I have this perticular problem with my new SATA II drive and I also have the VIA VT8237. The SATA II drive can't be seen in BIOS.
I have tried to set up the jumper according to the instructions from the manufacturer, Samsung. I have tried a patch from their website that is supposed to chage the 3gb/sec to 1,5 Gb/sec. I also tried a disc management boot disc, but without results. The drive just can't be seen anywhere. I spoke to the support but that guy seemed to know less about the problem than me.
Now, is there anything more I could try or should I consider the drive to be defective and thus return it?
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