Install does not see any hard drive...

[mkm29]

My desktop stopped working, I bought a new SSD cause I thought it was my hdd turns out nothing is wrong with it, but the ML installer only sees the USB drive none of my hard drives. I ran into this issue before, I made this post and someone suggested putting IOATAFamily.kext in the Extra/Extensions folder on the USB drive but even that does not work (I downloaded the kext and tried using the IOATAFamily.kext from my MacBook Pro neither worked), any suggestions?

 

[galenorama]

I'm having the same is issue as OP (made a post here http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...ller-doesnt-recognize-startup-disk-print.html) and was hoping someone might have fix.

 

[kwiksilver]

From the installer you did go to Disk Utility and format the drive first for Mac right?

 

[mkm29]

Yes, the first thing I did was in the Installer I went to Disk Utilities and the only drive it sees is the USB drive, I had this problem before (see http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...l-does-not-see-any-hard-drive.html#post437041) and putting the IOATAFamily.kext file in the Extras/Extensions folder on the USB drive fixed it, but it did not work this time, I copied the IOATAFamily.kext file from my MacBook Pro to to the USB stick but no luck, with Mountain Lion and Lion, any suggestions?

 

[mkm29]

Thanks a ton xxandrossxx, setting both SATA controllers to AHCI fixed it!

I thought there was something wrong with my SSD so I bought another one, although I don't think I needed to as setting my BIOS to AHCI would have more than likely fixed it, but regardless I am pumped that I got it working and I am making my desktop my personal web server, the first site I am putting online is www.mitchsprogress.org, I had to change the DNS servers so it might take up to 48 hours to propagate.