingores the normal ATAdrive connected to the secondary channel of IDE0.   The two optical devices in IDE1 all work as they should.

It seems that if you use a SATA drive, you lose the use of the original IDE socket.  Is that right?

The mb is Gigabyte G-8IPE775 Pro with Intel 965PE chipset.

Regards

Barry
 Barry,

This is a late, but since you haven't gotten a response here yet -

-  your MB should support up to 4 IDE devices and 2 SATA devices as far as I can tell, but read the specs below to be sure!

see:  the MANUAL  http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Download/Download.asp?DownloadPath=/MotherBoard/FileList/Manual/manual_8ipe775%20series_e.pdf

(1) connect first hard disk to IDE1 and connect CD-ROM/DVD to IDE2 (secondary master)

(2) you can map/configure your drives in bios, but must FOLLOW (1) above

(3) "When the power is turned on, pushing the button during the BIOS POST (Power-On Self Test) will take you to the CMOS SETUP SCREEN. You can enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing "Ctrl + F1".
When setting up BIOS for the first time, it is recommended that you save the current BIOS to a disk in the event that BIOS needs to be reset to its original settings."

Hope this helps!

DellMany thanks Dell, I am afraid that doesnt work either.

It seems if you enable the SATA drive in BIOS, it is then internally remapped to IDE0, and the original IDE0 port becomes inoperable and any drives attached to it cannot be seen by the system.  

I guess you can have one or the other but not both.

One solution would be to take one optical drive out of IDE1 and put the ATA drive in there, but I prefer to have a DVD-ROM as well as a DVD-RW because the DVD-ROM  is very much faster than the DVD-RW at reading disks.

Thanks again for taking the time.  I will drop an email to Gigabyte and see if they might help (or confirm what I have concluded).

Regards

Barry  Barry,

one additional comment -

I believe you can also add a separate SATA controller card (PCI) that would allow you to use this internal drive and free up your onboard IDE controllers.  I'm not 100% sure this would work since I have no practical experience with your MB.

I have seen these cards for around $30-$50 at Best Buy and other stores.

Dell Quote

...seems if you enable the SATA drive in BIOS, it is then internally remapped to IDE0, and the original IDE0 port becomes inoperable and any drives attached to it cannot be seen by the system.  I guess you can have one or the other but not both....