Problems with a SATA HD

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Spetsnaz201

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Yesterday I recieved my new samsung F3 500 gb hd from newegg. I started getting the bsod when i connected it. I wanted to use it as a storage drive. Today I decided install a fresh copy of win xp pro and formatted by old ide 120gb hd. Win XP Pro Sp3 installed fine. However now the bios has trouble recognizing it. Sometimes it recognizes and sometimes it doesnt. I have to turn the comp off and turn it back on for it to get recognized again. Everytime I have to go into bios and set the priority boot order to make the samsung #1. After every restart I cant even get it to load windows.

What do you guys think is the problem here. This is my first SATA HD. I also have a Sata Dvd RW drive which worked fine for 3 years.


The motherboard is Gigabyte GA-K8NS 939. It is a SATA I mobo and the HD is SATA II. I doubt that could be a problem but thought I should mention it.
 
Try another cable and/or power cable and/or another port on the MB perhaps.

Could also just be a dead drive.
 
i tried a different sata cable and a different sata port , that didnt help

any other suggestions?

i think its some kind of conflict or compatibility issue...
 
Hmm.. it could be that since your mobo only supports SATA I50, you may have to configure the jumper settings on the Samsung HDD to run at that speed.
 
Try another SATA300 drive -- if it has problems, too, then it's an incompatibility with your board and the drives -- try updating the BIOS. SATA300 drives should work fine on nForce 3 250 boards, though, as I ran one on mine while I had it.
 
Took out my WD 640GB SATA hd from an external enclosure and connected it, the bios recognizes it every time without problems. So the problem must be the samsung hd. Thats the first and last time i buy a samsung hd.

Does anyone know if newegg pays for return shipping for DOA items?
 
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