mobo problem: wont detect HD

[merk]

I have an MSI motherboard. Its somewhat old... 3-4 years.

Today i had to reboot it and when it came back up, it wont detect the HD. I dont think its the HD since the HD is new ... and i tried plugging in another hd along with using another ide cable and it wouldnt detect that one either. I've also had an ongoing problem where the system would slow down drastically any time i moved big files around. So i'm wondering if its possible if the onboard ide controller has fried? everything else seems to be working since it correctly detects the cpul, vid card and memory.

Oh, it does know there is a HD there because when i have it do the autodetect, it sits there for 2-3 minutes before it comes back and says there's no HD.

If i try to detect a HD on the 2nd ide channel it comes back instantly saying there's no HD. I unplugged my floppy and cd drive just to rule them out as causing problems.

I can get a chaintech board for $50 (or several other brands for around the same price) but i'd rather not waste the money, and the time in reinstalling windows, if it might be something else.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[rpmcrash]

?jumper in cs or master.

 

[merk]

jumper is in master.

i should note this was working and i made no changes to anything. it died after i rebooted the machine.

thanks

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: merk
jumper is in master.

i should note this was working and i made no changes to anything. it died after i rebooted the machine.

thanks

Did you recently flash the BIOS? or you could try that.
Maybe you should try CS just to make sure.
Will it detect the CD-rom drive on the primary EIDE controller?



2nd, it could be the motherboard, it happen on an old KT133 Abit for me. Same exact problems.

You live in Cali, so you could always get those Fry's combo deals with cpu/mobo or you can get another EIDE controller.

 

[imported_rhfactor]

Have you tried putting the HD on the secondary controller? If it can be detected then your primary is fried.