HD bios problem?

z400guy · 03-19-2008, 06:28 PM

Hi guys im having some trouble here. basically im building my friend a computer from old parts that i had laying around. The hard drive is an hitachi and currently has xp installed on it. What happens is it doesnt show up in Bios and wont boot. It keeps saying searching for optical drive. My cd rom shows up as the ide master but not the HD. not sure what to do. the motherboard is a DFI lanparty nf4 ultra d.

**linderman** · 03-19-2008, 06:48 PM

are you connected the hitachi drive to the same cable as the optical drive ?

the hard drive should be on the primary (blue) IDE connector of the motherboard

the rom drive should be on the secondary ide channel which is usally black

please verify and post back ???

z400guy · 03-20-2008, 03:18 PM

each are using seperate cables and yes thats how i have it setup.

**linderman** · 03-20-2008, 05:16 PM

go to the hitachi website and download their hard drive diagnostic utility (free) from the support section

make sure you run both short and extended tests on the drive, if the diag doesnt see the drive in the one your working on, then move the drive to a working computer and run the test

post back with results

03-19-2008, 06:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
z400guy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	HD bios problem? Hi guys im having some trouble here. basically im building my friend a computer from old parts that i had laying around. The hard drive is an hitachi and currently has xp installed on it. What happens is it doesnt show up in Bios and wont boot. It keeps saying searching for optical drive. My cd rom shows up as the ide master but not the HD. not sure what to do. the motherboard is a DFI lanparty nf4 ultra d.

03-19-2008, 06:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,384 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: HD bios problem? are you connected the hitachi drive to the same cable as the optical drive ? the hard drive should be on the primary (blue) IDE connector of the motherboard the rom drive should be on the secondary ide channel which is usally black please verify and post back ??? __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

03-20-2008, 03:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
z400guy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: HD bios problem? each are using seperate cables and yes thats how i have it setup.

03-20-2008, 05:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,384 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: HD bios problem? go to the hitachi website and download their hard drive diagnostic utility (free) from the support section make sure you run both short and extended tests on the drive, if the diag doesnt see the drive in the one your working on, then move the drive to a working computer and run the test post back with results __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial