Q: When I plug in an eSATA HDD, it can be recognized in the BIOS. But in the OS, it will show a massage "Storage Device Connected". And I can not use this eSATA HDD, ether. How can I fix it? (3/28/2009) A: Please follow below steps to set:
1.Please enter Intel® Matrix Storage Console, and click the mouse right button on eSATA hard device. And press [Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID].
2.After setting [Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID], please restart your computer.
3.Enter to Disk Management, it can recognize your eSATA HDD, please crate a New Simple Volume on it.
4.After than, the eSATA HDD can be recognized.