*Solved* Sata HDD intermittently not found during post
*Solved*
New Sata Cable... never thought it would be just that simple!
Hello,
I hope someone can help me with a new problem I'm running into.
The system:
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
Asus P5N-E SLI MB
2gigs PC 6400 PQI RAM (2x 1gig sticks)
Enermax FFMA II 550w Powersupply
Sony combo DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (I'd have to look up model if this is important)
Sony combo Floppy/Mutli flash card reader(same as above)
Windows Vista Home Basic 64 bit, service pack 2
SLI Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT's
Maxtor S TM3250310AS SCSI 250gig Sata HDD
System just over three years old, out of warranty but otherwise running great, was planning to continue using it for another year or two at least.
The problem:
Starting a week ago about 7 out of 10 times the HDD is not found during post when the pc is "detecting IDE drives" which leads to Boot Disk Failure. When it is detected, everything works fine, no errors or crashes.
Things I've tried without any change to the problem:
Chkdsk, clean up, defrag (holding off on a full vista reinstall)
Checking wire connections from power supply, and to mb.
Different Sata Slots on MB
Different BIOS settings, Boot priority, HDD Smart Compatability, Boot Quick/Regular.
I would imagine from here I should get new wires, get a new hard drive, and reinstall windows, maybe not quite in that order... but I'd really love some advice if anyone has any so I can try to save some time and money, I'm completely out of both these days.
Thanks for your time and support.
- Logan
*Solved*
New Sata Cable... never thought it would be just that simple!
Hello,
I hope someone can help me with a new problem I'm running into.
The system:
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
Asus P5N-E SLI MB
2gigs PC 6400 PQI RAM (2x 1gig sticks)
Enermax FFMA II 550w Powersupply
Sony combo DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (I'd have to look up model if this is important)
Sony combo Floppy/Mutli flash card reader(same as above)
Windows Vista Home Basic 64 bit, service pack 2
SLI Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT's
Maxtor S TM3250310AS SCSI 250gig Sata HDD
System just over three years old, out of warranty but otherwise running great, was planning to continue using it for another year or two at least.
The problem:
Starting a week ago about 7 out of 10 times the HDD is not found during post when the pc is "detecting IDE drives" which leads to Boot Disk Failure. When it is detected, everything works fine, no errors or crashes.
Things I've tried without any change to the problem:
Chkdsk, clean up, defrag (holding off on a full vista reinstall)
Checking wire connections from power supply, and to mb.
Different Sata Slots on MB
Different BIOS settings, Boot priority, HDD Smart Compatability, Boot Quick/Regular.
I would imagine from here I should get new wires, get a new hard drive, and reinstall windows, maybe not quite in that order... but I'd really love some advice if anyone has any so I can try to save some time and money, I'm completely out of both these days.
Thanks for your time and support.
- Logan