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hard drive detection error?

Started by Spintwo Oct 14, 2004 at 8:38 PM 8 replies 450+ views

Original Post

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:38 PM

We're havig some trouble with a computer setup. Some specs: A GIGABYTE workstation platform, with 2 AMDs. The main trouble right now is that the setup is not detecting the harddrive on boot, thus, not letting us install any OS!!! Do you guys have any ideas?

C-Junkie

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:42 PM

test the cable & drive in another machine?

Spintwo

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:44 PM

They work, except, it just doesn't detect on BOOT! It is based on a RAID infrastructure if that makes any influence.

Drevay

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:44 PM

Make sure the IDE cable which connects the HDD to the motherboard is fully connected - and I mean fully.

I had the same problems just yesterday whilst switching HDD's.

Rob Loach

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:46 PM

Long time no see, Charles.

Spintwo

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:46 PM

We've done thorough testing with all cables, connections. It is the comptuer itself that is failing to detect the harddrive.

Spintwo

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:47 PM

Quote:
Original post by Rob Loach
Long time no see, Charles.

Hiya. I've actually been doing work. And getting out.....whoa...

Drevay

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:48 PM

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Original post by Charles Hwang
We've done thorough testing with all cables, connections. It is the comptuer itself that is failing to detect the harddrive.

No, it's the BIOS that's failing to detect the hard drive.

You could have just set it up wrong.

PLUS, sometimes you have to pick the boot device.

For example, on my bootup screen I can press escape and then choose (from a popup) the boot device, which in turn I choose the hard drive.

Reboot with the CD in the drive, viola.

C-Junkie

Oct 14, 2004 at 8:51 PM

Your BIOS may not be able to recognize a RAID device.

Spintwo

Oct 14, 2004 at 9:31 PM

Any other ideas?

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