Cannot detect hard disk

>>Its very urgent

Really?  

a good way to tell what PIN 1 on the hdd is: a general rule of thumb, pin 1 closest to the Molex connector (power).

about 95% of the time this is true.... check that!!! [jhance mentioned this]


good luck,
tz  =)
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i would personally check that the jumper on the back oif the hardrive is set to MS if its a master drive.

then make sure the power cable and ide cable are firmly pushed on.

reboot computer or power up shall i say and go into BIOS settings,

perphirals, and detect hard drive,

it then should find it.

then save and exit

reboot computer

walla it should be there.

if its a slave then do the same but set the jumper to SL or failing that CS.

good luck
Andy

From this Identification you have a A-Trend 6310 Motherboard
06/18/98 - i440EX-W977-ATC-6130C-00

That is dated before larger than 8.4gb partition became affordable on the market

Here is your manual
ftp://ftp.atrend.com.tw/ftppub/Manuals/Motherboard/Slot1/ATC-6130/

Your Motherboard drivers
ftp://ftp.atrend.com.tw/ftppub/Driver/Motherboard/INTEL/BX_LX_ALL%20IN%20ONE%20Motherboard_CD_DRIVER_Ver1.0r07/

Your BIOS update which is dated 9/29/98
ftp://ftp.atrend.com.tw/ftppub/Bios/Motherboard/Slot_1/Atc-6130E%20FOR%20INTEL%20EX%20CHIP/


I am not sure that your BIOS is going to be able to handle the larger hard drive it depends on if what is the update.  Once you go over this information.

Make Certain that these MATCH your MOTHERBOARD BEFORE FLASHING ANY BIOS! Also to do all the other steps first before advancing to this solution.

the comment what TWIZ is trying to say is,

make sure that the red stripe on the IDE cable is closest to the power socket on the actaul device.

sometimes you can fit the IDE cable either way around but it will only work one way and thats the way where the red stripe is closest the power socket on the Device your plugging the IDE cable into.

hence pin 1

hope this helps you to understand what they are saying

cheers
Andy

But with the IDE cable being backwards it wouldn't necessarly power up at all.  Depending on the APCI and motherboard detection process.  This is an older Award BIOS so anything is likely

Depending on the hard drive - they normally come with a utility to bypass the BIOS using a BIOS overlay.
This could solve your problem.

Depending on the manufacturer of the hard drive, you can download diagnostic utilities  and BIOS overlay programs from their sites to check the drives.
 www.seagate.com
  www.maxtor.com 
   www.westerndigital.com
    www.ibm.com 
http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/welcome.htm
    www.fujitsu.com 

I hope this helps !

to expand on SysExpert's comment you will need to know what type exactly of segate you have here is a more accurate link from his comment

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/

thanks for clarifying my post, andy,

it was really late!!!

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Twiz, ive been there matey :o)

Andy

You bought a 40gb Harddrive, but your BIOS will not support it..

No big deal, get a copy of Seagate's Utility that updates the BIOS..

The disk may have come with you drive if you bought it boxed,

Or you can probably download it from their Website.

Also look for any special jumper setting they recommend

I had the same problem with a Western Digital Drive I bought

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