Sees ide hdd. The BIOS does not see the hard drive. Checking the hard drive and boot record

Hello, we have come to you with a problem. We decided to update the computer, but not all, but the main components: motherboard, RAM, a video card and a power supply unit, all this was safely installed in our old case. And now the problem is, our BIOS is not in walking HDD and floppy drive, both IDE interface devices remain from old computer and we did not change them, the master in the service center connected both data of the drive to our new motherboard with one IDE cable, since there is only one IDE controller connector on the motherboard. We brought the system unit home and when you turn on the computer only a black screen, go to the BIOS, there is an inscription: Primary IDE Master No detected and Primary IDE Slave No detected. Would have gone back to the service, but we do not live in the city. What can you think of?

BIOS does not see the hard drive

A similar situation comes across to me quite often, for sure before your hard drive and floppy drive were connected to the old motherboard, using separate loops, to two different IDE connectors, and both worked in the Master position, that is. In the service, you simply connected two of your devices to one loop, but they forgot about the jumpers, now both of your devices are working in Master mode, because of this, the conflict and as a result BIOS does not see the hard drive and the floppy drive too.

• In our article we will work with a hard drive and an IDE interface drive, if you have little experience, how to connect and disconnect and what errors you may have, read in more detail If this article does not help you, try another one, in it described.

Where did you assemble your computer? We hurried a little and now we will try to fix everything. The IDE interface devices need to be configured with a jumper, which will tell your computer how to properly access the drives (and the floppy drive). When working with IDE devices, it is very important for a computer to know who is the master device of the Mas ter on the same loop, and who is the slave of the Slave, this is decided by the little one. The contacts on which the jumper is placed are located directly on the drive. The instructions for the location of the jumper are usually located on the drive case. We turn on the computer and go to, first of all, you need to make sure that the IDE controller is enabled in the Integrated Peripherals tab.

Make sure the power cables are connected.

In our article, we will configure the jumpers first of all the hard Seagate drive, then to gain experience the hard drive Western digital and Maxtor, the drive will be Sony NEC Optiarc. Pay attention to the screenshot. Me too similar problem, BIOS is not in there is a hard disk and drive, both devices are not detected Primary IDE Master No detected and Primary IDE Slave No detected.

From the very beginning, we look at how the jumper is set on the Sony NEC Optiarc drive. According to the instructions located on the drive case, the extreme right position is Master, which means that the drive is already connected with a jumper as the main one. It is best to connect the Master to the end of the loop.

Now let's move on to the hard drive, the Seagate hard drive is also connected as a Master, two main devices on one loop is an inevitable conflict.

The result for both devices in the BIOS is No detected. Let's avoid device conflicts and leave our drive as Master and connect the Seagate hard drive as Slave. We look at the instructions and see that the Seagate hard drive works in slave mode without a jumper at all, remove the jumper completely.

We look to see if everything is connected correctly and turn on the computer. The result is obvious, both devices were found and identified. Now we also connect the Western Digital hard drive, everything is perfectly defined in the BIOS. Behind it is the Maxtor hard drive, everything is fine too.

Many may notice, and if the hard disk is connected to the end of the loop and made the Master-Master, and the drive in the middle and the slave-Slave, after all, there is always more important device connected to the connector at the end of the cable, if you want to do so, after all, the work of the hard drive is of higher priority to us. Then the main thing is not to bend the train itself too much, do not be too smart, it will look like you on the screenshot.

We take our first Seagate hard drive and put the jumper in the extreme left position Master, and connect it to the connector at the end of the IDE cable.

and the jumper on the Sony Optiarc drive to the Slave position, that is, according to the instructions in the middle, and connect it to the loop connector in the middle too.

If you turn on the PC, and its BIOS does not see the SATA hard drive, then, despite the fact that this situation, of course, cannot be called pleasant, in some cases it can still be successfully resolved. Nevertheless, the methods of solving the problem and the probability of success largely depend on the causes of the malfunction, of which theoretically there can be several.

Hard drives have long been at the forefront of long-term storage information as devices that combine high capacity, low cost and acceptable characteristics of reliability and speed. While hard disk technology may not have evolved as fast as technology for other computer components such as processor and memory, hard disk drives are now far superior to their predecessors in terms of capacity and speed. In the last decade, significant progress in improving the parameters of hard drives was largely associated with the transition to new technology data exchange between the hard disk and motherboard-. Currently, SATA hard drives have practically supplanted IDE hard drives from everyday life, largely due to their high operating speed and the absence of restrictions typical for IDE drives. In particular, the connection SATA hard drives to a computer is much easier and faster compared to drives like IDE.

However, users of SATA drives are not immune from problems either. Often there is a situation when the old operating system does not see the hard disk. But a particularly unpleasant problem is that the hard drive is not recognized already at the BIOS level. In such a case, of course, this hard disk cannot be used for data storage; in addition, it is impossible to download from it personal computer.

There may be several reasons for the situation when the BIOS does not see the hard drive, but basically they can be divided into the following categories:

• Faulty hard drive or motherboard
• Drive connection error
• Error while configuring BIOS options

Errors when configuring BIOS options and how to fix them

Many BIOS have a number of options that allow you to configure the operating parameters of the SATA host controller built into the motherboard chipset. In some cases, incorrect setting of the values ​​of such options can lead to the inoperability of all or some of the hard drives connected to the computer, or to the inoperability of certain types of them, for example, drives connected to IDE or SATA connectors.

In particular, the option found in some BIOS has a variant of the PATA Only value, which disables support for SATA hard drives, leaving only IDE interface drives for use. In addition, if the controller in the BIOS is configured in such a way that it supports the traditional mode of accessing drives in IDE mode, then the system can support no more than 4 drives, and all excess drives will simply not be visible.

Sometimes it happens that the BIOS does not see the second installed in system hard SATA drive. In this case, the problem may lie both in the BIOS error and in the fact that SATA drives belong to different versions of SATA, for example, the first one is for SATA-2, and the second is for SATA-3. In this case, it is best to install second hard the drive is also in SATA-2 mode using the corresponding jumper on its case.

Some options, for example, Serial-ATA Controller, allow you to disable the SATA controller altogether. In this case, all drives connected to the motherboard connectors will not work.

It should also be noted that in some BIOS you can disable automatic detection hard drives. Check if you have a similar option, and if so, its value should be set to Auto.

In addition, in some cases, especially for older motherboards and BIOS, there may be errors in the BIOS that prevent the system from correctly recognizing the hard drive. To exclude this possibility, you must reset the BIOS to the default settings, and if the BIOS still does not see the disk, then update the BIOS version of the computer.

Errors when connecting drives to the motherboard, physical malfunction of drives and other components of the system unit

SATA hard drives do not require jumper settings to select the Master and Slave operating modes, which are vital for the functioning of IDE drives, so they do not need to be configured in the system. In addition, SATA connectors and cables are much more convenient than IDE connectors and cables, and therefore most users do not have much trouble connecting SATA hard drives. However, insufficiently tight contacts between cables and sockets can also lead to a situation where the BIOS does not see the SATA hard drive installed in the system. In the event that you made sure that the configuration of the controller in the BIOS is configured correctly, but the BIOS still does not see the disk, it makes sense to check the reliability of the connection of the cables to the motherboard, as well as check the cables themselves by changing them to other cables of a similar type.

If, after this verification procedure, the BIOS still does not see the hard drive, then it makes sense to check it elsewhere by taking a second system unit - it is quite possible that the problem lies in the hard drive itself - in the disk controller or in the mechanical drive. In the first case, the disk, most likely, can be repaired; in the second case, you will have to look for a replacement.

In some cases, the problem may not be with the hard drive, but with the SATA host controller on the motherboard. If so, the motherboard will most likely need repairs. There are also known cases when the BIOS does not see hard drives due to faulty unit nutrition.

Conclusion

Fortunately, the situation when the BIOS of a personal computer does not see one or more hard drives using the SATA interface is not so common. However, a similar problem can occur, especially if the computer uses old version BIOS containing errors, or if two SATA drives of different SATA generations are installed in the system at the same time (in this case, the second drive may not be detected). Also, in some cases, there may be wrong setting BIOS options, improper or inaccurate drive connections using data or power cables. The user is not insured against hardware failures in the operation of the disk controller, as well as in the operation of the SATA host adapter located on the motherboard. In the latter cases, the problem can be corrected, as a rule, only by contacting the specialists of the service center.

Often, computer owners have problems with disk recognition. This is done by the BIOS environment. She is responsible for configuring the motherboard and finding equipment connected to it. There are several main problems why the BIOS does not see the hard drive:

• Physical damage to the HDD;
• Connection problems with the motherboard;
• Factory assembly defects of the hard drive;
• BIOS settings.

Physical damage to the hard drive

Main problem: damaged jumpers

The hard disk is hard to damage unintentionally. If, after assembly, the computer or laptop stops seeing the HDD, you need to check it for external damage. First of all, you need to study its jumpers, since their breakdown is the most frequent problem, by which the hard drive is not detected in the BIOS. Jumpers are located on the back of the media. Problems visible to the naked eye: the jumper can bend, break partially or completely and fall off, oxidize.

If the hard drive on a laptop or computer is new, then it must be returned to the store for replacement. If the carrier has been used for a long time, then you will have to change it.

If the jumpers have undergone an oxidation process, then the problem on the computer can be solved in two ways:

1. Carefully treat the lintels with a special rust-removing solution. You can buy the product in a specialized store;
2. Sand the jumpers with sandpaper. In this case, you need to be extremely careful. One wrong move and the hard drive will have to be replaced.

Problem: external physical damage

Examination of the surface often reveals external physical damage. Defects of the following types are common:

• Damage to chips on an unprotected HDD board;
• Defects in the outer casing;
• Malfunction of parts. For example, a motor.

If defects are found, it is necessary to assess the extent of the damage. You can carry out the procedure with specialists or on your own. If the disc is suitable for repair, then it should be returned to service center... If not, you will have to purchase a new one.

Connection problems with the motherboard and power supply

Problem: faulty SATA cable

If the HDD is not properly connected to the motherboard, it may be difficult to read information from it on the computer. After checking for external defects, it is necessary to test the loop. It should be intact and fit snugly to the lintels on both sides. The wires must be insulated.

If a loop is found to be faulty, it must be replaced with a new one. If it is found that the loop is loose, then to solve the problem, it is enough to correct it.

Interruptions in the operation of the device often occur due to the fact that several connectors are occupied in one SATA cable. It is important to check how many ports are connected to one loop.

Allocate a separate SATA cable for each HDD.

Problem: Lack of electrical power

Due to the insufficient power of the power supply, the hard disk may not have enough energy to work, therefore it is not recognized by the BIOS. It is necessary to check the quality of the connection of the wires leading to the unit. There is also a possibility that the power supply is not able to cope with big amount devices.

If the power supply wires are faulty, they must be replaced. If the power supply cannot cope with a large number of devices. It is recommended to replace it.

Incorrect BIOS setup in Windows

Problem: the functionality of finding the hard drive is disabled

Often the computer's BIOS stops seeing the HDD due to failures standard settings... There are many reasons for this: power outages, installation of new equipment on a laptop, virus infection operating system Windows.

First of all, when starting the computer, you need to go to the BIOS. Depending on the motherboard, there are various combinations Login keys that are displayed on Windows at startup. Once in the BIOS, you need to check if the functionality for detecting the HDD is connected. To do this, select the Integrated Peripherals item in the menu and find the Onboard IDE Controller section, opposite which the inscription is located: Enabled (enabled) or Disabled (disabled).

If the Onboard IDE Controller is set to Enabled, then there is a problem with the hard drive. Otherwise, change the status of the HDD.

If this procedure did not help and the hard drive is still not detected, then you need to reset the BIOS settings to the factory settings. To do this, turn off and disconnect the computer or laptop. After that, on the motherboard we are looking for a round-shaped silver battery.

It is difficult to confuse a battery with something. We take it out of the computer and wait 20-25 minutes. We put the battery back.

Comment. Do not be afraid that when you reset the BIOS to factory settings, the driver settings will be knocked down. They are not related to the BIOS environment.

Factory defects

Problem: a factory defect that is invisible in appearance.

If all the previous methods did not help, then you should think about the presence of factory defects. In this case, external inspection, BIOS setup and checking the loop will not give results. These problems usually occur with newly purchased hard drives. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the receipt until the expiration of the warranty period, so that there are no difficulties with the return of low-quality goods to the manufacturer.

Solution:

It is important to buy hard drives only in trusted stores with a good reputation. It is not recommended to purchase HDD disks from dubious companies and unfamiliar individuals. If the warranty period has expired, you can return the disc to specialized service centers.

If there are problems with the definition in BIOS hard disk, you need to be extremely careful and attentive when identifying a problem. The breakdown can often be solved independently by resorting to the instructions above, but if nothing came of it, then the best solution- service centres.

07.10.2010, 13:22

The other day there was such a problem:

Working with a computer, appeared blue screen(this has already happened, rebooted and that's it). rebooted and he gives me " disk boot failure. insert system disk and press enter "

I thought the hardisk was gone, I wanted to start with cd-rom, but it doesn't seem to exist either. also in the BIOS nothing is visible except the SATA train.

After spending a couple of hours in the guts of a computer, replacing the tire and blowing everything from dust, rechecking the connectors, I returned everything back. the result was the same

"disk boot failure. insert system disk and press enter"

I walked away for 5 minutes, made a restart, to my surprise, I saw that everything that was hanging on the IDE was back. As if he needed a break;)

I suspect that the port itself or something in the motherboard is connected with this, is there a way to check this? What other versions could there be?

PS: now I'm working from a problematic computer, until a blue screen pops up and again I have to wait, dig, hopes that it will turn on after restart

General information about the computer

07.10.2010, 14:24

nothing is visible except for the SATA railway.
to my surprise, I saw that everything that hung on the IDE returned
So, on which interface does your disk still hang - IDE or SATA? And in general, a complete description of your hardware and what OS you need ...

07.10.2010, 15:33

Disconnect the CD-ROM from the IDE for a while, try to work without it

08.10.2010, 16:21

SlavikK, tried it does not help

Leon534, the interface hangs on the IDE

V this moment I connected the "old organ", I'm waiting for advice

08.10.2010, 16:41

What advice is there? if it starts up on a cold one, but after working it "breaks down", then most likely overheating. Dust, problems with the fan, a foreign body that interferes with cooling (maybe the loop is poorly located) - most likely this is the case. Look at the capacitors just in case, try to put additional fan, check at least Everest temperature.
By the way, you say that you cleaned everything, and BP? Maybe it overheats and the tension starts to jump.

08.10.2010, 16:47

2 DJLOVE
Full description hardware in the studio: contract :. Check a few things offhand and sign off here:
1) Voltage on the bus 12V

08.10.2010, 17:00

leon534, Full description of hardware in the studio (http://www.djlove.com.ru/bpmclub.htm)

1) Voltage on the bus 12V
2) Have you tried changing the IDE cable?
3) Victoria or Mhdd tried to check your disk?

1.I don’t know where to look at it
2.there is no possibility, there is only one on the board
3. Haven't tried it yet, I'm not familiar with this software

Does it start cold?
sometimes yes, sometimes no

08.10.2010, 18:12

2. there is no possibility, there is only one on the board. The question was not about the connector, but about the ribbon cable (flat cable connecting the disk with the mother).
The voltage can be first viewed programmatically (by the same Everest), and then with an ordinary voltmeter on any free power connector from the power supply unit (12 volts is yellow, ground is black).
Most likely it will not reach the third point.

08.10.2010, 18:41

She changed the train, did not help
went to check the temperature and voltage

09.10.2010, 00:24

I looked at your zoo offhand.
Briefly, motherboard ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready, CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

HDD WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0 SATA2
HDD Maxtor 6Y200M0 SATA
Regarding the last hard, even ASTRA32 (a pensioner) says:
HDD Temperature 55 C (131 F), Reassigned Sectors 273, HDD Reliability Status Bad
What you do with this zoo, you decide, essno. My personal opinion is to buy another SATA II drive, remove ExcelStor Technology J680, and discard Maxtor 6Y200M0.

09.10.2010, 00:49

Maxtor 6Y200M0 nothing to do with it, I hung it up, just to replace the HDD ExcelStor Technology J680 which hangs on one (only) IDE cable with DVD-RW, and noticed that it was junk

ExcelStor does not bother me so much, it bothers me with the fact that the IDE is completely "disabled", that is, and the CD-DVD cannot be started in any way even if you switch completely to SATA. When this glitch appears with the IDE, even if the ExcelStor hard disk is disconnected from the bus and power, even the drive is invisible

After cleaning from dust, starting the case fan and various tinkering, at first glance, the computer started working. Checked: turn off, turn on, restart it seems to start normally.
There is only one explanation for this - dust and overheating. But in the morning I turned it on and again 25, only this time one restart was enough for all the IDE devices to appear again.

11.10.2010, 01:58

Most likely a problem with the motherboard. She is more than 3 years old and there is no longer any question of any guarantee. If there are no blown capacitors on it, can you replace it with a similar one (http://www.nix.ru/autocatalog/motherboards_asustek/ASUS_M2A74AM_SI_SocketAM2_AMD_740G_PCIE_DVI_SATA_RAID_MicroATX_2DDRII_ 93192.html)? The issue price is $ 60.

29.10.2010, 14:17

Most likely a problem with the motherboard. She is more than 3 years old and there is no longer any question of any guarantee. If there are no blown capacitors on it, why not replace it with a similar one? The issue price is $ 60.
There were 4 identical computers at work. And the motherboards in them died the same - the failure of the integrated network card, I put the PCI network card, the computer works for a week, then in the morning it does not turn on at all.

Your version, it seems to me closer to the truth, but I have doubts, since everything works fix and sometimes such seizures only appear. I would have changed the motherboard a long time ago, but I don't have 60 bucks at the moment.

Today, for example, after three weeks of trouble-free operation,
turned on the computer and he again does not see both devices hanging on the IDE. Hard working, DVD working, from here I have only one conclusion, everything that controls them is faulty.

Is there some kind of software that checks for IDE or IDE controller crashes?

PS: neither the tires are flat, nor dust, nor overheating were the reason

02.11.2010, 23:43

And so the anomaly repeated itself, after 3 weeks
for reasons unknown to me, everything that hangs on the IDE (maybe the IDE controller itself?) again refused to start, as if the IDE did not exist.

So I have exactly the same problem for two or three weeks. if you do not really believe in coincidences, because of the Windows update, something may not start working correctly (I have a seven, it is updated automatically). I also noticed that if the Windows are loaded longer than usual, it means that everything that hangs on the IDE will not even be visible.
besides everything, it happens that everything that hangs on the IDE can be disconnected during operation. In short, if you write off any thoughts, I'll try to clean the system unit tomorrow, it seems like it helped you for three weeks.
P.S. on one of the forums I read the assumption that it is possible that starforce can somehow mow.

03.11.2010, 00:35

I also noticed that if the Windows are loaded longer than usual, it means that everything that hangs on the IDE will not even be visible.

In fact, even before loading Windows, in the BIOS, I still do not see the IDE

05.11.2010, 12:03

I actually do not see the IDE in the BIOS even before loading the Windows

I have the same. that nothing helps me. I also remember that I was tricky with the allocation of memory, after I threw out one bar and only 3 gig remained. you didn’t do anything like that?

05.11.2010, 12:32

no, did not touch the memory
as hung 3GB SD DDR and hangs

25.11.2010, 00:49

not even a year has passed
again the same glitch !!

It doesn't matter to me whether it can be repaired or not (I will buy a new motherboard)

But still I would like to understand why the computer is working normally for a month and suddenly the IDE goes out again, without any symptoms and reasons ????

25.11.2010, 02:42

but still I would like to understand why the computer is working normally for a month and suddenly the IDE goes out again
According to the topic, I did not understand on which motherboard the entire economy (ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready?) associated with a dying tablet (battery on the motherboard) or power supply

Of course, there are many reasons to list. But it's better to start with a tablet and see which PSU you work with. If it is Chinese, with paper wool, then the capacitors can dry out and not provide the necessary power.

25.11.2010, 19:20

it is she, ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready

Similar glitches may be. associated with a dying tablet (battery on the motherboard) or power supply
you are the first to bring up this reason,
changed the pill, changed the power supply unit - no changes

Overheating of the south bridge, if it has not been vacuumed for a long time or poor cooling.
with cooling, everything seems to be ok, dust is blown out periodically

Internal open circuit in the IDE cable

I tried different trains, the result is the same

25.11.2010, 21:38

that is, you need to try to replace the pill or PSU
replace the pill, and here to give more information
- BP - firm, model, power
- computer config (Prots, video, hard)

For now, I assume that you do not have enough power when polling devices during boot.

My preferences do not include Asrock as a motherboard developer and Nvidev chipsets as the basis of a computer. I collect with other brands.

25.11.2010, 22:04

I repeat,
the pill was replaced by zero sense (BP is the same)
at a glance system data

Motherboard ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready, CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
HDD ExcelStor Technology J680 hangs on one IDE cable with DVD-RW
HDD WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0 to SATA
video VAPOR-X HD4850 ​​(Sapphire)

PSU-1: 500Watts PSU L & C-B500E
BP-2: MI-ATX400

Complete system data
http://www.djlove.com.ru/bpmclub.htm

26.11.2010, 00:12

DJLOVE
1st PSU is quite decent, 2nd - so-so, but to determine the hardness should be enough.

The option with overheating of the south bridge remains. This is confirmed by SMART ExcelStor Technology J680 Parameter 199 Errors in transfer mode UDMA = 88, Difference from ZERO is already bad. But you need to understand how the parameter changed over time, which affects the appearance of the error. Formally, this is an interface error, so the cause is a loop or a controller (i.e. hot south bridge MCP)

With regard to the plume. It was a long time ago and I can forget the details, but in theory, if the hard support for UDMA mode is UltraDMA / 100, and Active: 2 (UltraDMA / 33), then this means that the 40-core LOOP is removed (UltraDMA / 33) , and d.b. 80's (UltraDMA / 100)

Added after 14 minutes
Continuing the analysis of your http://www.djlove.com.ru/bpmclub.htm
The Maxtor 6Y200M0 disk will die soon. His SMART is disgusting. Copy the data urgently.

Change the cooling in the case, because, it seems, there is no fan for blowing, because the current temperature of the Maxtor is 55 degrees, which means that the cooling of the computer is not built correctly

Added after 30 minutes
As Alice used to say: "everything is more wonderful and wonderful .."

There is NO VT6421 controller in the description of your ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready motherboard (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ALIVENF7G-HDREADY)
Your link http://www.djlove.com.ru/bpmclub.htm clearly states that the ExcelStor Technology J680 drive sits on a VT6421 IDE RAID Controller

If the manufacturer (ASRock) cheated and the IDE is supported not by MCP 67, but by VT6421, then it is understandable why you cannot see your IDE hard in BIOS.

Because drivers for VIA are not installed, then during operation the controller does not provide normal UltraDMA / 100 speed

In general, I did not like Asrock and now I will never love :)))

Added after 9 minutes
PS. by the way, if the disk sits on VT6421, then it is clear where so many problems come from - http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=4:89954

26.11.2010, 01:43

Prod. ATA controller VIA Technologies Inc
ATA controller name VT6421 IDE RAID Controller

It seems you hooked something,
and really, what is asked MASTER HDD hangs on this non-existent, that is, not connected at all?

Once upon a time I tried to install VT6421, but it did not work out. Probably the "scars" of this attempt still remain in the windows. But no device physically hangs on it, and the VT6421 controller itself has long been lying somewhere on the sidelines.
BUT IT WORKED THE SAME MONTH, so it was defined like that: idontnow:

The option with overheating of the south bridge remains
That is, a fatal outcome due to overheating? or what do you mean? But what about the process of interruption-work-interruption, it would burn out so it would burn out, but here I work then no. Yes, and starting from the "cold", too, did not find it.

The Maxtor 6Y200M0 disk did die, even during the first analysis a month ago. Thank you: beer: I didn't worry about him

I saw that the memory bars are different. Are the timings consistent in Bios? there were attempts to boot computers with pulling out the bars?
there were no such attempts,
no one looked at the timings, it works according to the system "stuck, plows, everything is ok"

26.11.2010, 02:19

That is, a fatal outcome due to overheating?
there is overheating, because Maxtor died for a reason. If the overheating was for a long time, then, as with any temperature rise, you got wear and tear on the resource and now, as soon as the load on the controller appears, then glitches come. These are glitches that are always difficult to diagnose, and not a complete iron failure
And how, most importantly, to redirect specifically to the mother IDE controller?
now you need to build a normal IDE access.

The simplest (and correct) system is demolition and installation from scratch. If you want to fix it, then make an image (Acronis, Ghost) and start experimenting.

Prepare nVidia drivers, call Device Manager, see who is hanging on IDE ATA / ATAPI controllers. You should see what driver is hanging on the IDE and start from this.

PS. the preliminary summary is - out of purely sporting interest :) - you can fix it. in preparation correct drivers, work for 20 minutes. But it's better to go the other way
-change motherboard (for Gigabyte, Asus)
- fix the cooling (fan for blowing, case, if it does not have a seat for the fan on the front panel, or maybe something else),
- change hard IDE to SATA,
- match memory strips in frequency and volume (dual-channel is lost)
- etc. etc.

26.11.2010, 12:55

now you need to build a normal IDE access.

The simplest (and correct) demolition of the system and installation from scratch

I can’t install anything in any way, since I don’t have an installation Flash-ki, and this is, in theory, the only way to install something without an IDE.

Change hard IDE to SATA,
even when everything worked fixed, during the installation it always received the same refusal, it was reported that it was impossible to install WINXP on this hard disk

How not cool I return to the same conclusion
-change motherboard

26.11.2010, 13:07

I can’t install anything, because I don’t have it ...
there are 101 ways to install all this, starting from rolling a pre-prepared system with preinstalled drivers on a hard drive, to a forced driver update through the Device Manager or changing the ATA controller to PCI IDE manually (and then to the correct one), using Paragon HDM, Acronis UR, etc ......

But if you decide to change the motherboard, then change it and forget about these problems, tk. new problems will appear on the new mother ..

"But that's a completely different story ..."

PS. It is interesting that your percentage of AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Brisbane is supported starting with BIOS ver. 1.70, and you have 1.20

At a minimum, you need to upgrade your BIOS to latest version- http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.ru.asp?Model=ALiveNF7G-HDready&o=BIOS, and this, if the motherboard is alive and just buggy, can reanimate the system

28.01.2011, 23:51

Guys, and I have the following problem: my mother stopped working, changed her to http://www.nix.ru/autocatalog/motherboards_elitegroup/EliteGroup_P965TA_rev1.0_LGA775_P965_2xPCIE_SATA_RAID_4DDRII_PC26400_5 5268.html, but now I didn't want to install a new bios no hard IDE 80GB, no DVD-RW. From iron percent rentium 4 630, memory bar 512 MB, pc2-5300. When you start installing Windows, infa is displayed on a black background, and it is also not written about hard and sidi-rum, then the light on the sidi-rum starts blinking (as if the installation has gone) and immediately goes out (although I put first boot devaice in the BIOS there is a CD-ROM, a second - a hard disk). Everything. The system offers to choose how to boot ( safe mode, normal boot, etc.) from old Windows. further blue screen.

What's wrong with this mother, won't you tell me? Or maybe something needs to be set in the BIOS settings? I took my mother used, not a new one.

Thanks in advance for your help!

How to connect hard IDE drive which is less and less common, but these devices go out of circulation along with our youth. Young people do not appreciate them either, give everyone Sata, but oh well, there is progress, we need to go forward, but the question of connecting devices with an IDE (ATA) interface arises from time to time, so we decided to devote our article to this.

Note: Friends, if your motherboard does not have IDE connectors for connecting outdated hard drives, then you can still connect such a disk to your computer or laptop using the following adapters:

1. - VIA VT6421A SATA

How to connect an IDE hard drive

They brought us a computer with a mother Asus board P5K SE with a SATA drive, and for some reason the hard drive was separately and tearfully asked to make it work. Disk drive Maxtor-connection interface IDE (250 GB, IDE) install it in the system unit, everything is correct connect, but hard drive IDE not defined in. Maybe because of the wrong position of the jumper? Either it was not included in the IDE BIOS controller, or ... but first things first.

I’ll say briefly: disk drives of the IDE connection interface must be configured with a special jumper, the contacts on which the jumper is placed are located at the end of the drive, and the instructions for using the jumpers are on the upper side of the hard drive case.

How to properly configure hard drives using jumpers, you can read here
According to the instructions, our hard drive is configured as a master when the jumper is in the extreme left position, put the jumper

And so we insert it onto the hard disk into a special basket on our system unit and fasten it with four screws, screws for attaching hard drives are larger than screws for attaching CD / DVD drives.

Our motherboard has one IDE connector, you can connect two devices to it, according to the rules, one device on the loop is configured as the master (Master), the jumper is also set as the master, connect it to the connector at the end of the loop, the second must be slave (Slave ), it connects to the connector in the middle of the cable, but we will not connect anything to it, we have one hard drive, and the drive Sata interface already connected.
Another rule is not to install a hard drive and a CD / DVD drive on the same cable.
Connecting an IDE hard drive to the motherboard using an 80-wire ribbon cable.
The IDE hard drive connection cable has one missing contact,

there is a special slot for it on the motherboard and it is almost impossible to connect it incorrectly,

if you do not use brute force, connected

The initial BIOS-Main tab, four SATA connectors on the motherboard are designated as four channels, the Optiarc DVD RW drive is connected to the third connector, we will look for our IDE hard drive in another tab

Use the arrows on the keyboard to move to the right to the Advanced item, then down to the Onboard Devices Configuration parameter, it is responsible for the operation of the controllers and I / O ports integrated into the motherboard, now you will understand everything, press Enter