Hard disk fault?

sanofi · 28 Jul 2009 at 18:42

Or motherboard fault?

What does it mean if a machine will boot but neither the SATA or IDE harddisk is recognised?

All different combinations of the drives have been tried, SATA only, IDE only.

PermaBanned · 28 Jul 2009 at 18:43

Have you connected the power cables to them? Or just the IDE Ribbon or SATA Connection?

siumatfung · 28 Jul 2009 at 18:46

try different cables

and the HDDs in a different rig

RJC · 28 Jul 2009 at 18:51

Try different cables or system.

Do they not show in the BIOS - Silly question

sanofi · 28 Jul 2009 at 21:10

It's not my machine it's a friends and he is fairly computer literate so I'm sure he had the power cables in

They do not show in the BIOS so I suggested he put in the HDD from his bros pc to check.

SMN · 28 Jul 2009 at 21:45

Check cables, and double check BIOS options - check the different options with IDE/SATA/AHCI mode etc. Also - put your hand on the hard disk when it is powering up and see if you can feel it spinning up.

AMG · 29 Jul 2009 at 02:05

I had that problem with my old gaming rig :eek:

I just changed the cable, job done and sorted

pctestcard.com · 29 Jul 2009 at 10:57

If the mainboard HDD controller is faulty, no HDD can be detected.

Try remove all jumpers from the back of the HDD and see if that works!

Hope this helps!
Bill