New build and this happens

tobias123 · 08-17-2006, 10:21 PM

For some reason my motherboard is not detecting my hard drive. I have tried all my sata ports and double checked the power supply which is correct. I can't get into bios setup for some reason so what should i do? ANy suggestions?

thanks in advance

SirKenin · 08-17-2006, 10:34 PM

You must get into the BIOS.. Keep pressing delete as the computer powers up. Then make sure that the IDE is set to Auto Detect in the BIOS. If that doesn't work you may have a bad cable or harddrive.

tobias123 · 08-17-2006, 10:40 PM

hi,

i still can't get into bios.

My motherboard is this...

http://www.asrock.com/product/ConRoeXFire-eSATA2.htm

does this support sata or just sataII?

thanks mate

Tayl · 08-18-2006, 11:25 AM

If you take the hard drive out you should still be able to boot up and access the bios shouldn't you? It's been so long since I have done this that I can barely remember. (Because in some cases the computer freezes when at the point of detecting the hardware before it manages to load the bios, so removing it might help get you into the bios although I can't recall if you can actually boot and get into the bios without a hard drive).

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tobias123 New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	New build and this happens For some reason my motherboard is not detecting my hard drive. I have tried all my sata ports and double checked the power supply which is correct. I can't get into bios setup for some reason so what should i do? ANy suggestions? thanks in advance

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Tayl VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 23 Posts: 1,271	If you take the hard drive out you should still be able to boot up and access the bios shouldn't you? It's been so long since I have done this that I can barely remember. (Because in some cases the computer freezes when at the point of detecting the hardware before it manages to load the bios, so removing it might help get you into the bios although I can't recall if you can actually boot and get into the bios without a hard drive). __________________ Formerly known as RoveWolf/Breaks. Thermaltake VC3000BWS Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Black Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 (PCI-E) Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB SATA-II 16MB Cache Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) Samsung 18x18 DVD+RW (Black)

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08-17-2006, 10:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	You must get into the BIOS.. Keep pressing delete as the computer powers up. Then make sure that the IDE is set to Auto Detect in the BIOS. If that doesn't work you may have a bad cable or harddrive.

08-17-2006, 10:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
tobias123 New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	hi, i still can't get into bios. My motherboard is this... http://www.asrock.com/product/ConRoeXFire-eSATA2.htm does this support sata or just sataII? thanks mate