P5LD2 can't find drive

zam099 · 01-07-2006, 03:42 PM

I have just bought a new computer with a P5LD2 motherboard. I used a previous but not old ST3120026A Seagate hard drive. I connected it to the IDE port nearest the edge of the board. I set the jumpers on the drive to master. Now, the BIOS does not recognize the drive. It lists the drive when picking the startup order, but shows it bracketed. When I try to install the OS, it also says it cannot find a drive to install to. That drive and another one I’ve also tried worked fine in another computer. The system does find the optical drive and that works. Any suggestions?

batty_professor · 01-07-2006, 03:50 PM

Hi, and welcome to TSF. Have you defaulted the bios with the cmos jumper? It may need that. Also try moving the jumper on the drive to CS (cable select), as some bios's like to manage drives that way.

01-07-2006, 03:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
zam099 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: upstate new york Posts: 1 OS: xp	P5LD2 can't find drive I have just bought a new computer with a P5LD2 motherboard. I used a previous but not old ST3120026A Seagate hard drive. I connected it to the IDE port nearest the edge of the board. I set the jumpers on the drive to master. Now, the BIOS does not recognize the drive. It lists the drive when picking the startup order, but shows it bracketed. When I try to install the OS, it also says it cannot find a drive to install to. That drive and another one I’ve also tried worked fine in another computer. The system does find the optical drive and that works. Any suggestions?

01-07-2006, 03:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
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