Computer: Asus CG5720
(If you dont know anything about Linux read anyway, its not important, this is a hardware issue)
About a month ago, I noticed that I couldn't boot into my hard drive on a consistent basis. Naturally, I blamed the hard drive, and bought a SSD and a 1 tb HDD. I tried installing my OS (Kubuntu Linux) onto the SSD. The installer definitely noticed the hard drive, it even reported the size and the brand of it. So I install it on there only to find that I cant boot into it in either IDE or AHCI mode in my bios.
So, I tried to install the OS on my terabyte hard drive. Same thing, the OS notices the size and the brand of the hard drive, it installs its self onto it. I switch it over to IDE mode, and sure enough, it doesnt boot into it. Now I doubt all three hard drives are bad... So I think it must be something else. Keep in mind that when I boot into puppy linux (an operating system that runs entirely in ram and is stored on my USB drive) I can mount the hard drive and I can see files that my OS put on it.
If I try to boot into the hard drive only, it often hangs or just doesnt detect the hard drive
Also, occasionally, though rarely, my computer wont boot into the USB if I have it plugged in prior to the boot process.
As I research this im thinking the problem is related to either the power supply or the mother board. But I don't know a whole lot about computer hardware, so if someone could help me out here that would be great.
(If you dont know anything about Linux read anyway, its not important, this is a hardware issue)
About a month ago, I noticed that I couldn't boot into my hard drive on a consistent basis. Naturally, I blamed the hard drive, and bought a SSD and a 1 tb HDD. I tried installing my OS (Kubuntu Linux) onto the SSD. The installer definitely noticed the hard drive, it even reported the size and the brand of it. So I install it on there only to find that I cant boot into it in either IDE or AHCI mode in my bios.
So, I tried to install the OS on my terabyte hard drive. Same thing, the OS notices the size and the brand of the hard drive, it installs its self onto it. I switch it over to IDE mode, and sure enough, it doesnt boot into it. Now I doubt all three hard drives are bad... So I think it must be something else. Keep in mind that when I boot into puppy linux (an operating system that runs entirely in ram and is stored on my USB drive) I can mount the hard drive and I can see files that my OS put on it.
If I try to boot into the hard drive only, it often hangs or just doesnt detect the hard drive
Also, occasionally, though rarely, my computer wont boot into the USB if I have it plugged in prior to the boot process.
As I research this im thinking the problem is related to either the power supply or the mother board. But I don't know a whole lot about computer hardware, so if someone could help me out here that would be great.
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