SATA + IDE in one machine, but IDE doesn't show up

**Jiawen** · November 16th, 2011

That thread was right on; it seems to have been a problem with the kernel. I followed these instructions to upgrade to the 2.6.38 kernel and my IDE drive now seems to be mounting perfectly.

The kernel update caused other problems (apparently this kernel is a little more finicky with Nvidia drivers than the previous one I was using), but these were again pretty easily solved.

This makes me very happy!

Thank you, dabl, for mentioning BIOS; I wouldn't have done a motherboard-specific search without it.

**dabl** · November 16th, 2011

Huh -- I have that Marvell SATA 6 Gb/s controller on my Asus P6X58D-E mobo. But I have never tried to connect an IDE drive -- I don't think it has an IDE connector.

Glad it's fixed.

**BillyBoa** · November 16th, 2011

A little late but I like to add that when using two HDDs,

the PC will incorporate both drives by slowing down the pair to the older drives speed.

**Jiawen** · November 18th, 2011

Originally Posted by dabl

Huh -- I have that Marvell SATA 6 Gb/s controller on my Asus P6X58D-E mobo. But I have never tried to connect an IDE drive -- I don't think it has an IDE connector.

Something to keep in mind if/when you do!

Glad it's fixed.

Me too!

Thanks again.