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HARD DRIVE MISSING IN BIOS WHEN BOOTING

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by aldiefenbach

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Often When I boot my Laptop the systems hangs - in the BIOS the hard drive does not appear. Eventually if I restart enough times the system boots and the hard drive is now in the bios settings. Some times I Get a message that the media is missing - check the cable. I have an Acer Aspire 51000 160 gig eide HD - brand new - this happened with my old drive also - thats why I got a new one. System event ID 7 and 51 appear all the time - even with the new drive. Any ideas? Disabling disk caching didn't hep. Running Windows XP media Edition

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by dturner0413

You could try updating your BIOS but it sounds to me like there may be a loose connection between the system board and the hard drive, there's not a whole lot you can do about it unless you're handy with a soldering iron.

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