it will not see my hard drives. I know they are functional as they were in my prior system. It turns on but does not see my hard drives. Any ideas??
2007-03-25 16:20:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
all is fine on the jumpers and cables.
I was wondering if a bad cable. But same settings and cables was used on prior board and they worked then.
2007-03-25 16:33:24 · update #1
Well, that all depends. Check your cables connecting the harddrive to the motherboard, also check the power cables, make sure they are securely plugged in.
There could be an incompatability issue, your harddrives could be IDE, and your motherboard cables could be SATA/PATA, but you would know that, seeing as they would not plug in correctly.
Check jumpers on your harddrives also, the default is cable select, but for 2 of them , you will need to configure them so there is a master, and a slave. Also make sure the IDE/SATA/PATA cables reflect whether or not the drive is a master or a slave.
Also, is your computer passing POST? It could be a motherboard issue, as harddrives are not a requirement to pass post. You need a CPU, RAM, Video Adapter, and a correctly functioning motherboard.
If your computer is not passing post, and your harddrives are not being detected, you will get errors like "No hard disk detected" If you are getting errors like "unmountable boot volume" you need to use chkdsk to fix your boot sectors.
2007-03-25 16:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by techno_rules_all 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is your bios set to auto detect your hardware?
2007-03-26 00:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your priority for drive master / slave / cable select setting a jumper on each driver like this example below.
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IDE cable Ma / Sl /Ca Power
2007-03-25 23:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by ulayhere 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋