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MrSloppy

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Hello,

This morning I turned on my computer briefly to eject something from the DVD drive and then turned it off. I come back in the afternoon to find an error message saying that I need to insert a proper boot media or select the proper boot drive.

I eventually solved the problem by swapping out the primary HDD from my SATA 0 port to a free SATA port an altered the boot up sequence accordingly.

Right now I'm still not sure what happened. Is my SATA 0 port fried?
 
How about plug the drive back into the SATA 0 port? Or plug the DVD drive into that port to see if it's recognized.
 
I've tried replugging the HDD back into slot 0 again and it's failed to recognize the HDD once more. :(
 
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I'm using a P6T motherboard, if that helps anyone in getting me any closer to a solution.
 
Try a different SATA cable
Try the hard drive in another PC to make sure that it's actually booting.
 
I'll plug in a new SATA cable the moment I get back today.

The HDD can boot up fine. I swapped to another port and the computer booted up fine again using the same cable. (Although that cable does look twisted)

Thanks to all the suggestions so far, by the way. Really appreciate this.
 
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