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SlyEnemy · 05-28-2007, 02:05 AM

Hi guys, apologies first off if I don't explain everything I need to, I'm not fully up on my hardware knowledge (Which is why I've come here for help) :)

I really hope you can help as I've been stuck for about a month now. Basically, a friend gave me a PC. It's got a brilliant graphics card in there, but it won't fit in mine.

When I got the PC to mine, the transit caused one of the Hard Drives to fail (It was on it's last legs anyway), a Maxtor hard-drive with the Windows OS on it. I decided to format the other drive and stick a fresh install of Windows XP on it. Everything went fine, and I decided to check out the graphics card, installed the drivers and stuck Oblivion on.

All was going swimmingly until the game suddenly froze, the screen went blank, and the PC inexplicabley rebooted. Then the error: "0 Hard Disc Detected". I assumed there and then that this Hard Drive had also blown.

A couple of days later I tried to connect my Sata Drive up to his (He has the older version (IDE?) with the thick black cables) but that wouldn't seem to detect (I imagine it has something to do with BIOS settings? I have no idea where to start). I switched the computer on, and the Hard Drive that had previously crashed booted up without a problem. I decided to have a look in settings and see if there were any clashes, nothing out of the ordinary.

I then started hooking it up to my Modem to see if there was any Diagnostic tools to download, when no sooner had I thunk it, the PC rebooted and the eponymous error: "0 Hard Disc Detected" appeared.

I'm completely at a loss with it now, and I hope to God that one of you helpful and knowledgable folks can give me a shunt in the right direction. I'll list what info I can, but please let me know if there's anything else you need.

Thank you.

Western Digital 120 GB Hard Disc
1GB Ram
Radeon X800 Graphics Card
Asus Motherboard (The sticker reads: A8V Deluxe 54MG077497
230V Power Supply
Not sure at all on the Processor speed

The Hard Drive on this PC is a Western Digital 80GB drive, but as stated before, I've no idea how to get the other PC to detect it (I can connect it up okay, I think, using the bits out of mine).

Anyway, hope this helps, thanks again.

05-28-2007, 02:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
SlyEnemy Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 14 OS: Win XP	Hard Drive (?) Crashing Hi guys, apologies first off if I don't explain everything I need to, I'm not fully up on my hardware knowledge (Which is why I've come here for help) :) I really hope you can help as I've been stuck for about a month now. Basically, a friend gave me a PC. It's got a brilliant graphics card in there, but it won't fit in mine. When I got the PC to mine, the transit caused one of the Hard Drives to fail (It was on it's last legs anyway), a Maxtor hard-drive with the Windows OS on it. I decided to format the other drive and stick a fresh install of Windows XP on it. Everything went fine, and I decided to check out the graphics card, installed the drivers and stuck Oblivion on. All was going swimmingly until the game suddenly froze, the screen went blank, and the PC inexplicabley rebooted. Then the error: "0 Hard Disc Detected". I assumed there and then that this Hard Drive had also blown. A couple of days later I tried to connect my Sata Drive up to his (He has the older version (IDE?) with the thick black cables) but that wouldn't seem to detect (I imagine it has something to do with BIOS settings? I have no idea where to start). I switched the computer on, and the Hard Drive that had previously crashed booted up without a problem. I decided to have a look in settings and see if there were any clashes, nothing out of the ordinary. I then started hooking it up to my Modem to see if there was any Diagnostic tools to download, when no sooner had I thunk it, the PC rebooted and the eponymous error: "0 Hard Disc Detected" appeared. I'm completely at a loss with it now, and I hope to God that one of you helpful and knowledgable folks can give me a shunt in the right direction. I'll list what info I can, but please let me know if there's anything else you need. Thank you. Western Digital 120 GB Hard Disc 1GB Ram Radeon X800 Graphics Card Asus Motherboard (The sticker reads: A8V Deluxe 54MG077497 230V Power Supply Not sure at all on the Processor speed The Hard Drive on this PC is a Western Digital 80GB drive, but as stated before, I've no idea how to get the other PC to detect it (I can connect it up okay, I think, using the bits out of mine). Anyway, hope this helps, thanks again.