Caseyy. Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I just built a new computer and I'm can't get the installer to detect the hdd. im using the iPC 10.5.6 dvd. Here are the specs: AMD Athlon 7750 Dual Core 2.7GHz 320GB SATA Drive [not detected] 80GB IDE Drive [Not detected] Mobo: Gigabyte GA-NA74GM-S2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161460-install-not-detecting-hdd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I just built a new computer and I'm can't get the installer to detect the hdd. im using the iPC 10.5.6 dvd. Here are the specs: AMD Athlon 7750 Dual Core 2.7GHz 320GB SATA Drive [not detected] 80GB IDE Drive [Not detected] Mobo: Gigabyte GA-NA74GM-S2 Start with your IDE and SATA BIOS settings.......then ensure that if you have a PATA DVDRW it is jumper set to Master and PATA HDD to Slave.......if your MOBO has two IDE channels then both can be set as Master andconnected to end of 80 wire IDE cable.....SATA mode set to AHCI if that is an option or enabled if no AHCI option.....partition/format HDDs as MBR/Mac OS Extended...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161460-install-not-detecting-hdd/#findComment-1129371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseyy. Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 oops i forgot to mention i have a sata dvdrw drive too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161460-install-not-detecting-hdd/#findComment-1129385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 oops i forgot to mention i have a sata dvdrw drive too. OK......remember too that OS X needs a primary partition to boot from.......can be either FAT32 or NTFS primary partition initially..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/161460-install-not-detecting-hdd/#findComment-1129387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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