[RobGG]

I have 6 * HDD attached to the Southbridge controller (ICH10R) with 4 in a RAID 0 array and 2 non-RAID. I am running Vista with SP1.

I have been attempting to get 2 * SATA DVD R/RW drives working on the "Purple" connectors (Gigabyte SATA2 Sil5723) to no avail. I can temporarily connect an HDD to GS0 and it is recongnised, further HDD's connected to GS1, 2 or 3 are not recognised. The ports are enabled in the BIOS. If I replace the recognised HDD on GS0 with a SATA DVD drive the DVD drive is not recognised.

Some questions:
Are SATA DVD drives supported on the Sil5723 controller?
Is more than one single HDD supported on the Sil5723 controller?
Are there any additional drivers required to be loaded into Vista to enable use of the Sil5723 controller?
Any other clues to getting me going?

Regards, Robert