It's too bad you don't know the the exact model number of the card. If you did, you could go to the maker's website to get the latest driver and check for a firmware upgrade. Anyway, I guess you have to work with what you have.
Your goal is to install the driver located on the CD.
When you insert the CD in the computer, if a program automatically runs, then use that to install the driver. If not, do the following:
DO THESE STEPS IN ORDER. DO NOT SKIP ANY STEPS!!!
With the computer off, disconnect the 160GB hard drive.
Turn on computer and:
- Open your Device Manager and look in SCSI and RAID Controllers.
- Tell us what controllers are listed
- Rt-click on the VIA controller and select Properties
- Click on the Driver tab and note the driver details (manufacturer, date, version, etc.). Tell us that info.
- Click the Update Driver button.
- Select "NO, not at this time" and click Next
- Select "Install from a list or specific location" and click Next
- Select "Search for the best driver in these locations" and check "Search Removable media (floppy/CD-ROM). Click Next.
Turn off computer and:
- Jumper the hard drive at 1.5Gb/s instead of 3.0Gb/s.
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- Connect data and power cable to SATA HD.
Turn on computer. Go to Device manager and follow the earlier instructions to delete all partitions and then create at least one partition. Make sure to format with NTFS.
Result?