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From: Jim McCants on 2 Mar 2010 20:56
I've tried to reply 3 times now and each time I get an error message when I
'reply' or 'reply group'. Don't understand how to reply to the thread, no
option is given for that.

Bios does not show the optical drives. It show 6 channels and that is the
number I have on the mobo. Channels 1&2 are for the IDE hard drives. I have
the 2 optical drives in channels 3 &4. No other SATA options are available
on my mobo. The drives are not showing in device manager - nor upon bootup.

Thanks,
Jim

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <Charlie(a)mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:OHSGi7muKHA.800(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Ah, optical drives. First, are they recognized in BIOS? Second, are any of
> the drives you already have running off that SATA controller? In
> devmgmt.msc, are there any ?'s or X's? If they are visible in the BIOS,
> and no sign of them in devmgmt, then I strongly suspect you're missing a
> mobo driver for your SATA controller.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel
>
>
>
>
> "Jim McCants" <jcmccants(a)lowcountry.com> wrote in message
> news:0FFC8C36-B820-405B-B925-7A61C403D5A4(a)microsoft.com...
>> Charlie, I've tried to respond to you via the "Reply" option. That did
>> not work, so here goes:
>>
>> My board is Abit IP35 Pro. System is home built. 4GB memory, 2 hard
>> drives, Quad core 6600 processor. MY problem is NOT hard drive related.
>> The problem is Win7 (64bit) will not 'see' my LitoOn OPTICAL drives,
>> model IHAS124-04 which I just received from Newegg. They are OEM. I have
>> SATA cables and a split power plug that will accept both cable to power
>> the drives. Upon bootup, no optical drives are seen, Win Explorer does
>> not see them, neither does Device Manager. My BIOS is version #17, the
>> latest that ABIT offers.
>>
>> How do I get these drives to be seen?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>>
>> "Jim McCants" <jcmccants(a)lowcountry.com> wrote in message
>> news:531BE32E-03F6-4C7D-955A-998E65ACE57F(a)microsoft.com...
>>> After my IDE drives were not seen by Win7 64bit, I bought 2 LiteOn Sata
>>> drives OEM from Newegg. I have SATA cables, and power cable to attach 2
>>> SATA cables from the drives. Attached both cables to the power cable
>>> (which is split - one power plug and hookup for the 2 SATA cables.
>>>
>>> Installed and still Windows Explorer will not see them. I've looked in
>>> my BIOS and have 3 options for the OnChip SATA device:
>>>
>>> IDE
>>> RAID
>>> AHCI
>>>
>>> I have it set to IDE, no good. I've tried AHCI and no good. I am not
>>> rigged for RAID and don't want it. Does anyone have any idea of what's
>>> wrong?
>>>
>>> Any help will be appreciated very much!
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>
From: Robert Aldwinckle on 3 Mar 2010 09:57

"Jim McCants" <jcmccants(a)lowcountry.com> wrote in message
news:F253922A-3FBA-457E-A862-BDEF2BEEFF3C(a)microsoft.com...

> [X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726]

> I've tried to reply 3 times now and each time I get an error message when
> I 'reply' or 'reply group'. Don't understand how to reply to the thread,
> no option is given for that.


Don't use Reply (Ctrl-r) or Reply All (Ctrl-Shift-R); those send an
E-mail to the poster. Use Reply to Group (Ctrl-g) only. Use Alt-A to
see these Actions listed in a menu.

There is a References: header in your post, so clearly one of your Ctrl-g
worked. Charlie may tell you if he received an E-mail from you as a result
of a Ctrl-r. ; )


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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