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This is what I sent to ASUS "support":

The mother board I'm having an issue with is in a Media Center PC I'm trying to install a laptop HD
(Fujitsu MHR2020AT) to reduce noise and heat. (a 3.5 HD was used previously with sucess)
However I'm un able to get the BIOS to recognize it. I have purchased a 44 pin to 40 pin IDE adapter
and connectd the laptop HD to the primary IDE channel with nothing in the secondary channel =
mother board dosen't see it. I swithced IDE cables with a brand new cable = no change. I tried a
different brand and model HD (IBM Travel Star DJSA-220) = no change. I updated the BIOS to 1001
and tested again = BIOS sucsessfully flashed, but HD still not recognized. I know the laptop HD is
good and the adapter is good because I also connectd them to another ASUS motnerboard
(P4P800) in another computer and it was detected just fine. What can be done to fix this issue?

This was there response:

"Dear Sir/Madam

Unfortunately this is not a recommended configuration. If is is not reading correctly unfortunately we do not have any support for the issue.

Tim
Asus Support Team. "

<blockquote data-quote="nettech_gt" data-source="post: 92908" data-attributes="member: 18004">This is what I sent to ASUS &quot;support&quot;:The mother board I'm having an issue with is in a Media Center PC I'm trying to install a laptop HD(Fujitsu MHR2020AT) to reduce noise and heat. (a 3.5 HD was used previously with sucess)However I'm un able to get the BIOS to recognize it. I have purchased a 44 pin to 40 pin IDE adapterand connectd the laptop HD to the primary IDE channel with nothing in the secondary channel =mother board dosen't see it. I swithced IDE cables with a brand new cable = no change. I tried adifferent brand and model HD (IBM Travel Star DJSA-220) = no change. I updated the BIOS to 1001and tested again = BIOS sucsessfully flashed, but HD still not recognized. I know the laptop HD isgood and the adapter is good because I also connectd them to another ASUS motnerboard(P4P800) in another computer and it was detected just fine. What can be done to fix this issue?This was there response:&quot;Dear Sir/MadamUnfortunately this is not a recommended configuration. If is is not reading correctly unfortunately we do not have any support for the issue.TimAsus Support Team. &quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nettech_gt, post: 92908, member: 18004"] This is what I sent to ASUS "support": The mother board I'm having an issue with is in a Media Center PC I'm trying to install a laptop HD (Fujitsu MHR2020AT) to reduce noise and heat. (a 3.5 HD was used previously with sucess) However I'm un able to get the BIOS to recognize it. I have purchased a 44 pin to 40 pin IDE adapter and connectd the laptop HD to the primary IDE channel with nothing in the secondary channel = mother board dosen't see it. I swithced IDE cables with a brand new cable = no change. I tried a different brand and model HD (IBM Travel Star DJSA-220) = no change. I updated the BIOS to 1001 and tested again = BIOS sucsessfully flashed, but HD still not recognized. I know the laptop HD is good and the adapter is good because I also connectd them to another ASUS motnerboard (P4P800) in another computer and it was detected just fine. What can be done to fix this issue? This was there response: "Dear Sir/Madam Unfortunately this is not a recommended configuration. If is is not reading correctly unfortunately we do not have any support for the issue. Tim Asus Support Team. " [/QUOTE]