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DarkObsidian · 01-04-2008, 09:04 PM

When I boot up, it gives me a "DISK READ ERROR, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER".
When I insert my Windows CD, it brings me to the setup, and where it would ask about the license agreement (iirc) it says "NO HARDDRIVE DETECTED".
The motherboard that I just bought is an MSI K8T Neo2-F v2.0, and the HDD is a Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s.
Any ideas what could be wrong? All the cables are plugged in securely as far as I can tell, and I tried listening to hear if the harddrive spins up, but it's so quiet I can't hear it anyways.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

01-04-2008, 09:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
DarkObsidian Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11 OS: XP PRO	New Motherboard and SATA Drive Not Detected When I boot up, it gives me a "DISK READ ERROR, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". When I insert my Windows CD, it brings me to the setup, and where it would ask about the license agreement (iirc) it says "NO HARDDRIVE DETECTED". The motherboard that I just bought is an MSI K8T Neo2-F v2.0, and the HDD is a Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s. Any ideas what could be wrong? All the cables are plugged in securely as far as I can tell, and I tried listening to hear if the harddrive spins up, but it's so quiet I can't hear it anyways. Any help would be greatly appreciated.