System cannot see hard drive - sometimes

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hi all

got a weird one here

a system with xp 3000+ sempron, 512 mb ram, 40 gb ide drive. now on power up the system sometimes see's the hard drive and sometimes it doesnt. its very random.

any ideas on what would cos this?

 

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try to reconnect all cables (change IDE data cable if you have spare one)
make sure that HDD is recognised correctly in BIOS
try to connect your HDD to CD/DvD IDE cable and Power cable
run Check Disk

if all this will don't resolve problem
looks like HDD is faulty rather then MB.

Good Luck anyway

 

hi there

sorry buddy i forgot to say that i had done all that AND tried different drives

regards

 

if you tried with different drivers (HDD) and have same problem that's mean MB is causing a problem
(need to be changed)
but if other hdd are recognised correctly by Bios (all the time) that mean you HDD is faulty

 

Sounds like motherboard controller issue - how old is the motherboard ?

 

Also maybe you power supply is not providing enough juice. If the above steps you tried and did not help, try a different power suppply, preferably a more powerful one.