specs
Mobo: Gigabyte 880ga-ud3h (Rev. 2.2)
CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 BE (3.2Ghz stock)
Ram: Corsair xms3 4x2Gb 1333mhz sticks (8Gb total, now running only 2Gb total)
Storage: OCZ Agility 3 60Gb ssd (sandforce drivers) -/- Western Digital Caviar Black 400gb sata hdd
Graphics: Evga Nvidia GTX 470 SOC
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 750Watt Psu
a few weeks ago, i got a new OCZ Agility 3 60gb ssd and Corsair Carbide series 500r computer case (got myself a Christmas present). i moved my computer to my new case and performed a clean install to set up the ssd as my primary drive, and my older Western Digital 400gb as storage for programs, steam games, and storage of files. prior to re-installing windows 7, i set up bios for ahci and had my ssd in sata port 0 and my hdd in sata port 1. i plugged my optical drive into sata port 4, because ports 4 and 5 were set to "as sata type" in bios to avoid optical problems with ahci. the operating system installed first try no problems and ran flawlessly until i turned it on yesterday and came back to a slow running desktop that wouldn't load anything and eventually hung up. no bsod or error messages and i had to hard restart it.
now it doesnt even want to start the operating system with my hdd attached. i checked bios for recognition and it wouldnt show up. when i took it out and had only the ssd in, it would boot as fast and snappy as before.
i don't know what else to do.
I've tried going down to 1 stick of ram and testing them all, nothing
i tried every sata port configuration i could think of
the drive is spinning up and i tested the sata cable and tried others
tried many different bios settings even setting all sata ports to ide for maximum chance of compatibility
i'm now on a brand new clean install and cannot get this hdd to work
if i do get it to boot with this hdd attached my computer is bogged down at startup and often results in system hang. (still does not recognize hdd)
the ssd works no matter what sata port i move it to
note: this hdd was originally from a raid 0 array with another identical drive that i connected in place to see if it would be recognized and the same issue persisted. i haven't been able to test the hdd in an external enclosure but i see no reason why it shouldn't work if an identical hard drive i know worked weeks before i installed my ssd, does the same thing.
any recommendations are greatly appreciated. if you want pics of components, bios settings, windows, or components i will post them. it just seems so backwards for the older hardware to not work while a brand new ssd i barely have any experience with works no matter what i'm trying.
should have more time later this week to test the hdd in another system or external enclosure. if thats not it, then im dead in the water and at a bad time with the new semester of college coming soon.
thanks in advance
Mobo: Gigabyte 880ga-ud3h (Rev. 2.2)
CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 BE (3.2Ghz stock)
Ram: Corsair xms3 4x2Gb 1333mhz sticks (8Gb total, now running only 2Gb total)
Storage: OCZ Agility 3 60Gb ssd (sandforce drivers) -/- Western Digital Caviar Black 400gb sata hdd
Graphics: Evga Nvidia GTX 470 SOC
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 750Watt Psu
a few weeks ago, i got a new OCZ Agility 3 60gb ssd and Corsair Carbide series 500r computer case (got myself a Christmas present). i moved my computer to my new case and performed a clean install to set up the ssd as my primary drive, and my older Western Digital 400gb as storage for programs, steam games, and storage of files. prior to re-installing windows 7, i set up bios for ahci and had my ssd in sata port 0 and my hdd in sata port 1. i plugged my optical drive into sata port 4, because ports 4 and 5 were set to "as sata type" in bios to avoid optical problems with ahci. the operating system installed first try no problems and ran flawlessly until i turned it on yesterday and came back to a slow running desktop that wouldn't load anything and eventually hung up. no bsod or error messages and i had to hard restart it.
now it doesnt even want to start the operating system with my hdd attached. i checked bios for recognition and it wouldnt show up. when i took it out and had only the ssd in, it would boot as fast and snappy as before.
i don't know what else to do.
I've tried going down to 1 stick of ram and testing them all, nothing
i tried every sata port configuration i could think of
the drive is spinning up and i tested the sata cable and tried others
tried many different bios settings even setting all sata ports to ide for maximum chance of compatibility
i'm now on a brand new clean install and cannot get this hdd to work
if i do get it to boot with this hdd attached my computer is bogged down at startup and often results in system hang. (still does not recognize hdd)
the ssd works no matter what sata port i move it to
note: this hdd was originally from a raid 0 array with another identical drive that i connected in place to see if it would be recognized and the same issue persisted. i haven't been able to test the hdd in an external enclosure but i see no reason why it shouldn't work if an identical hard drive i know worked weeks before i installed my ssd, does the same thing.
any recommendations are greatly appreciated. if you want pics of components, bios settings, windows, or components i will post them. it just seems so backwards for the older hardware to not work while a brand new ssd i barely have any experience with works no matter what i'm trying.
should have more time later this week to test the hdd in another system or external enclosure. if thats not it, then im dead in the water and at a bad time with the new semester of college coming soon.
thanks in advance