- Feb 28, 2006
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Major PC disaster encountered last night!
As I was surfing the web and listening to music with foobar in the background, and when I launched Excel, my PC suddenly froze and crashed - I got a blue screen of death - and on re-start, bios says I have no hard disk installed!! (I have 2 internal WD hard disks)
I tried swapping new SATA cables as well as using a different power rail. The problem did not go away. Today, I bought a new Seagate hard disk, installed it but bios still does not recognize it. When I put my hand on the hard disk, I think I feel them vibrating just a little, so I think the hard disks are at least spinning.
My guess is that the SATA controller has died on me. Any ideas on how I can know for sure what the problem is? And if it is the SATA controller's problem, does this mean time for a new board (thus new system as I am still on socket 939)?
As I was surfing the web and listening to music with foobar in the background, and when I launched Excel, my PC suddenly froze and crashed - I got a blue screen of death - and on re-start, bios says I have no hard disk installed!! (I have 2 internal WD hard disks)
I tried swapping new SATA cables as well as using a different power rail. The problem did not go away. Today, I bought a new Seagate hard disk, installed it but bios still does not recognize it. When I put my hand on the hard disk, I think I feel them vibrating just a little, so I think the hard disks are at least spinning.
My guess is that the SATA controller has died on me. Any ideas on how I can know for sure what the problem is? And if it is the SATA controller's problem, does this mean time for a new board (thus new system as I am still on socket 939)?