second Hardrive not showing in bios/disk management

[brettyb2006]

Hi there,

So I am here because I am having some hard drive problems. Firstly for my Primary drive i am still running my old 250gb Hard drive (with windows already installed on this drive). Secondly, for my slave drive i have a Samsung Spinpoint 1TB Hard drive that wont display in my bios or in disk management. The 1TB drive seems to spin up fine etc. but i just can get it to display so i was just wondering if someone here could help me get this to work so i can format this new disk. Also i must add that my motherboard is an ASUS p8z68-v-pro board.

Thanks in advance

 

[tman69]

check the connections--make sure that the drive is connected to one of the BLUE sata3 ports (there should be 4) and NOT to the GRAY sata6 ports (should be 2 ports)

it is also possible that you 'might' need to update your BIOS (but this could be a bit extreme) or firmware--see:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS P8Z68-V PRO

and

http://support.asus.com/Search/KDetail.aspx?SLanguage=en&no=9EDC75DC-7864-541B-2CC4-B6A07951198D&t=2

 

[brettyb2006]

check the connections--make sure that the drive is connected to one of the BLUE sata3 ports (there should be 4) and NOT to the GRAY sata6 ports (should be 2 ports)

it is also possible that you may need to update your BIOS--see:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS P8Z68-V PRO

Hi Tman,

Thanks for your reply!

Currently the 1TB drive is connected to the blue port "sata3g_3"with a 3gb's sata cable. I am currently running bios 0902 and have just noticed there is a recent bios update. I will try an update and see how it goes and will post back ASAP.

Cheers

 

[whs]

tman is right. You have a Sata connection problem. The power apparently works, else it would not spin.

 

[PooMan UK]

Correct me if I'm wrong .... but I have 2 drives SATA3 connected into the SATA6 ports and they are working fine ... isn't SATA6 backward compatible .... just trying to get some clarification

 

[brettyb2006]

Correct me if I'm wrong .... but I have 2 drives SATA3 connected into the SATA6 ports and they are working fine ... isn't SATA6 backward compatible .... just trying to get some clarification

wow now im confused.. haha, ok so ill try break it down again as to how im running before my bios upgrade.

my master 250gb drive (with windows) is connected to my "sata3g_4"port.
and my new drive the 1TB (drive not working) is connected to my "sata3g_3"port, both drives are connected with sata 3gb/s cables and in bios mode i have AHCI enabled. Hope this helps ?

Cheers

 

[whs]

You can use the Sata3 ports. They are indeed backward compatible. But I would try IDE in lieu of AHCI. And check that the Sata cable is really well connected - on both ends.

 

[brettyb2006]

check the connections--make sure that the drive is connected to one of the BLUE sata3 ports (there should be 4) and NOT to the GRAY sata6 ports (should be 2 ports)

it is also possible that you 'might' need to update your BIOS (but this could be a bit extreme) or firmware--see:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. - Motherboards- ASUS P8Z68-V PRO

and

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support-

I beleive this patch will fix my issue, i have saved the file to a bootable source, and im wondering how i boot to dos i cant remember, i need to do this so i can run this patch from my USB ?

Cheers

 

[brettyb2006]

Ok so i have just updated my bios.

And still no luck with second Hard drive, so id like to try this patch from the above site given here. But i am unsure how to boot from my USB as ive had a memory blank! haha any ideas ?? :banghead:

Cheers

 

[scrooge]

have you tryed moving the drive from port 4 to another port say port 3 just to make sure port 4 on your board is not bad?

scrooge

 

[brettyb2006]

Hey Scrooge,

I have tried most ports, its very weird.

I think the flash might need doing with this drive im gonna burn it to a cd i just found, as i cant get my usb to boot. And try the flash to see how it goes. Ill post back shortly hopefully.

Cheers

 

[brettyb2006]

hmm ok that didnt work..

ill try plugging the drive into another port..

 

[brettyb2006]

Ok so i have changed ports, and still no show in bios or disk management. I even tried changing the bios settings to IDE mode instead of AHCI mode and at start up all i end up getting is a cursor in the top left hand corner of that black screen that just sits there and flash's and windows does not load. *sigh* .. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

 

[scrooge]

do you have another system you can try it on?
where did you get the harddrive?
can you return it for another one?
that's about all i got (sorry).

scrooge

 

[brettyb2006]

do you have another system you can try it on?
where did you get the harddrive?
can you return it for another one?
that's about all i got (sorry).

scrooge

Hey scrooge.

I got these hard drives cheaps from a local shop. They were selling them as damaged stock really really cheaps, when i purchased it they had motherboards setup so u could plug and play your potential hardware to check for faults. So i ended up buying x2 of these drives. This one must be a dud, even though i know its getting power. Ill try the second drive i had got from there that i have sitting beside me and ill re-post...its a pain having power down and reboot all the time LOL but ill see if this other drive is any better..

I appreciate the help so far, thanks

 

[scrooge]

do you have another system you can try it on?
where did you get the harddrive?
can you return it for another one?
that's about all i got (sorry).

scrooge

Hey scrooge.

I got these hard drives cheaps from a local shop. They were selling them as damaged stock really really cheaps, when i purchased it they had motherboards setup so u could plug and play your potential hardware to check for faults. So i ended up buying x2 of these drives. This one must be a dud, even though i know its getting power. Ill try the second drive i had got from there that i have sitting beside me and ill re-post...its a pain having power down and reboot all the time LOL but ill see if this other drive is any better..

I appreciate the help so far, thanks

not for nothing and not to be a buttheat but .....

there's a old saying that go's like this .(you get what you pay for). sorry to say you just learned that the hard way. hope you didn't pay to much for it..


scrooge

 

[brettyb2006]

Hey Scrooge,

Nah ur exactly correct! i got both drives for 10AUD was worth a shot, when they were tested they both spin up, but i just cant get them to register as they should. So im guessing some part must be faulty.. Was worth the gamble in my opinion, could of been a good winner! but oh well..

Thanks for all the help here, was greatly appreciated.

Cheers