Hard drive dead?

notchristopher · 03-19-2008, 09:41 AM

I am building a new PC and have got it up and running with an IDE harddrive. I'm trying to add a SATA drive.

I have hooked it up right and it does spin when I power up the PC. I set up the BIOS (to my knowledge) correctly. When the PC starts up it shows the IDE drive as the Channel 0 master (I have loaded windows on it and it works fine). But when it loads the Channel 2 Master it just shows as blank. Like it sees the harddrive but it doesn't want to do anything. I did set up the jumpers on the HDD for 1.5 phy. As that is what my motherboard supports.

My PC Specs:
Biostar K8M800 Micro Socket AM2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Socket AM2 CPU
WD Caviar 750GB Serial ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G
2x 1024MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz

Dionhall · 03-19-2008, 11:05 AM

Can windows see the drive?

dai · 03-19-2008, 11:39 AM

have you set it to be seen as ide in the bios

notchristopher · 03-19-2008, 11:46 AM

Windows cannot see the drive and I have it SATA set as IDE.

dai · 03-19-2008, 12:07 PM

see if you can see it in disk management,if so format it and windows will then see it
if it's not in disk management it probably requires a driver to be loaded with f6

notchristopher · 03-19-2008, 12:11 PM

Shouldn't bios see it? Or something instead of a blank entry in ide channel 2? Also I'm not trying to install windows on this drive. Just add it for storage at the moment.

dai · 03-19-2008, 12:27 PM

the bios will not see it on a ide channel if it is a sata drive,it will be listed under sata
the bios setup varies between m/b manufacturers and models you need to check your manual for an accurate discription of the setup proceedure

03-19-2008, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
notchristopher Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	Hard drive dead? I am building a new PC and have got it up and running with an IDE harddrive. I'm trying to add a SATA drive. I have hooked it up right and it does spin when I power up the PC. I set up the BIOS (to my knowledge) correctly. When the PC starts up it shows the IDE drive as the Channel 0 master (I have loaded windows on it and it works fine). But when it loads the Channel 2 Master it just shows as blank. Like it sees the harddrive but it doesn't want to do anything. I did set up the jumpers on the HDD for 1.5 phy. As that is what my motherboard supports. My PC Specs: Biostar K8M800 Micro Socket AM2 Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Socket AM2 CPU WD Caviar 750GB Serial ATA HD 7200/16MB/SATA-3G 2x 1024MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz

03-19-2008, 11:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dionhall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 22 OS: Windows Vista Business	Re: Hard drive dead? Can windows see the drive?

03-19-2008, 11:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,622 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Hard drive dead? have you set it to be seen as ide in the bios __________________

03-19-2008, 11:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
notchristopher Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	Re: Hard drive dead? Windows cannot see the drive and I have it SATA set as IDE.

03-19-2008, 12:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,622 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Hard drive dead? see if you can see it in disk management,if so format it and windows will then see it if it's not in disk management it probably requires a driver to be loaded with f6 __________________

03-19-2008, 12:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
notchristopher Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	Re: Hard drive dead? Shouldn't bios see it? Or something instead of a blank entry in ide channel 2? Also I'm not trying to install windows on this drive. Just add it for storage at the moment.

03-19-2008, 12:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,622 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Hard drive dead? the bios will not see it on a ide channel if it is a sata drive,it will be listed under sata the bios setup varies between m/b manufacturers and models you need to check your manual for an accurate discription of the setup proceedure __________________