New build pc wont detect harddrive

[robscfc]

My newly built pc wont detect my hard drive i have it set to cs, its and ide harddrive im sure i have the cablespluged in right andits powerd up, its enabled on bios but is not detected

 

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

106gb maxitar harddrive IDE

 

Edited

Edited August 11, 2008 by maynardvdm

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

Set the jumper to master and make sure the cable is in IDE 1 or 0 on the motherboard(the lowest number on your motherboard) and the harddrive at the end of the cable.

 

Then go into the BIOS and set the Harddrives to Auto and size also to Auto.

[Dalo Harkin]

It is also a good idea to not have any of the HDD power cables linking through to other devices ie fans -

and if you are using a splitter too - take it off some PSU's really struggle to supply the devices with power from the rails if you have a lot of splitters and cables that cross through.

[sean2390]

Some manuals for Hard Drives say to put the jumper switch to "Cable Select". I've had to do that before in the past and it works. Always make sure that your hard drives have their own dedicated power lead.