Help! My first build

konrad7 · 30 May 2012 at 14:14

Did it.

When I turn it on it comes up with

"All settings were restored to default values"
"Detected ATA devices: SATA port 2: CDDVDW"

nothing about the hard drive in port 1

Gregfoster17 · 30 May 2012 at 14:34

could well be a problem with the sata port it's self on the mobo?

konrad7 · 30 May 2012 at 14:55

I don't think so, I have tried the hard drive in every single port and the problem has persisted. I have also tried the CD drive in every port and it has been fine.

honosuseri · 30 May 2012 at 14:58

anyone havea rig that you could try the HDD in? Does sound like it's DOA to me

konrad7 · 30 May 2012 at 15:14

Unfortunately all my friends have macbooks :/

I'll send it back. If they find no fault then OC can help me fix my problem and I know it's not the hard drive that's at fault; if they do find an issue then I get a shiny new hard drive.

Seems the best way.

Thanks for all the help everyone

mp260767 · 30 May 2012 at 15:15

think you've done everything you can tbh, sounds like a duff drive

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honosuseri · 30 May 2012 at 15:19

Gregfoster17 · 30 May 2012 at 15:24

shame about that, nothing like a spanner in the works

konrad7 · 30 May 2012 at 15:29

Tell me about it!
In the middle of a university term as well! Bad timing.

ingramt · 30 May 2012 at 17:40

have you tried using sata3 for the DVD and sata1 for the hdd

konrad7 · 31 May 2012 at 18:52

Update!

I deconstructed my now broken laptop and used the 160GB Hard drive from that, and it was detected by the BIOS fine. Definitely seems to have been a hard drive issue, which was received today by OCUK to test.

Exploratory question - If I were to load windows onto my hard drive using its code, how would I then delete it from the 160GB and load it onto my new hard drive when it gets back to me?

I have no idea how long RMA takes so I am trying to find a workaround

konrad7 · 31 May 2012 at 18:55

PS

Can I use a piece of cardboard laid across the slot as a 2.5"-3.5" hard drive bracket? Or does that short something out?

ingramt · 31 May 2012 at 23:12

to migrate hdd, you have two option clone or image, if you dont have much data (i.e. no need to clone) you should just be able to install on the new/returned drive then wipe the old one, see this http://superuser.com/questions/252675/easiest-way-to-move-my-windows-installation-to-an-ssd for some more info

the cardboard at a guess is fine, id be more worried about it getting too hot rather than shorting something