 |
03-30-2012, 07:08 PM
|
#1
|
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 37
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
|
[SOLVED] BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
Compaq Presario SR1717CL, refurbished hard drive, new SATA cable.
Installed hard drive and new cable, turned it on. Went to the BIOS and it doesn't see it.
This previously had a SATA hard drive in it that was fine until the HD died.
__________________
|
|
|
|
03-30-2012, 08:23 PM
|
#2
|
|
Manager Hardware Team
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 14,768
OS: Win7,Win XP,PC LinuxOS
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
Can you try the other SATA port?
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
03-30-2012, 09:50 PM
|
#3
|
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 37
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
Thanks for the response. The pins on the other SATA port are somewhat bent. I'll need to see if I can straighten them out.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
03-31-2012, 08:23 AM
|
#4
|
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 37
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
No go on the straighten, a pin broke.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2012, 08:40 AM
|
#5
|
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 37
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
I'm thinking all I need is a PCI card with a SATA port on it. Will this work?
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2012, 08:47 AM
|
#6
|
|
Moderator Hardware Team
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NE Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,598
OS: Windows 7 Professional
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
Yes certainly if you don't want to boot to it. If you want to boot to it that gets trickier.
__________________
|
|
|
|
04-01-2012, 10:25 AM
|
#7
|
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 37
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
It's the only hard drive in that pc, so I'm going to need to boot to it.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2012, 10:44 AM
|
#8
|
|
Moderator Hardware Team
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NE Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,598
OS: Windows 7 Professional
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
Then are you saying there are only 2 sata ports and both are no good? Or is another drive using the other port i.e. dvd drive. If yes you have to make sure in the bios you can boot to the drive. Install the pci card and then make sure you can see the drive in the bios on the card.
If the board has an ide port, it might be cheaper to buy an ide dvd- burner and replace the sata one with it if that is the case.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2012, 01:58 PM
|
#9
|
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 37
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
There are only 2 sata ports. One is definitely damaged, and the remaining one appears not to work either. The dvd drive is an ide.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2012, 02:34 PM
|
#10
|
|
Moderator Hardware Team
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NE Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,598
OS: Windows 7 Professional
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
Ok then you have no other choice but to try a card.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-03-2012, 06:44 PM
|
#11
|
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 37
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
|
Re: BIOS Doesn't See SATA Hard Drive
Okay, got the card, installed it, I think I've fixed this particular problem. I will mark as solved, and take my remaining problem over to XP.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:46 PM.
