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BIOS occasionally does not see HDD?
Hello.
I'm having a really weird problem with my computer. It seem that sometimes BIOS does not see my HDD. It used to happen occasionally, like once every few weeks. To remedy, I would shut the computer down, disconnect the power and ribbon from the HDD, plug everything back in, and it worked fine. A variety of disk tests indicated that the drive was fine. This week, BIOS refused to see the drive for several days. I even went so far as to order a new drive. However, today, it started up without a hitch. Again, all tests indicate that the drive is fine (I'm using ASTRA32 specifically to test SMART). Anyone have any idea what's going on here? I would hate to spend time and money installing a new drive only to have it exhibit the same problem. .... and now that I think about it, I seem to remember having a similar problem with my last hard drive a year or two ago... Here are as many relevant specs as I can think of. Mobo: MSI AK75 Rev A CPU: 950 MHz Duron BIOS: Award v6.00PG RAM: 544MB HDD: IBM Deskstar 180GXP (123GB) Any recommendations on what I can check out? Thanks for your help, Joseph |
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BIOS occasionally does not see HDD?
Joseph O'Brien wrote:
I'm having a really weird problem with my computer. It seem that sometimes BIOS does not see my HDD. It used to happen occasionally, like once every few weeks. To remedy, I would shut the computer down, disconnect the power and ribbon from the HDD, plug everything back in, and it worked fine. A variety of disk tests indicated that the drive was fine. This week, BIOS refused to see the drive for several days. I even went so far as to order a new drive. However, today, it started up without a hitch. Again, all tests indicate that the drive is fine (I'm using ASTRA32 specifically to test SMART). Anyone have any idea what's going on here? I would hate to spend time and money installing a new drive only to have it exhibit the same problem. ... and now that I think about it, I seem to remember having a similar problem with my last hard drive a year or two ago... Probably an intermittent connection. Did you replace the ribbon cable, and/or the power cable? -- "If you want to post a followup via groups.google.com, don't use the broken "Reply" link at the bottom of the article. Click on "show options" at the top of the article, then click on the "Reply" at the bottom of the article headers." - Keith Thompson More details at: http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ Also see http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/ |
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BIOS occasionally does not see HDD?
CBFalconer wrote: Joseph O'Brien wrote: I'm having a really weird problem with my computer. It seem that sometimes BIOS does not see my HDD. It used to happen occasionally, like once every few weeks. To remedy, I would shut the computer down, disconnect the power and ribbon from the HDD, plug everything back in, and it worked fine. A variety of disk tests indicated that the drive was fine. This week, BIOS refused to see the drive for several days. I even went so far as to order a new drive. However, today, it started up without a hitch. Again, all tests indicate that the drive is fine (I'm using ASTRA32 specifically to test SMART). Anyone have any idea what's going on here? I would hate to spend time and money installing a new drive only to have it exhibit the same problem. ... and now that I think about it, I seem to remember having a similar problem with my last hard drive a year or two ago... Probably an intermittent connection. Did you replace the ribbon cable, and/or the power cable? Good Idea, but may I suggest reseating the cables before repacing them. |
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BIOS occasionally does not see HDD?
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CBFalconer wrote: Joseph O'Brien wrote: I'm having a really weird problem with my computer. It seem that sometimes BIOS does not see my HDD. It used to happen occasionally, like once every few weeks. To remedy, I would shut the computer down, disconnect the power and ribbon from the HDD, plug everything back in, and it worked fine. A variety of disk tests indicated that the drive was fine. This week, BIOS refused to see the drive for several days. I even went so far as to order a new drive. However, today, it started up without a hitch. Again, all tests indicate that the drive is fine (I'm using ASTRA32 specifically to test SMART). Anyone have any idea what's going on here? I would hate to spend time and money installing a new drive only to have it exhibit the same problem. ... and now that I think about it, I seem to remember having a similar problem with my last hard drive a year or two ago... Probably an intermittent connection. Did you replace the ribbon cable, and/or the power cable? Good Idea, but may I suggest reseating the cables before repacing them. If you read his description, he's done that multiple times. The intermittent success of that suggests the bad cables. -- "If you want to post a followup via groups.google.com, don't use the broken "Reply" link at the bottom of the article. Click on "show options" at the top of the article, then click on the "Reply" at the bottom of the article headers." - Keith Thompson More details at: http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ Also see http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/ |
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BIOS occasionally does not see HDD?
"Joseph O'Brien" wrote in message oups.com... Hello. I'm having a really weird problem with my computer. It seem that sometimes BIOS does not see my HDD. It used to happen occasionally, like once every few weeks. To remedy, I would shut the computer down, disconnect the power and ribbon from the HDD, plug everything back in, and it worked fine. A variety of disk tests indicated that the drive was fine. This week, BIOS refused to see the drive for several days. I even went so far as to order a new drive. However, today, it started up without a hitch. Again, all tests indicate that the drive is fine (I'm using ASTRA32 specifically to test SMART). Anyone have any idea what's going on here? I would hate to spend time and money installing a new drive only to have it exhibit the same problem. ... and now that I think about it, I seem to remember having a similar problem with my last hard drive a year or two ago... Here are as many relevant specs as I can think of. Mobo: MSI AK75 Rev A CPU: 950 MHz Duron BIOS: Award v6.00PG RAM: 544MB HDD: IBM Deskstar 180GXP (123GB) Any recommendations on what I can check out? Thanks for your help, Joseph I had precisely same problem and like you kept checking the drive ribbon but found it was the main ATX 20 pin power connector cable going to the Mo Bo. Shut everything down and unplug power in etc then, remove the power cable going to the MoBo and with a small pair of pointy pliers just squeeze the contact sockets in a little on the cable end. mine start much better every time now. |
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BIOS occasionally does not see HDD?
"Joseph O'Brien" wrote in message oups.com... Hello. I'm having a really weird problem with my computer. It seem that sometimes BIOS does not see my HDD. It used to happen occasionally, like once every few weeks. To remedy, I would shut the computer down, disconnect the power and ribbon from the HDD, plug everything back in, and it worked fine. A variety of disk tests indicated that the drive was fine. This week, BIOS refused to see the drive for several days. I even went so far as to order a new drive. However, today, it started up without a hitch. Again, all tests indicate that the drive is fine (I'm using ASTRA32 specifically to test SMART). Anyone have any idea what's going on here? I would hate to spend time and money installing a new drive only to have it exhibit the same problem. ... and now that I think about it, I seem to remember having a similar problem with my last hard drive a year or two ago... Here are as many relevant specs as I can think of. Mobo: MSI AK75 Rev A CPU: 950 MHz Duron BIOS: Award v6.00PG RAM: 544MB HDD: IBM Deskstar 180GXP (123GB) Any recommendations on what I can check out? Thanks for your help, Joseph It could be the drive or the cables or something else, but just in case it is the drive, back it up, because if it is the drive, at some point it will quit, and you will not be able to recover your data. Todd |
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