I have spent most of today building a new PC and now when I come to configure my BIOS my hard drive is not detected.
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 AM2 AM3 775 1156 1366)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1866LV4GK)
The optical drive is detected and works - I can boot up an ubuntu liveCD as well as a windows 7 install disk but they can't ever recognise the HDD. There isn't a problem with its SATA cable as I have tested the cable I used for my HDD with the DVD drive and it still works fine. I have also tried a new power cable.
The hard drive also beeps every continuously on and off of about 30 secs after the power is turned on, and every time it is connected BIOS take about 20 secs to load. When I boot up an ubuntu livecd with the drive plugged in it gives this error message:
Is there anything I can do or is it just a dodgy drive? (I still have warranty on it). Should I return it to Overclockers or Seagate if it is broken?
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 AM2 AM3 775 1156 1366)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1866LV4GK)
The optical drive is detected and works - I can boot up an ubuntu liveCD as well as a windows 7 install disk but they can't ever recognise the HDD. There isn't a problem with its SATA cable as I have tested the cable I used for my HDD with the DVD drive and it still works fine. I have also tried a new power cable.
The hard drive also beeps every continuously on and off of about 30 secs after the power is turned on, and every time it is connected BIOS take about 20 secs to load. When I boot up an ubuntu livecd with the drive plugged in it gives this error message:
Is there anything I can do or is it just a dodgy drive? (I still have warranty on it). Should I return it to Overclockers or Seagate if it is broken?
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