[SOLVED] hard drive not recognised

kleerose · 07-27-2008, 06:52 PM

I stripped a wire out of the sata connector so now its not being read,tried to install hitachi 80 g ide temporarily til i can fix the sata cord but ide drive isn't in bios,mb is elitegroup p4m9oot-m.
thank you

Houndog777 · 07-27-2008, 06:56 PM

Hi, Load the BIOS Default settings, save & exit. Ensure the Drive is jumpered as Master.

kleerose · 07-27-2008, 07:03 PM

no jumper on it at all

Houndog777 · 07-27-2008, 07:14 PM

Hi, are we talking about an Hitachi IDE HDD here?
If so, it will have pins between or to the side of the power and cable sockets, that should be jumpered, with a little jumper shunt, to either Master, Slave or Cable Select.
It will tell you on the drive surface or on the label , which pins to jumper to achieve each option.

Houndog777 · 07-27-2008, 07:16 PM

http://www.pchardware.co.uk/siteimag...50gbsata13.gif

kleerose · 07-27-2008, 07:21 PM

I thought no jumpers was default master?I'll try it with jumpers,thank you

kleerose · 07-27-2008, 07:33 PM

I tried it w/jumpers,still not being read,trying different cable

ataraxia · 07-27-2008, 07:40 PM

Don't feel bad... My brand new 500GB drive just died on me completely. You know, the one I was going to start the full backup on later on tonight before I went to bed? *sigh* Apparently now I have 500GB of "unallocated space" God I love Windows :(

Make sure that the IDE channels on the mobo are enabled in the BIOS. If the unit was all SATA, there is a good chance they are OFF by default...

If you have OTHER working IDE devices in that box, such as an optical drive, then set the hard drive jumpers to whatever the optical drive is set for (really should be Cable Select these days...), and see if the drive is seen then. Just a thought :)

Time for me to play around with my Recovery suites... JUST how I wanted to spend my Sunday night :( Why can I only ever fix EVERYONE ELSE'S problems.... *sigh*

kleerose · 07-27-2008, 07:51 PM

thanks,will try

kleerose · 07-27-2008, 08:18 PM

It turned out to be a bad drive,thanks for the help

ataraxia · 08-02-2008, 11:48 AM

Yep, it happens. Same thing with my drive. Already got the RMA from Seagate.
Best of luck to you! :)

07-27-2008, 06:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
kleerose Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp home,vista,ubuntu	[SOLVED] hard drive not recognised I stripped a wire out of the sata connector so now its not being read,tried to install hitachi 80 g ide temporarily til i can fix the sata cord but ide drive isn't in bios,mb is elitegroup p4m9oot-m. thank you

07-27-2008, 06:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: hard drive not recognised Hi, Load the BIOS Default settings, save & exit. Ensure the Drive is jumpered as Master.

07-27-2008, 07:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
kleerose Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp home,vista,ubuntu	Re: hard drive not recognised no jumper on it at all

07-27-2008, 07:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: hard drive not recognised Hi, are we talking about an Hitachi IDE HDD here? If so, it will have pins between or to the side of the power and cable sockets, that should be jumpered, with a little jumper shunt, to either Master, Slave or Cable Select. It will tell you on the drive surface or on the label , which pins to jumper to achieve each option.

07-27-2008, 07:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: hard drive not recognised http://www.pchardware.co.uk/siteimag...50gbsata13.gif

07-27-2008, 07:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
kleerose Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp home,vista,ubuntu	Re: hard drive not recognised I thought no jumpers was default master?I'll try it with jumpers,thank you

07-27-2008, 07:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
kleerose Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp home,vista,ubuntu	Re: hard drive not recognised I tried it w/jumpers,still not being read,trying different cable

07-27-2008, 07:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
ataraxia Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 116 OS: Xp Pro Sp3	Re: hard drive not recognised Don't feel bad... My brand new 500GB drive just died on me completely. You know, the one I was going to start the full backup on later on tonight before I went to bed? sigh Apparently now I have 500GB of "unallocated space" God I love Windows :( Make sure that the IDE channels on the mobo are enabled in the BIOS. If the unit was all SATA, there is a good chance they are OFF by default... If you have OTHER working IDE devices in that box, such as an optical drive, then set the hard drive jumpers to whatever the optical drive is set for (really should be Cable Select these days...), and see if the drive is seen then. Just a thought :) Time for me to play around with my Recovery suites... JUST how I wanted to spend my Sunday night :( Why can I only ever fix EVERYONE ELSE'S problems.... sigh

07-27-2008, 07:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
kleerose Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp home,vista,ubuntu	Re: hard drive not recognised thanks,will try

07-27-2008, 08:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
kleerose Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6 OS: xp home,vista,ubuntu	Re: hard drive not recognised It turned out to be a bad drive,thanks for the help

08-02-2008, 11:48 AM	#11 (permalink)
ataraxia Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 116 OS: Xp Pro Sp3	Re: [SOLVED] hard drive not recognised Yep, it happens. Same thing with my drive. Already got the RMA from Seagate. Best of luck to you! :)