I have a Dell 667R desktop running as my NAS/web/ssh server and I always wanted to add some SATA drives to increase the storage and retire age old PATA drives. So, I got a Adaptec SHA-1205SA PCI Sata controller. Why Adaptec- I thought it should work since Adaptec is in the business for so long. I also got a Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb drive from Newegg in the mean time. I fired up my system with the new drive connected via Adaptec and bahm! it does not beyond Adaptec's BIOS post screen.
Aparantly, there can be problem with my SATA1 adaptec card and newer Sata2 drive. So, I downloaded estool from Samsung's website, remove the Samsung drive's SATA connector and fire up my linux server from a WinME floppy drive (really? I still have some around) and power on ESTOOL. I reconnected sata connector to the 1Tb drive and started estool. Estool recognize the drive with no problem and I assigned its speed to sata150 aka sata1 and rebooted the system.
All I get at the end- same old result. System hangs at Adaptec card's BIOS post page that identifies the drive and stays there infinitely. Bottom line, do not buy Adaptec SHA-1205SA card if you want to add SATA ports to your old machine.
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