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bios not reading harddrive

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by j30, Jun 9, 2006.

j30 Private E-2

hello. sometimes when i start my puter the bios will not read the harddrive that win xp is on now when i reset the bios it will load just fine do i have a harddrive going bad or would it be the bios or motherboard thanx for reading this and maybe helping me out with this problem

j30, Jun 9, 2006

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ASUS MajorGeek

Sounds like could be a dying HDD
I'd run a HDD Diagnostic Utility they are free from the HDD manufacture some are avaible here at Mg on the Front Page

You said you reset BIOS then she loads, resetting BIOS, meaning reset CMOS??

Ya might check your HDD cables,

ASUS, Jun 9, 2006

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TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

You have more than one hard drive??? Are they set properly (master and slave)?
(Cable select for both)? In the bios ...are they both set to auto detect?

TimW, Jun 9, 2006

#3
Plaphon Specialist

can't it be because of the bad cable?

Plaphon, Jun 10, 2006

#4
TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

Could be bad cable ...could be not in the proper order on the cable (IE: master not on last connector).

TimW, Jun 10, 2006

#5
j30 Private E-2

yep it was the cable. but thats ok i just got new cables with my new mb m2n32-sli deluxe + the amd x2 3800+ and it rocks

j30, Aug 24, 2006

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