The computer does't recognize any drives

[älek]

Hello!

My computer doesn't recognize any of my drives (both primary/secondary drives). And I can't open BIOS.
Could it be that my motherboard is damaged?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Shady]

how would u know it didnt recognize the drives if the motherboard is damaged ?
does anything appear on the screen ?
and if so ... what is it ?

 

[älek]

how would u know it didnt recognize the drives if the motherboard is damaged ?
does anything appear on the screen ?
and if so ... what is it ?

First of all, it says "detecting IDE drives".
Then, after primary/secondary drives it shows "none". The only disk drive my computer can see is the floppy drive.

Maybe I should reset BIOS?

 

[StrangleHold]

Is this a new build or was working then just stoped picking up your drives

 

[älek]

Is this a new build or was working then just stoped picking up your drives

It's a new build.
It happened after I was trying to replace my DVD-drive with hard disk (as a secondary master).
The computer didn't boot after that, so I replaced the hard drive with DVD-drive. The computer booted, but I noticed that the cable was loose at the DVD-player end. So I mounted the cable properly and shut down the computer, but I couldn't restart it.

 

[Shady]

then ur motherboard is fine
just try removing the DVD cables and boot to see if it recognizes the HDD
if so ... then at least u knew where is the problem
if not try to open the bios and do this manually (of course u know how to set the master and slave drives manually !!)

 

[StrangleHold]

Have you got your jumpers set right Master-Slave

 

[StrangleHold]

So I mounted the cable properly and shut down the computer, but I couldn't restart it.

Did you shut down before fooling with the cable or while it was running, never change any connection inside while its running

 

[älek]

then ur motherboard is fine
just try removing the DVD cables and boot to see if it recognizes the HDD
if so ... then at least u knew where is the problem
if not try to open the bios and do this manually (of course u know how to set the master and slave drives manually !!)

Thanks for your advice!
Yeah, I was thinking about removing the DVD cables (I'm at work, so I can't give it a try at the moment). But how can I use the DVD drive then?
I know how to set the drives manually, but the BIOS won't open!

 

[älek]

So I mounted the cable properly and shut down the computer, but I couldn't restart it.

Did you shut down before fooling with the cable or while it was running, never change any connection inside while it running

No, it was running. I know it was a stupid thing to do, but it was a spontanious move

And the jumpers are set properly

 

[StrangleHold]

I.ve never unpluged or pluged in a IDE while running, hope you didnt short the IDE slot, where both drives on the same IDE or one on IDE 1 and the other on IDE 2

 

[älek]

were both drives on the same IDE or one on IDE 1 and the other on IDE 2

No, they were on different IDE-s (the hard disk was primary and the dvd-drive was secondary)

 

[StrangleHold]

If there on different IDE cables try hooking the DVD as slave on the same IDE cable as the harddrive if you dont already have another drive there, and shut it down first and unplug, touch the powersupply before moving anything it will discharge any static you have

 

[älek]

OK, thanks Stranglehold. I'll give it a try in the evening.

Greets from Estonia!

 

[StrangleHold]

Let us know how it went

 

[älek]

Let us know how it went

Sure

 

[StrangleHold]

Not being a smart ass but I have seen many people get in a hurry and forget to plug in there power connecters to there drives

 

[älek]

Nope, they are plugged in.

 

[Shady]

i just wanna know why are you saying the BIOS wont open ?
how come ?

 

[älek]

Well, when I'm pressing "del" button, it just won't open BIOS.