HARD DRIVE GONE

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paul190

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Had crash,checked bios no hard drive detected.Ran GIGABYTE express recovery 2 utility. Message no hard drive.
Replace w/ new WD 1tb same result.All cable connections good. SATA
Windows 7 pro 64
INTEL i7 2600K LGA1155 socket
GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3-B3 (mother board)
EVGA 760 GTX PCIE 16
500 W PS
SOUND BLASTER /PCIE
DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz dual channel ram
INTEL P67 chip set.
 
Also I made an error on the power supply,it is 850 watt supply. The previouse hard drive
was also 1tb.
 
Hi @paul190 and welcome to PCHF :)

I see that you replaced the HD, but did you replace the SATA cable too? Sometimes it's just a bad SATA cable that is the issue :) Also double and triple-check to make sure all connections are secure, tight, and clean. Is your BIOS up-to date as well? Have you tried restoring settings to default to rule out bad BIOS settings?

If a new or spare SATA cable (one that you can verify works) still says the HD can't be seen and/or you've done all the above, it may very well by the motherboard that's the problem.
 
Hi,jmarket.Yes I did try different sata cables,& ports.Have not tried default bios though,will today.Thank you
for your reply.
 
Saw post about ps creating same problem,I'll check that out.Been looking around for new mb, if needed
though as I want to keep my i7 2600k cpu& 32g ram.Socket lga 1155 hard to find mb that is equal to
mine.
 
Found this mb,intel BLKDZ68DB w/ Z68 chip set.It does not have as many features as mine,but at least
it will accept cpu & ram.Any thoughts on INTEL boards,good or bad? Thanks for the input all.
 
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