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Chipset and Adapter drivers are all installed and up to date. I've got the second HD plugged into the SATA0 port and it works, but now the DVD drive doesn't show up anywhere in the BIOS or Windows...
– ci5ic
Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 15:42
Well that happens in windows when there is no correct chipset and/or SATA driver. Are you 100% sure that you have everything installed ? No yellow marks in device manager ? Note that chipsets can have even 3 different SATA controllers and each will need its own drivers. Since you now have this situation, try to hot-plug the ODD in various free ports then refresh disks in disk management to see if it can be detected in any of the free ports.
– Overmind
Commented Oct 10, 2016 at 10:38
Nope, no yellow marks in Device Manager. And at this point I'm using the ports on the motherboard and not the adapter (and I've also tried every configuration I can think of without the adapter installed at all). As far as Windows goes, everything looks as it should, but ultimately, shouldn't the BIOS detect the drives, especially if I'm using the ports on the motherboard?
– ci5ic
Commented Oct 10, 2016 at 15:16
Yes, they should be detectable. It's like the rest of the controllers are BIOS-disabled. A BIOS update would be a good idea too. Maybe something is bugged in there.
– Overmind
Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 7:47

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