| ign="center"> | | | | the drives. Go to the BIOS setup, and under the |
| During POST (Power On Self Test), the BIOS try to | | | | Integrated Peripherals menu, make sure that 'On Board |
| get information about all the devises | | | | HDC' is enabled for both Primary and Secondary |
| Connected to the system. After checking the | | | | channels. Also ensure that all drive types are set to |
| processor and RAM it checks for devise such you're | | | | AUTO under the Standard CMOS Setting. If you are |
| hard disk, CD-ROM, etc., and display them on screen | | | | not comfortable with changing the BIOS values, just |
| with messages such | | | | reset the BIOS to factory defaults. |
| As 'detecting IDE drives
' and Found Primary | | | | When all else fails, so has your hard disk send it to a |
| Master
.'etc. Sometimes your BIOS | | | | technician for servicing. |
| Just refuses to recognize your hard disk, basically | | | | For More Articles |
| making it useless-there's no way windows will | | | | |
| recognize your hard disk if the BIOS doesn't. Let's see | | | | Prakash Bengani is a computer hardware expert , for |
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| The most common reason is a loose or badly | | | | |
| connected data cable. Make sure the data cable is | | | | Report this article |
| plugged in properly, both into the hard disk, as well as | | | | This article is free for republishing |
| the motherboard. The same goes for power cable, so | | | | Source: |
| check that as well. Also, make sure that the red lines | | | | Republish this article |
| on the data cable and power cable are adjacent to | | | | |
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| One you've ruled out any cable problems, check the | | | | >> Why am i unable to send emails? it gives me |
| jumper setting on the drives. If two drives are | | | | an error message saying the message cannot be sent |
| connected to a port, make sure one is set as master | | | | and thats all. |
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| Next, make sure your drive controllers on your | | | | heck can I fix this? Not getting any response from |
| motherboard are not disabled. These controllers control | | | | AOL???? |
| IDE devices, and without them the BIOS cannot detect | | | | |