Need some help

Z

Zeta

New Member
I have a problem with detecting my hard disk . Its has 320gb capacity and 7200RPM ( made nov 07 ) SATA hard disk from Western Digital . Unfortunately , my computer does not detect the hard disk .Can someone help? Here are the specs of my com :

Mainboard
MSI P4 PM8M-V ( that has two sata ports )
bios version P4M80-P dated 22/2/2006

CPU
intel(R) pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.4ghz ( i know it sux >_<)
x86 Family 15 model 2 stepping 7

SMBIOS 6.00PG
DMI ver. 2.3

AGP slots = 1 and PCI slots = 1 ( according to test my hardware but i see 3 extension ports )

other unnecessary infos
memory = 768mb
graphics = 256mb
windows = XP home edition 5.1.2600 SP2


Currently i'm using a very old fujitsu 40gb ATA and i cant survive on only on that >.< pls help
 
Everything is properly plugged am asuming ?
did you actually boot into windows to see if its detecting in there ?

cause mine is like that...Foxconn 945G7MD-8ks2H, bios fails to detect sata drives (but yes, detects only ide ones).
I would consider bios update or so
 
Well the usual stuff is done , fixed correctly , removed old ide cables , insert sata . Reboot , does not detect hard disk , the hard disk itself is moving but windows boot cannot find the drive . When i use my old ATA, somehow the SATA drive is hot but unable to detect :confused:. Yeah ,but i think you're right i should update my bios , thx for d help
 
somehow the SATA drive is hot but unable to detect
Click to expand...
so there's a problem with the Sata one am assuming, why is it running hot ?
Am pretty sure it's going defective !!

before you do anything else, see if yo can get another pc and try in that.
See if the pc detects your drive.Only then you will know if
a) hard drive problem
b) computer problem

never do a BIOS update until you have tried everything**
 
oo , hot as in warmish computer heat and not really hot like my graphic card after i play C&C 3 =P . Anywayz i took the hard disk bck to the shop but the tested it using a hard disk scanner ( i dun know wads dat called x.x ) . So it all comes down to updating my motherboard bios? Can i boot from cd instead of floppy to update the bios ?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top