a7m266-d Harddrive

[Hermann]

Motherboard stoped recognizing the harddrive this morning, 60gb IBM. Put an 80gb wd drive in it and wont see it either when it posts, but win2k set-up sees it. Put the IBM back on it, it sees it but gives and I\O error trying to read. Any clues? Motherboard is a week old with 2 1900+ MPs.

 

[mechBgon]

What's your power supply, first of all (brand/model) and the rest of your system load? For an AMD dualie, a high-quality 400W+ unit is advisable. It doesn't really seem possible for Windows Setup to see a hard drive that the BIOS itself hasn't detected, so I'm wondering if you're misinterpreting what you see.

Also, you may want to download IBM Drive Fitness Test and see if your drive is healthy.