Recent content by gianmarc

Ok so I reset the BIOS and cleared the CMOS and neither hard drives came up. I tried both hard drives separately, and in both IDE and ACHI. I popped in a new one that I just got today, and it came up right away. Guess the hard drives are busted. One for sure is damaged. I'm going to see if I...

Ok thanks a lot I will try that later when I'm home! I noticed earlier that in the Windows 7 installation when asked to choose drivers from a drive, the HDD came up (as the X: drive) along with the DVD drive, and my USB key. I would think that that is an indication of something good? Just...

Yep, just added every possible driver from Asus' website for my motherboard and chipset. No matter what Windows 7 install finds the driver but tells me no drives were found after attempting to load it in the installation. I don't know what else to do.

So, I've tried Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit, in both IDE and AHCI mode, and the hard drive is not found in the BIOS nor the installation. The install will not find the drivers or use the ones that I provide on a CD or USB key from Asus' website. I tried a Windows XP installation, too using the...

Thanks for replying! Yeah, they are used, and supposedly they were tested and functional, but they weren't at all working. Perhaps during shipping they were damaged, or I got swindled. Luckily the person is willing to refund the money, and I used eBay, too. I think the BIOS was already set to...

Hello there, I'm a renewed computer enthusiast and it's been awhile since I've built a PC, but I recently built one, and I'm having trouble with my motherboard's BIOS and Windows 7 not recognizing my hard drive. This is a lower budget computer around $400-500 I believe. Specs: Motherboard...