CPU/HD issue

Lucharchan · 10-21-2009, 11:18 PM

I have a HP a6530f and a western digital wd6400aaks, it has worked for the past year however I recently tried to hookup my old harddrive to my PC I took the SATA cables connected it to the old harddrive and it failed to work, I tried start in normal mode, and from ms-dos prompt and it started to load sys32 files, still failed. HOWEVER the catch is when I hook the sata cables back to the old HD it failed to work also,it just went to a blinking prompt and sailed system disk failure, insert system disk. I did a diagnostic threw the hp diagnostic tool and it gives me BIOHD-2 error and says no drives detected, turn off your system and verify the cables are securely attached. Any ideas? BIOS setting issue?

Dogg · 10-23-2009, 03:39 PM

What exactly were you trying to do? What is the "old harddrive"? and how were you trying to connect it?

Try a different SATA cable. Ensure the cable is connected securely to the HDD AND the motherboard. Also ensure the power cable is attached.

10-21-2009, 11:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lucharchan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	CPU/HD issue I have a HP a6530f and a western digital wd6400aaks, it has worked for the past year however I recently tried to hookup my old harddrive to my PC I took the SATA cables connected it to the old harddrive and it failed to work, I tried start in normal mode, and from ms-dos prompt and it started to load sys32 files, still failed. HOWEVER the catch is when I hook the sata cables back to the old HD it failed to work also,it just went to a blinking prompt and sailed system disk failure, insert system disk. I did a diagnostic threw the hp diagnostic tool and it gives me BIOHD-2 error and says no drives detected, turn off your system and verify the cables are securely attached. Any ideas? BIOS setting issue?

10-23-2009, 03:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,085 OS: XP sp3	Re: CPU/HD issue What exactly were you trying to do? What is the "old harddrive"? and how were you trying to connect it? Try a different SATA cable. Ensure the cable is connected securely to the HDD AND the motherboard. Also ensure the power cable is attached. __________________ Google is your friend !