Yesterday I installed a new SSD and re-installed my OS and a bunch of non-game programs onto it, then formatted my 500GB WD HDD which used to hold the OS and all programs and games, while leaving my remaining 250 WD HDD untouched as it had file backups and media on it.
All the controllers are running in AHCI mode in both the BIOS and Windows 7
Yesterday all the drives were running fine, plus I installed 2 games onto the 500GB HDD and I shut down and rebooted many times during update installs yesterday, with all drives showing up fine.
Today, however, the 500GB HDD does not show up in either the BIOS (using auto-detect) or on "My Computer" in Windows.
So I checked the cables - all seemed ok. I changed the SATA port from SATA_2 to SATA_4 but still no luck. I updated the motherboard BIOS from F6 to F8 - no change. I tried to change SATA ports 4&5 to IDE mode and run it in SATA_4 - no luck (reverted to AHCI). I checked to see if the platter was spinning by vibration - I feel vibration but I don't know if it's from the HDD or from the 250GB one below it as the 250GB drive is warm, whereas the 500GB one is not!
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (AM3) Revision 1.0 BIOS F8
Drive configuation:
SATA_0 (AHCI) LG 22x DVDRW
SATA_1 (AHCI) Corsair 60GB Force 3 SATA III SSD (Forceware 1.3.3)
SATA_2 (AHCI) Empty (used to hold Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD)
SATA_3 (AHCI) Empty (used to hold Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD)
SATA_4 (AHCI) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD (***NOT BEING DETECTED***)
SATA_5 (AHCI) Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD
Again, it was working fine yesterday, however when I turned the system on today, it was not detected. I really hope the drive hasn't failed - those things cost a fortune now since the floods in and around Taiwan!
All the controllers are running in AHCI mode in both the BIOS and Windows 7
Yesterday all the drives were running fine, plus I installed 2 games onto the 500GB HDD and I shut down and rebooted many times during update installs yesterday, with all drives showing up fine.
Today, however, the 500GB HDD does not show up in either the BIOS (using auto-detect) or on "My Computer" in Windows.
So I checked the cables - all seemed ok. I changed the SATA port from SATA_2 to SATA_4 but still no luck. I updated the motherboard BIOS from F6 to F8 - no change. I tried to change SATA ports 4&5 to IDE mode and run it in SATA_4 - no luck (reverted to AHCI). I checked to see if the platter was spinning by vibration - I feel vibration but I don't know if it's from the HDD or from the 250GB one below it as the 250GB drive is warm, whereas the 500GB one is not!
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (AM3) Revision 1.0 BIOS F8
Drive configuation:
SATA_0 (AHCI) LG 22x DVDRW
SATA_1 (AHCI) Corsair 60GB Force 3 SATA III SSD (Forceware 1.3.3)
SATA_2 (AHCI) Empty (used to hold Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD)
SATA_3 (AHCI) Empty (used to hold Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD)
SATA_4 (AHCI) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD (***NOT BEING DETECTED***)
SATA_5 (AHCI) Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA II 7,200rpm, 16MB Cache 3.5" HDD
Again, it was working fine yesterday, however when I turned the system on today, it was not detected. I really hope the drive hasn't failed - those things cost a fortune now since the floods in and around Taiwan!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bitAMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (st...8GB Corsair Red Vengeance @1333MHz 9-9-9-24 D...XFX AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB (stock)
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Myself
- OS
- Windows 7 Home-Premium 64bit
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (stock) with CM V8
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (AM3)
- Memory
- 8GB Corsair Red Vengeance @1333MHz 9-9-9-24 Dual-Channel
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB (stock)
- Sound Card
- Onboard Realtek Azalea 8.1 Channel
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung Syncmaster P2250 DVI-D
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080@60Hz
- Hard Drives
- 1. 60GB (55.7GiB) Corsair Force 3 SSD (firmware 1.3.3) SATA III (in SATA II mode) - contains OS, drivers and non-game programs
2. 500GB (465GiB) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA II 7,200rpm 16MB Cache - contains games
3. 250GB (232GiB) Weste
- PSU
- Corsair TX750W 750W PSU with 4x PCI-E 6+2-pin connectors
- Case
- Lancool [Lian Li] PC-K62 Dragonlord (originally w/blue fans)
- Cooling
- Lian Li: 3x140mm, 1x120mm | Bitfenix: 1x140mm - ALL RED LED
- Keyboard
- Logitech G110
- Mouse
- Logitech MX518
- Internet Speed
- BT Infinity Option 2 ~38Mbps download, ~8Mbps upload
- Other Info
- Also have a Logitech G27 Racing Wheel, Creative Fatal1ty Stereo headset, Logitech X-140 Stereo Speakers, a disused Xbox 360 USB game controller pad and a CM Storm WoC M4 Mouse mat. The *GB of Corsair Red Vengeance DRAM is the CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R set which can run at 1600MHz at 9-9-9-24 in Intel's XMP but my AMD board doesn't have this and it's not recommended for AMD Phenom II's anyway.
