Strange problem

Gaarl · 04-20-2005, 04:52 PM

ok about 1 month ago my brothers computer:
2.09ghz Athlon XP 2600+
10 GB WD HD
512 mb DDR PC2700 RAM
and a Diamond DT388 Sound card got an error while botting up.
this was a SMART message telling him his HD was going to die soon, so he didnt have any money and ignored the message, then he encounterd a problem and i needed to reinstall windows (he isnt very computer savy and it seemes he deleted something or something i donno; he doesnt speak much english)
anyway in the midst of reinstalling the hard drive dies, yes lol right then.....

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so i got a new hard drive from my stash (i have about 14 of them) and tried it out, now heres the thing i need ehlp with. when i finish the Setup during boot, it restarts and then it would want to do setup again... so i changed the boot order and thats when i notice HEY this HDD doesnt show up on the BIOS. ok so i select primary master and then hit esc THATS ALL I DO, after doing that it appears in BIOS, but after another restart it disspears. i have tried numerous HDs and none work. so im out of idea, thanx in advance.

**waffleweed** · 04-20-2005, 06:02 PM

try using another ide cable if its ide. i had a similar issue where my hdd before wasnt recognize by the computer and it turned out to be a simple solution as changing the ide cable.

Gaarl · 04-21-2005, 05:51 AM

hmmm well i tried a different IDE cable and i tried switching it to secondary port thingy to no avail. BUT there is a chance that both of the IDE cables i tried where broken becuase neither was new.
thanx for reply.

~~whodat~~ · 04-21-2005, 06:40 AM

when your in bios, see what the memory timing is, is it on spd or do you have them set manually, also what board do you have and do you have 2 moduales or 1 -512 chip?
you might have to relax the timings until you get the operating system installed.

Gaarl · 04-21-2005, 12:37 PM

ok its 1 512 MB chip i never did anything to the memory timing, and its my brothers board so im not sure what type it is...it worked before though.

dai · 04-21-2005, 05:39 PM

try a new battery
resetting the cmos

04-20-2005, 04:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gaarl Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 OS: Win XP	Strange problem ok about 1 month ago my brothers computer: 2.09ghz Athlon XP 2600+ 10 GB WD HD 512 mb DDR PC2700 RAM and a Diamond DT388 Sound card got an error while botting up. this was a SMART message telling him his HD was going to die soon, so he didnt have any money and ignored the message, then he encounterd a problem and i needed to reinstall windows (he isnt very computer savy and it seemes he deleted something or something i donno; he doesnt speak much english) anyway in the midst of reinstalling the hard drive dies, yes lol right then..... . so i got a new hard drive from my stash (i have about 14 of them) and tried it out, now heres the thing i need ehlp with. when i finish the Setup during boot, it restarts and then it would want to do setup again... so i changed the boot order and thats when i notice HEY this HDD doesnt show up on the BIOS. ok so i select primary master and then hit esc THATS ALL I DO, after doing that it appears in BIOS, but after another restart it disspears. i have tried numerous HDs and none work. so im out of idea, thanx in advance.

04-21-2005, 05:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,594 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	try a new battery resetting the cmos __________________

04-20-2005, 06:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
waffleweed Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 629 OS: winxp	try using another ide cable if its ide. i had a similar issue where my hdd before wasnt recognize by the computer and it turned out to be a simple solution as changing the ide cable.

04-21-2005, 05:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Gaarl Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 OS: Win XP	hmmm well i tried a different IDE cable and i tried switching it to secondary port thingy to no avail. BUT there is a chance that both of the IDE cables i tried where broken becuase neither was new. thanx for reply.

04-21-2005, 06:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	when your in bios, see what the memory timing is, is it on spd or do you have them set manually, also what board do you have and do you have 2 moduales or 1 -512 chip? you might have to relax the timings until you get the operating system installed.

04-21-2005, 12:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gaarl Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 OS: Win XP	ok its 1 512 MB chip i never did anything to the memory timing, and its my brothers board so im not sure what type it is...it worked before though.