BlueMak

I don't know if it is possible it was damaged during shipping, but it isn't detected by Windows. It has power, it opens ok, and I checked the cables and they are all fastened. Suggestions?

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Judas

try replaceing the sata/ide cable.... moveing to another port on the motherboard...

last resort.... take it out of the machine and shake it

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MIG-31

I have similar problems as you in the past.. Sometimes it could just be a simple solution.

Try the same cable on a different slot on the mobo.If that don't work try another cable if possible.

The option that worked for my problem was to re flsh the firmware..So try to find if the latest firmware for the drive and see if it will flash.I did need to use another pc to do this..

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comp_ali

Try resetting CMOS , it worked sometimes when I had the same problem.

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BlueMak

I decided I don't care enough for it. I plugged in a USB powered (1 usb only for both) DVDRW drive for whenever I need to install something. I don't feel like opening the case again.

I have a bad history with these drives. I have one not working almost every year (different PCs too).

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Judas

Get a pioneer DVR-216 and never have to worry about it..

or get a Pioneer drive with blu-ray support.. and be set for a number of years

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BlueMak

Nah, no money. If I had money I would get a BR drive and a few movies. My guess is this will happen in or around 2011.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

CDsDontBurn

perhaps it's a BIOS related issue? like something dumb. have you checked to see if the IDE/SATA port it's on is set up in RAID mode? if so, remove the RAID option of that port and windows should then see it properly.

and while in the BIOS and you've made those changes (if they were necessary), check to see if the drive is detected by the BIOS.

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BlueMak

How can I see if trhe BIOS detects it?

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Tyrsonswood

It will be listed, just like your other drives...... often by name because the bios reads the drive specifics from the drive's rom

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BlueMak

There was nothing there.

I noticed there was an error message while booting something about no hard drive found, though Vista would load just fine.
So...
Last night I was VEEEEERYYY bored so I opened the case, removed the graphics card and checked a few things. There were 2 problems. 1, two of the internal usb connections to make the case's usb connection work, were no longer plugged in. I placed them back in but they are very loose. The second problem was the dvdrw ide connector to the mainboard was not 100% in place. I have NO idea how it came loose but anyway, I fixed it and now everything looks and runs fine. Including the absense of any error messages.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Tyrsonswood

Glad you got it fixed........... shippers are pretty rough on these things.

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BlueMak

Yeah, I am almost glad I won't have to ship one again.

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This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

procupine14

No kidding, I think EVERY HDD failure that I have ever had on my rig and clients' rigs has been within two weeks of shipping. UPS seem especially rough here in the states with handling. I actually got a box that was all crushed in on the side with a large boot print in the middle of it. My thought? "oh F***ing great the UPS guy punted my Brand New Samsung 1tb drive!!!" I haven't checked to see if it works yet because I am still working but ooooo if its not.

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Tyrsonswood

UPS stomp of approval...... It's how they get the last box in the truck.

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temeteus82

btw. did the BIOS detect the drive during boot??? if it did not then it might be cable or SATA cfg related issue...

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Judas

ide cable loose... how the hell?

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Tipstaff

Just a note about the bios, sometimes the drive will not show up. For instance on the Asus P6T WS Pro (X58 chipset) when the controller is set to RAID (and AHCI too) no optical drives show up in the bios except in 1 place: the boot order. Even hard drives don't show up. The only other place to see it during bootup is when the Intel Matrix Storage Controller starts to list what's connected to it. At that point you see what's connected and what's not.

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BlueMak

It did not. Yes, it was the IDE cable that was plugged in the mainboard. Not the drive side. I don't know how it is possible, but, meh.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.