New 160gb Hitachi hd will not boot

[LordBoreal51]

I just purchased a new hard drive for my computer, but it wont boot. Xp sp2 installs just fine. It halts on bootup.

Hitachi told me to low level format. It worked for a short amount of time, but it failed again.

My specs:

Athlon 64bit 3000+
2x 512 pqi 3200 ram
64mb Nvidia video card
lanparty UT 250gb mb

 

[StormBringer]

Run Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test on it, if it fails, RMA it. If it passes, they might give you trouble about it though since it could pass and still have a critical problem.
You might also want to test a different ribbon cable, different power cable, and maybe swap with a known good drive to make sure there isn't a problem with the controller.
Also make sure jumper settings are correct and securely in place.

 

[LordBoreal51]

Thanks

It was a bad ribbon cable, thanks for the help