 Asus P5ND BIOS won't detect WDC 1 TB SATA HDD |
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  Jul 2 2009, 12:45 PM
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Attempted so far: Tried different SATA ports (Mobo has 4) Tried different Power cables and SATA cables Checked the BIOS settings for SATA IDE (all enabled) and RAID (all disabled). I'm not trying to set up raid, just a normal standalone SATA drive. Flashed the BIOS to the latest version (1101) Tried updating the chipset driver to version 15.24. This caused XP to stop loading and led to a 12-hour spiral of doom yesterday. Several failed re-installs and two clean installs later, XP is up and running, and reads my other SATA drives (2 HDD, 1 optical). Also updated XP to SP3. But neither BIOS nor XP will read the 1 TB drive. RIG: Intel Quad core Q6600, 2GB DDR2 ASUS P5ND MoBo Geforce 8800GT XP Pro SP2 (just updated to SP3 but that didn't help) Two existing hard drives, both WDC 500 GB SATA New (undetected) HDD: WDC Caviar Green 1 TB Two LiteOn optical drives, one IDE DVD-ROM and one SATA DVDRW Any help would be deeply appreciated! |
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Jul 2 2009, 01:02 PM
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 Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 1,566 Joined: 5-February 09 From: USA Member No.: 291,776 |
The IDE needs to be enabled
The SATA needs to be enabled It needs to be set to Treat SATA as IDE or Use SATA as IDE The RAID needs to be disabled AHCI needs to be disabled [unless you intend to manually install the SATA drivers] If all that is done the drive should work fine If you are using it as a second drive & the problem is it isn't showing in My Computer it is because the disk isn't formatted. Open the Control Panel Double click Administrative Tools Double click Computer Management Click Disk Management The drive should be listed Right click on it Click Format. Once it is formatted it will show in My Computer & be usable. -------------------- OCZ StealthXstream 700W,Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R , Xeon 3070, Arctic Freezer Pro 7, 2GB G.Skill PC8500,Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 [512MB], Seagate 250GB SATA II X2 in RAID 0, Samsung SATA DVD burner.
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Jul 2 2009, 01:34 PM
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I know this might seem like it's dumb to ask but, are you using the supplied sata cable that came with the new WD hard drive?
If you are, did you connect the 4 pin power connector to the drive? My reason for asking is I have seen this where people have installed Western Digital drives using the supplied sata cable with that massive end and did not connect a power connector to the drive. If you are not using the supplied WD sata cable, then I'm sure you connected a standard Sata cable and some type of power and this entire post can be disregarded. Hope this helps in some form or another, -------------------- Techextreme
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" -- Albert Einstein |
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Jul 2 2009, 02:37 PM
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@techextreme: The HDD didn't come with a cable.. I bought a barebones drive from TigerDirect. But I had a few SATA cables lying around from previous HDDs, and one that came with my MoBo. Tried all of them. Also tried the power cables that were connected to my other drives, since those drives are being detected. It still wouldn't show up. Thanks though! It's always good to check the basics.
@fairjoe: I don't see any options in my BIOS settings to treat SATA as IDE, but during startup the BIOS says "Detecting IDE Drives" and then goes on to list all 4 SATA ports. Whichever port I connect the new 1TB drive to shows up as "None", while the other three show up just fine. So I figure it's already treating them as IDE drives. SATA is enabled, RAID is disabled. I don't remember seeing any AHCI options, but I will check for that specifically. I checked disk mgmt earlier, and it doesn't show up there. Thanks for all the tips! I'll check the AHCI setting. |
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Jul 2 2009, 02:42 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 1,566 Joined: 5-February 09 From: USA Member No.: 291,776 |
If your other drives are showing OK your settings have to be correct.
If the new drive isn't being detected, & you tried it in place of one of the other HD's, I would return it to TD as defective. I quit buying from TigerDirect bscause of how much DOA stuff I got. -------------------- OCZ StealthXstream 700W,Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R , Xeon 3070, Arctic Freezer Pro 7, 2GB G.Skill PC8500,Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 [512MB], Seagate 250GB SATA II X2 in RAID 0, Samsung SATA DVD burner.
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Jul 2 2009, 03:07 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 2-July 09 Member No.: 347,578 |
Thanks! I suspected it might be DOA, but there was always the possibility my BIOS was having trouble with a 1TB, as my other drives (which i also bought from TD) are 500GB and they installed fine. So I just wanted to eliminate that angle.
So where do you buy your gear now? Just curious. |
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Jul 2 2009, 08:29 PM
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Thanks, i have learned so much as well.
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