my questio is.. my hard drive will spin for about 5-10 seconds but right when my computer says its going to detect it, it will stop spinning and my hard drive wont work or be detected
whats wrong? thx
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Hi, Another trick relates to loose power contact pins. Gently insert a small instrument screwdriver into the power plugs, between the metal socket and the plastic housing, to slightly bend (close up) the socket.
Does your Bios support the Hard drive size? Some older bios can't read the new bigger hard drives and sometimes you can flash the bios with a newer version to support the drives.Have you checked that the jumper settings are correctly placed for the config you are using on the drive (Master, Slave, Cable Select)? Next I would check the bios settings for the drive, most have an autodetect for the hardrive. When you enter the bios setup see if you can autodetect the drive in there. If not then you can try and manually enter the settings of the drive into the bios setup (heads, cylinders, landing point etc..). If after al that it still doesn't work then it would seem that the hard drive is gone.
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HDD wont work
whats wrong? thx