HDD not detected? It was working last night.

[Euklid]

Computer has been running for 5 months no problem.
Last night, I shutdown computer.
Today, I start computer.
Computer says "No boot device detected!"
I look into BIOS, and it's not detecting my HDD in the SATA list.

HDD Specs:
- Seagate Barracuda 500GB 32mb Cache 7200RPM SATA

I already tried different SATA and power cable to the HDD, but that did not
help.

Any suggestions???


Also, the HDD has a label titled Installation Summary, it says:

3. ...If the drive is not detected, check the 1.5 GB jumper.

Anyone know what the jumper is all about?


Your help on this matter is much appreciated,

Thank you.

 

[johnb35]

The only thing that jumper does is limit it to sata 1 speed. Can you feel the hard drive spin up as you turn your computer on? If not, then the drive is dead or you have a bad psu power connector.

 

[Euklid]

The only thing that jumper does is limit it to sata 1 speed. Can you feel the hard drive spin up as you turn your computer on? If not, then the drive is dead or you have a bad psu power connector.

Yes, the HDD still works - I can hear it turning when it's on.

The power supply and computer is fine. I hooked up a HDD from my other
computer and I'm running on that at the moment.

 

[Euklid]

Issue resolved.

Problem: Bad firmware - SD15 on 7200.11 Seagate Barracuda drives.

Summary:
- After stumbling about Seagate website for a couple days, I managed to pack and send my hard-drive to their i365 Data Recovery center.
- They requested not to use any peanuts or bubble-wrap, so I was clueless as to how to actually package my hard-drive. UPS Store packed it in a foam material they found lying around on the floor, it's the only other thing the lady working there could find. It worked - sent the package.
- Seagate paid for shipping to their center.
- Took about 3 days. They unstuck my hard-drive from the loop. Flashed new firmware onto my HDD. And sent it back to me.
- UPS came on Friday, missed me. I had to wait all weekend before UPS came back with my HDD.
- Hooked it up today. HDD is working, my files are still here.