The drive does not show up at all, even in the motherboard’s BIOS/UEFI. Real Cause: Loose connection, failed SATA cable (if in desktop), or the drive has failed. Solution:
| Operating System | Driver Used | Driver Provider | Action Required | |----------------|-------------|----------------|------------------| | Windows 10/11 | disk.sys , storahci.sys or stornvme.sys (for SATA AHCI) | Microsoft | – plug-and-play | | Windows 7/8.1 | disk.sys , pciide.sys or msahci.sys | Microsoft | None (AHCI enabled in BIOS recommended) | | Linux (any distro) | libata , sd_mod kernel modules | Kernel | None – auto-detected as SATA drive | | macOS | IOHDIXController, AppleAHCIPort | Apple | None | | ChromeOS | sata_ahci kernel module | Kernel | None | st1000lm048-2e7172 drivers