SATA ports are not installed

did you connect the drives back up to it?

to 'debuggerau' : i don't know whether i did get your question correctly. Well I use this drive in my PC before replacing the CMOS battory. therefore Do i have to find dirvers for SATA disk.
 

UPDATE: I foundout followings from Intel website:
Serial ATA Drive Not Recognized
There are several reasons why a serial ATA drive may not be recognized at bootup or by the operating system.

No Power to the Drive
Check that the power cable is connected from the power supply to the SATA drive. If your power supply does not include a SATA power connector, you will need an adapter. Refer to Serial ATA Power Cable for more information.

SATA Data Cable is not Connected
Check that the SATA data cable is firmly connected from the SATA drive to the SATA header on the desktop board. Refer to Serial ATA Data Cable for more information.

SATA Drive is not Formatted
Like all drives, serial ATA drives must be formatted before use.

BIOS Issues
Random BIOS problems may interfere with the detection of SATA drives. Make sure you have the latest BIOS version for your desktop board. Try a BIOS recovery.
 
1. I am sure there is power to my Drive
2. I am almost sure that  Data Cable is connected
3. Do i have to format my SATA disk before connecting?
4. My perious version of BIOS worked fined, therefore do i have to install latest version?

no, I was just thinking that either the data or power cable was removed from the drive during the CMOS bat replacement...

can you change the ports to installed?
check also for a bios setting for the sata : compatible, or sata + ide

nobus: can you change the ports to installed?
Nope, its disabled (cannot be selected)

nobus:check also for a bios setting for the sata : compatible, or sata + ide
I did scan through the BIOS menu for last two days, haven't noticed such option. Anyway i'll check back tonight (i am accesing EE from office while this machine is at home)

i was looking for the bios manual at intel, but could not find it...

so does the SATA drive even power up on boot?

yes it powers up!
 
And i updated the BIOS version, still no improvement
 

did you try the manual setting in the bios, instead of automatic ?

My Motherboard is Classic Series one! does this mean do i need to install RAID dirvers?
And i did try with Manual Settings (instead of Automatic)
And i'll check the Harddisk in some other machine and let you know the progress

classic, good, at least no raid arrays to worry about...

(unless you put one in...).

try a bios update  - pg 59 :  http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/d1047103_en.pdf

here the bios and drivers :
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2068&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go%21

in the manual for the motherboard it says,
"
Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration
If you install a Serial ATA or IDE device (such as a hard drive) in your computer, the autoconfiguration utility in the BIOS automatically detects and configures the device for your computer. You do not need to run the BIOS Setup program after installing a Serial ATA or IDE device. You can override the auto-configuration options by specifying manual configuration in the BIOS Setup program.
"
eventhought i select
USE AUTOMATIC MODE       <Enabled>
OR
USE AUTOMATIC MODE       <Disabled>  then alter the configaration
no luck,
 
anyway, i'll check the Hard-disk and Motherboard with another machine during this weekend.

that's why i suggest a bios update - your bios can be corrupt !

i did update BIOS to the latest version
 

have you another SATA disk to throw in to test?

Nope, i don't have any other disk with me at this moment, however i'll ask my firends for another disk

one of my favorite expressions..

If in doubt, rip it out..

i doubt another disk will help, since the sata ports are not installed, but hey, it's worth a try !
you can also try this in the bios (pg 63 of manual): select raid, and check if the sata ports are there (reset them to non-raid later)
>>>  Go to Advanced > Drive Configuration > Configure SATA as; ensure RAID is selected

Unfortunately, I have Classic series Motherboard. Therefore this setting is not available in BIOS
It looks like this

BIOS -> Advanced -> Drive Configuration

USE AUTOMATIC MODE       <Enabled>

ATA/IDE MODE      <Enhanced>
S. M. A. R. T.            <Enabled>

SATA Port 0            <Not Installed>
SATA Port 1            <Not Installed>
SATA Port 2            <Not Installed>
SATA Port 3            <Not Installed>

Primary Master            <DVD drive name >
Primary Slave            <Not Installed>

Hard disk pre delay            0
 

Anyway i have downloaded the BIOS doc and i'll check with various options during the weekend.
http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/biosglossarybymenu_v11.pdf

from Intel Noboot wizard :
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/wizards/noboot/ 
 
"Components in the system may be too new for the BIOS to recognize. Update the system BIOS to the latest available for your desktop board. BIOS updates are available from Download Center.

Serial ATA (SATA) drives may not be configured correctly. If you are using SATA drives and the system is NOT configured for RAID, check the BIOS setup as follows: During boot, enter the BIOS setup by pressing F2. Go to the Advanced > Drive Configuration menu. Set ATA/IDE Mode to Native. Set Configure SATA as IDE. Press F10 to Save and Exit. "
i haven't try this yet...lets see
 

How'd you go?

1.
"Components in the system may be too new for the BIOS to recognize. Update the system BIOS to the latest available for your desktop board. BIOS updates are available from Download Center.

Serial ATA (SATA) drives may not be configured correctly. If you are using SATA drives and the system is NOT configured for RAID, check the BIOS setup as follows: During boot, enter the BIOS setup by pressing F2. Go to the Advanced > Drive Configuration menu. Set ATA/IDE Mode to Native. Set Configure SATA as IDE. Press F10 to Save and Exit. "
- this didn't work as Configure SATA option is not avaliable as non of the SATA disks are not installed.
2. BIOS update /Recovery - this did not work either
3. Hard-disk check - Hard disk is working fine in another machine
4. Motherboard test - Another working SATA disk in the same motherboad - no response to this either
therefore i have taken the motherboard to the local agent today
 
Meanwhile, can you guys advice what should i do with this question. shall i divide points 50% - 50% among you two and close the question.

ageed to bad mobo; as for points, you can divide them as you like, if they were of help

happy to wait till you get results back..

how'd you go?

The suggestion by author was to evenly divide points. If cleanup takes priority, why not take authors recommendations and split points?

ok, how about splitting them between these entries:
24820931 and 24791639

Thanks