What happens is that when I start up the system with no drives connected except the SATA, I get a lockup message stating "no bootable drives found" or something to that extent.
Yes Dilbert, I did know that PATA is Parallel ATA, and it is different. Its more like an SATA on steroids, where the drive can be read and written to somewhat seemlessly, and my MB does not support PATA. And itdoesnt even try to boot from the drive.
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Originally Posted by crynel
Seriously, I can't remember any MSI boards that show SATA in the boot order. It's an unusual option.
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Yes, I have learned from MSI that is is an uncommon thing on their older boards. My mom Has a MSI Nero4 and it actually is capable of booting SATA, and hers works. According to the message I got from MSI support, my board, even though it SUPPORTS SATA and is fully capable of OPERATING an SATA drive, it does NOT support booting from SATA, and they have no plans on having any more support for my board, because it is a discontinued board, and they don't offer driver support any longer for older boards. (Like always in the computer world, if you are older than 3 months, you are outdated...lol) So I am out of luck, and have to buy a new MB if I want SATA booting. Thanks for the help guys, I guess this is why none of anyones ideas worked...lol.
Any suggestions on a new board? and yes, I AM on a budget, so I cant buy a $250 motherboard....lol. It has to support the AMD 64+ Athlon.