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internal Houdini Drives not being recognized (disappearing act)
Not sure what the problem is , I need help
--short story long...
Been on Win7 for a couple years. (On Win7 HomePremium)
Win7 on partition of my main HD (sata) (Western Digital- have had good luck with them over the years)
had a second 320 gig HD (sata) (WD)
and a third 12 year old WD ide 40 gig (scuzzy, mainly just backups)
Abit IP35Pro mobo (was suspecting sata connects)
It's been fine. Until maybe a few months ago when my 320 gig hd blinked out once. I ended up clean reinstal windows, wiped it, lost some data. changing the sata connections brought it back. Might've happened twice.
It's been fine since.
Last week I'm playing L4D2 and lock up. Have to kill it with the restart button. Boot up and my 2nd and 3rd HD's are gone. Eventually after reboots and screwing with them they come back. For a little while. Gone again.
Get my 320 gig to come back, leave my computer idling and run off to buy a new HD. Guy at store drops the last one on the ground in front of me. I buy it anyway , get home and my 320 Gig is gone again. At least i backed up the one file i needed.
So I plug in the dropped HD (Seagate) and win7 doesn't see it, neither does BIOS. I take it back for refund.
Have to mail order one (WD)... put it in last night. Showed up on first boot. Formatted it (slow format). Started coping files over...
Bam! gone. Now I can't see it anymore.
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I have:
* run windows repair.
* tried every sata connection. (my main hd and DVD show up on EVERY sata connect every time I reboot). The new HD (and my 2 old ones) won't show up on any sata connects, even using the same cables that work for my main HD and DVD.
* reinstalled JMicro storage device
*reinstalled all Mobo and sata drivers.
* tried booting win7 from disc with only new HD plugged in (doesn't detect)
*reset CMOS, no effect
*used WD lifeguard tools, doiesn't detect the drive.
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What now?
Is my PSU frying new HD's? Why wouldn't it fry my main one? It's running a HD, DVD, ati 5850, mobo, fans no problem.
Is my Mobo not detecting HD's? Why would it always detect my main instal HD?
Is Win7 screwing me? Searches last night showed there at least WERE issues like this around launch time. Though I see another thread here where a guy isn't seeing his external HD's.
I don't have another system to try parts in. But I swear i have hit every possible issue but can't pin it down. It just doesn't make any sense to me at all.
Last edited by Baddcog; 03 Mar 2012 at 12:14.