Hard Drive first not booting Windows, now not recognized in BIOS

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  1. F5ing
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    Sorry, thought you were back home...
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  3. SavageEagle
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    sibbil said:
    Sorry, thought you were back home...
    Not yet. Had some free time so I whipped it out and fired her up. Wait. That sounds bad. Meh. Anyway, yeah, at least BIOS recognizes the HDD again. That's a plus. One step closer. I'm praying I don't have to replace the MB. Dell's are bad enough. I've never swapped a Samsung before. This is why I prefer building desktops.
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  4. SavageEagle
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    Crap. Once again the HDD is not recognized in BIOS. I'm completely baffled. I don't know what to do.
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  6. SavageEagle
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    Sorry for all the posts. It seems that when I disconnect the power cord, the HDD shows up in BIOS. When the cord is connected, it will not. This gets stranger and stranger.
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  7. EzioAuditore
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    SavageEagle said:
    Sorry for all the posts. It seems that when I disconnect the power cord, the HDD shows up in BIOS. When the cord is connected, it will not. This gets stranger and stranger.
    When you get access to your system again try How To Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS)
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  8. karlsnooks
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    Please read the tutorial on using MemTest86+ from the link in my post #15.

    Follow the tutorial.
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  10. SavageEagle
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    EzioAuditore said:
    SavageEagle said:
    Sorry for all the posts. It seems that when I disconnect the power cord, the HDD shows up in BIOS. When the cord is connected, it will not. This gets stranger and stranger.
    When you get access to your system again try How To Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS)
    As it is a laptop, I cannot find the CMOS Battery. I have reset the defaults to no avail.
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  11. karlsnooks
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    Let us know when you have completed running MemTest86+
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  12. SavageEagle
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    karlsnooks said:
    Let us know when you have completed running MemTest86+
    That'll be in a couple weeks.
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