I just got a used ASUS A7V266E mobo and was using Windows when the mobo started beeping and gave me a kernel panic, now my hard drive isn't being detected by the BIOS or the Windows XP installation CD. I want to reinstall the OS now, but is there any way I can do that?
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Kernel panic now HD is gone
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EvilTwinSkippy
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Well, if BIOS isn't detecting the HDD, that's not a good sign. Do you have a spare HDD that you can hook up to see if BIOS will detect it? See whether it's a HDD issue or a mobo/BIOS issue.
By any chance to you have a (GASP!) floppy drive and if so did you make a rescue disk?
By any chance to you have a (GASP!) floppy drive and if so did you make a rescue disk?
I just tried another hard drive and it won't recognize that either. I also booted to OliveBSD (a live cd that uses OBSD 3.8) and then took it out and rebooted and the Windows screen appeared, but never finished loading. After that I rebooted and it stopped recognizing the hard drive again... Is there anything else I can try?
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Try hooking it to the secondary IDE channel. If that doesn't work, I'm no expert but it sounds like your mobo may be shot (or at least the IDE controller).
The CDROM and HDD are on separate IDE channels and I just switched them around like you suggested and still the HDD isn't detected, just the CDROM and FDD.
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When you say 'used,' do you mean refurb from a manufacturer or retailer, or that you bought it from someone under-the-table?
under the table... He had good Heatware and ITrader references though...
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The CDROM and HDD are on separate IDE channels and I just switched them around like you suggested and still the HDD isn't detected, just the CDROM and FDD.
Hmmm.... that's a bit of a puzzler. Normally I would say it sounds like a good indication that your HDD is fried, but if you've already tried another known good drive and BIOS isn't recognizing it.......well that's just weird. Are you sure the jumper is set correctly on the spare HDD? Also might want to try unhooking all of your other IDE devices while you're trying to get the HDD detected.
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And how was it packaged and how did it arrive? I guess I'm saying that it could've been damaged en route, assuming that the seller made a good effort (as indicated by his heatware rating) to protect it for transport.
Maybe you could contact him and ask him specifically why he was selling it (if you don't already know).
I'm not sure, so help me on this. Would a motherboard in a situation like this still have a warranty of some kind?
Yeah it's set to master and is the only device connected to the IDE cable. I'll try just the HDD next...
It was packaged fine, and he was selling it so he could buy more current hardware. I'll see what I can find on the warranty for it, thanks
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I'm not sure how to figure it out. I'm hoping it's a BIOS malfunction and not due to a physical defect.
I'm not familiar with this board. Does the BIOS support USB? I'd try to flash the BIOS via USB or 3.5" floppy to hopefully overwrite an error somewhere. Other than that I hope it's a minor fix or there's some warranty coverage.
I'm not familiar with this board. Does the BIOS support USB? I'd try to flash the BIOS via USB or 3.5" floppy to hopefully overwrite an error somewhere. Other than that I hope it's a minor fix or there's some warranty coverage.
Well I just reconnected the IDE and power cable to my IDE hard drive, turned it on, and now the BIOS detects my hard drive. Unfortunately when I try to reinstall Windows XP, it only gets to the partition part where I want to install it and it doesn't list any of my partitions, but says "Setup cannot access this disk." If I push enter it bluescreens with a page fault error caused by the setupdd.sys file.
From your last post it really sounds like the IDE controller on the board as others have suggested.
I didnt see any posts that metion checking your jumper settings. I have alot of trouble with intel boards and maxtor hdd's. They are extremly sensitive to the jummper setting, however it should be either detected or not. It shouldnt have "Disk Access Error's" when it is detected.
I didnt see any posts that metion checking your jumper settings. I have alot of trouble with intel boards and maxtor hdd's. They are extremly sensitive to the jummper setting, however it should be either detected or not. It shouldnt have "Disk Access Error's" when it is detected.
It's an IBM Desktar 60GXP, and I'm sure the jumper is set right. If it was the IDE controller, wouldn't the CDROM drive be giving me problems too? The CDROM seems to be working fine...
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Could be bad Windows media. If OBSD live boots and works fine, there you go.
I personally use Knoppix for forensics, so I know how it works, but I've never used a BSD distro, so I cannot comment there. If you were to grap Knoppix and boot from it, you can actually test if you have RW access to the drive, because it has an NTFS driver. I don't see the fact that the NTFS driver is use at your own risk as a problem here, since you are destroying the data anyway via an FDISK/Format for your install.
Beyond that, when you boot via OSBD, what does LSPCI say? Is it detecting your IDE channel? Will the disk mount if it is formatted? After it mounts, can you do an ls for directory/file structure? (I'm assuming that the BSD commands are similar to Linux commands. If you were to grab knoppix, or some other Linux flavor, it would be easier for me to help you - as I said, I don't know BSD, but since it is *Nix, we might get somewhere )
If the answer to any of that is yes, and I would get a new install disk/media . If lspci -v recognizes your hardware, and you can try partitioning it and formatting it to see if it will mount.
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I missed that part the first time I read this thread. DEFINITELY try new media for my install.
Other than that, I'd also suggest that you try your install by stripping down everything but the essentials - i.e. remove any extra stuff.
It could very well be your power supply. It has enough juice to power most of your stuff, but not enough to spin up your hard drive. I had that happen to me one time. It could also be that your hard disk died. That's pretty easy to test by any of the other things I mentioned before, and even better by sticking it in a computer that you know is good and seeing if it reads and writes.
I personally use Knoppix for forensics, so I know how it works, but I've never used a BSD distro, so I cannot comment there. If you were to grap Knoppix and boot from it, you can actually test if you have RW access to the drive, because it has an NTFS driver. I don't see the fact that the NTFS driver is use at your own risk as a problem here, since you are destroying the data anyway via an FDISK/Format for your install.
Beyond that, when you boot via OSBD, what does LSPCI say? Is it detecting your IDE channel? Will the disk mount if it is formatted? After it mounts, can you do an ls for directory/file structure? (I'm assuming that the BSD commands are similar to Linux commands. If you were to grab knoppix, or some other Linux flavor, it would be easier for me to help you - as I said, I don't know BSD, but since it is *Nix, we might get somewhere
)If the answer to any of that is yes, and I would get a new install disk/media . If lspci -v recognizes your hardware, and you can try partitioning it and formatting it to see if it will mount.
EDIT:
I missed that part the first time I read this thread. DEFINITELY try new media for my install.
Other than that, I'd also suggest that you try your install by stripping down everything but the essentials - i.e. remove any extra stuff.
It could very well be your power supply. It has enough juice to power most of your stuff, but not enough to spin up your hard drive. I had that happen to me one time. It could also be that your hard disk died. That's pretty easy to test by any of the other things I mentioned before, and even better by sticking it in a computer that you know is good and seeing if it reads and writes.
Good call on Knoppix, it downloaded the latest version last night and booted and it detected all of my partitions. Although when I first booted I went to the BIOS menu and it didn't detect my hard drive again, but when I exited and rebooted it detected it.
Edit: When my computer crashed and gave me a kernel panic, I was transfering files via FTP to my other computer. I just noticed that now in Knoppix, the partition that I was copying files from is gone. When I tried installing OBSD 4.0, it said the drive was only 31 gigs instead of 60.
Edit: When my computer crashed and gave me a kernel panic, I was transfering files via FTP to my other computer. I just noticed that now in Knoppix, the partition that I was copying files from is gone. When I tried installing OBSD 4.0, it said the drive was only 31 gigs instead of 60.