New 500GB SATA disk not getting recognised by BIOS (old XP machine)

[aqgon_6]

Hello everyone,

I am replacing the disk on my old XP machine, and I bought a 500GB SATA 1 disk to apply on the board, an Asus K8V-X, AMD Sempron processor. I can't make the BIOS recognise the disk...

The power cable and data cable are plugged in but I don't know what to look for next. I don't even have an option to enable/disable components in the BIOS, it auto detects before opening itself, meaning the disk is never there.

It was supposed to be the only disk on the pc, so I'm unable to use Windows to solve anything since I have no OS installed...

Thank you for all your help and replies!

 

[Ralston18]

If the disk is the only disk then I would expect the new 500 GB SATA disk to be Disk (0) - not Disk (1).

Are you attempting to move the OS and data files from an older/smaller drive to the new 500GB disk..

However, overall, I believe that all you need to do is to clone the existing boot disk (Drive 0) to the new disk (as Drive 1) and then replace the existing drive with the new drive.

Please provide more information.

 

[rgd1101]

probably issue with the old bios can't read the new sata III hdd.

 

[smorizio]

even intels old x58 chipset had issues with ssd. to the thread starter if you have a local pc parts store that you can pick up a part and bring it back if it does not work you can try using a 3 party pci controler card that has newer bios/chipset to see if it run in your old rig.

 

[Karadjgne]

Have you tried power cycle the drive?

Unplug the data cable, leave the power in. Turn on pc. Let it sit for 20 mins. Turn off, unplug power cable on hdd, wait 1 minute. Repeat 2x, so will take about an hour or so. Then plug the data cable back in, see if it's recognized.

 

[aqgon_6]

Hello everyone,

Thank you for all your replies and help!

It is indeed a SATA 3.0 drive. It's the only hard drive on the pc, and I am trying to get it recognised so I can install XP on it.

I was told to try applying a jumper to dumb it down it to 1.5GBs, but it didn't work. I used a very old jumper I found but they shouldn't differ from the most recent ones right? So the problem may be elsewhere?

 

[rgd1101]

speed not the issue. issue is the old motherboard chipset/bios.
Get a sata I type hdd (the 1.5GB/s).

 

[aqgon_6]

speed not the issue. issue is the old motherboard chipset/bios.
Get a sata I type hdd (the 1.5GB/s).

Thanks, I'll just use this disk on my main pc then. If it comes to being cheaper to acquire an IDE drive, will XP fully recognise 320 or even 500GB with no partitions? Is there a limit per partition? Or will I have a drivers issue anyway?

 

[Karadjgne]

Those old systems using x86 OS like XP use MBR, it's what has pretty much been done since the hdd was invented. MBR is typically good for upto 2Tb, you'd have to switch to GPT if going with a larger drive. MBR is good for upto 4 primary partitions, if you wanted more you'd need to use extended, logical partitions, basically a partition inside a partition.

Push come to shove, use multiple smaller drives, like the 320's, which XP handles just fine, keep one for the OS and important OS related stuff like Office and Chrome etc, and keep all your mass storage like photos, games, little used stuff separate on another hdd. Wouldn't be a bad idea to even use a 3rd hdd as a backup drive.

 

[aqgon_6]

Those old systems using x86 OS like XP use MBR, it's what has pretty much been done since the hdd was invented. MBR is typically good for upto 2Tb, you'd have to switch to GPT if going with a larger drive. MBR is good for upto 4 primary partitions, if you wanted more you'd need to use extended, logical partitions, basically a partition inside a partition.

Push come to shove, use multiple smaller drives, like the 320's, which XP handles just fine, keep one for the OS and important OS related stuff like Office and Chrome etc, and keep all your mass storage like photos, games, little used stuff separate on another hdd. Wouldn't be a bad idea to even use a 3rd hdd as a backup drive.

Thanks, will do! If I could, I would select every suggestion as the solution. Thank you so much for all your help