worst possible start...

The fact you can't even get into BIOS would be setting alarm bells ringing for me.

What I would do, is disconnect the HD and see if that lets you into BIOS. I've had problems before where an incorrectly connected HD cable prevented me from booting. Check the connection to both the drive and the motherboard controller.
 
HangTime said:
The fact you can't even get into BIOS would be setting alarm bells ringing for me.

What I would do, is disconnect the HD and see if that lets you into BIOS. I've had problems before where an incorrectly connected HD cable prevented me from booting. Check the connection to both the drive and the motherboard controller.
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Funny you mention that actually- I had that problem a few weeks back with a dead maxtor HDD which stopped the keyboard responding completley :(
 
tobias123 said:
ok figured it out-very simple in the end-was a wrong power lead on inspection. I now have another problem though...

For some reason my motherboard is not detecting my hard drive. I have tried all my sata ports and double checked the power supply which is correct. I can't get into bios setup for some reason so what should i do? ANy suggestions?

thanks in advance
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If you can't get into the BIOS, how do you know it won't detect your hard drive?

What ram are you using? have you tried booting with one stick at a time, in different slots?
 
Sir Random said:
If you can't get into the BIOS, how do you know it won't detect your hard drive?
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Because it displays on the POST screen which hardware is detected ;)

He needs to unplug the hard drive to see what that does and try and get into BIOS :)
 
thanks for all the help guys. Ill try again over the weekend and post back findings. I just need to get into bios that's all. Drive was bought from No competitor talk please! so not ruling out a duff drive either...
 
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