pcchip bios doesn't detect hard drive

Discussion in 'CPU, Motherboards and Memory' started by Dorian Cuentas Machicao, Mar 12, 2011.

  1. Dorian Cuentas Machicao

    Dorian Cuentas Machicao Geek Trainee

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    Hi.

    I have a pc chip A21G v.1.1 motherboard that wasn't using for a couple of months, i try to assemble it and sudenly stop working correctly, doesn't recognize sata hard drives, i tried with 3 different disks in different sata plugs, i also reset the bios (jp2 jumper), take out the battery, load optimal settings from bios setup, even i considered update the bios butthe last version is already installed (current tools work on windows or dos but i use gnulinux), please my mainboard is dead?, bios seem to load normal when i unplug all sata hard drives when one sata drive is plugged bios seems to hangup, please help.

    Thanks.
     
    Dorian Cuentas Machicao, Mar 12, 2011
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  2. cube_

    cube_ Mega Geek

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    How many sata hard drives do you have connected?
     
    cube_, Mar 12, 2011
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  3. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Some older motherboards had issues with SATA II (300) drives when they first appeared and had a jumper setting to render them in a SATA I (150) mode. I don't know if this comes into play with a SATA III (600) drive, so check the drive/manual about this.

    Also, try a different SATA data cable just in case.
     
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