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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: Clive on April 08, 2003, 16:26

Title: Bios fails to recognise hard disk
Post by: Clive on April 08, 2003, 16:26

Does anyone know why would the bios occasionally fail to recognise a hard disk & if it does recognise it it frequently fails during usage?  

Someone is attempting to blind me with science as an excuse for not updating a website so I thought I would ask the experts.

Title: Re:Bios fails to recognise hard disk
Post by: bat69 on April 08, 2003, 17:00

My first thought is that there may be a loose wire
Try the EIDE cable and the power cable, make sure they are secure

Start with the easy things  ;)

Title: Re:Bios fails to recognise hard disk
Post by: Clive on April 08, 2003, 17:03

;D  Thank you Bat.  I'm just about to impress someone with my new-found knowledge.   :heehee:

Title: Re:Bios fails to recognise hard disk
Post by: Sandra on April 08, 2003, 17:38

It may also be set to the wrong size in the BIOS,if it hasnt been set to Auto detect  :-*

Title: Re:Bios fails to recognise hard disk
Post by: Clive on April 08, 2003, 17:43

Thanks Sandra.  I'll let him deal with the cables first and see if he comes back to me.