PC not recognizing Hard Drive

[Maxon]

For no apparent reason, I'm guessing my HD died or something else is up, cause I just shutdown my computer last night, had no problems, but when I went to turn it on this morning, it wasn't recognizing it at all and was trying to load up the other boot options.  I tried different connections to it to see if maybe one of the wires was loose or funky, but nothing helped.  Have no idea what to check to see whats up cause I've had no problems with it and it's barely a few months old.  It also read my DVD drive which connects the same way as the HD.

This is what I have taken from the build topic I had.

-NZXT Alpha Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Open Window
-OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply
-ASUS P5K PRO LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
-G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory -
-Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
-MSI R4850-512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire
-Seagate Barracuda 2700 SATA 500gb

[CaffeinePowered]

What kind of HDD, EIDE or SATA, and when you start the computer can you hear the HDD spinning up?

[Maxon]

What kind of HDD, EIDE or SATA, and when you start the computer can you hear the HDD spinning up?

SATA and it doesn't seem to be spinning up that I can tell.

[Vandamguy]

i would help but i've learned that ill need to wait for our super duper computer god technician to post something first , then blindly agree with it.


edit: yes, i am trolling.

will he:
a) take the bait
or
b) not post anything to spite me

social experiment ftw

[Maxon]

i would help but i've learned that ill need to wait for our super duper computer god technician to post something first , then blindly agree with it.


edit: yes, i am trolling.

will he:
a) take the bait
or
b) not post anything to spite me

social experiment ftw

He better post something! I need help! XD

[CaffeinePowered]

Try disconnecting all your other drives and see if it spins then, if it still doesn't you can rule out power issues, also try multiple power cables when doing this.

[fyre]

PC not recognizing Hard Drive

Have they been introduced?

[Maxon]

PC not recognizing Hard Drive

Have they been introduced?

Okay, that was good lol

Nevermind guys, it's fucked.  Ran it over to a nearby computer shop and he plugged it into an external USB HD plugin thing and it didn't spin up or show on his computer at all.  Can't believe it's dead after only a few months.

[copulatingduck]

At least it's seagate and under warranty. :-\

[Maxon]

At least it's seagate and under warranty. :-\

Yeah, though I'm not exactly happy with it.  I can send it for an exchange which is alright I guess.  Already got another cause I don't want to wait for it.  I might send it in, though not sure I want to send something that is full of my stuff.  I was told that if it's just the board that's borked on the HD, that it can be fixed.  Not sure it's safe to send stuff like that back, plus it's full of porn and some downloaded stuff lol

[Vandamguy]

i don't think they would give a shit whats on it.

yo garbage man doesnt care about the porn mags
the phone company doesnt care about the 1-900 charges
blacks doesnt care about the 35mm roll you wanted to get developed with your amateur stuff on it

[copulatingduck]

unless you got kiddie porn, or hentai that might be considered child porn (yes, there is precedent )

[CaffeinePowered]

(yes, there is precedent )

Only in Canada is Loli a FBI Offense

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=2075.msg58705#msg58705 date=1230447045]
(yes, there is precedent )

Only in Canada is Loli a FBI Offense
[/quote]

it's been ruled in australia as well, and just skimming with google sounds like you'd also run into trouble with it in The Netherlands. I'm sure it would cause problems in a lot of places, even if it doesn't turn out to be illegal.

[Vandamguy]

[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=2075.msg58705#msg58705 date=1230447045]
(yes, there is precedent )

Only in Canada is Loli a FBI Offense
[/quote]
there's no FBI in canada mang.

CSIS

[Benito Mussolini]

[quote author=CaffeinePowered link=topic=2075.msg58708#msg58708 date=1230447363]
[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=2075.msg58705#msg58705 date=1230447045]
(yes, there is precedent )

Only in Canada is Loli a FBI Offense
[/quote]
there's no FBI in canada mang.

CSIS

[/quote]

RCMP > CSIS

[Vandamguy]

[quote author=Vandamguy link=topic=2075.msg58712#msg58712 date=1230448926]
[quote author=CaffeinePowered link=topic=2075.msg58708#msg58708 date=1230447363]
[quote author=CopulatingDuck link=topic=2075.msg58705#msg58705 date=1230447045]
(yes, there is precedent )

Only in Canada is Loli a FBI Offense
[/quote]
there's no FBI in canada mang.

CSIS

[/quote]

RCMP > CSIS
[/quote]

oh , right
RCMP is to FBI
CSIS is to CIA

[HeK]

oh , right
RCMP is to FBI
CSIS is to CIA

Sorta, however the RCMP also police provincial zones outside major cities and municipalities. Their role ranges from comparable to that of a state trooper to large-scale federal tasks similar to what the FBI are responcible for.

CSIS is more like the CIA mashed with the NSA. They do most of their work along side immigration and spend a lot of their time researching for background checks.

http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/

More to the topic at hand:

If you are in the US, contact Seagate for an Advance RMA. That is where they send you the new drive and you reuse the packaging to return the old drive. It's faster and costs you less.