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I really need help with a HHD issue

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  • Intel i7
  • Hard Drives
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April 28, 2014 5:42:23 AM

I have 3 drives in my system, in the middle of use, one of them can just dissapear or maybe when i turn on the pc 2 of them don´t show up in windows. This never happens with the system drive, only with the other ones. Just installed a brand new psu and two of the drives are brand new.

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April 28, 2014 5:46:02 AM

First re-check the connections in the case, then check in bios,device manager & disk management to see it they are being detected
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April 28, 2014 5:48:17 AM

double check the cables are all secure. Also maybe check to see if they show in the BIOS on boot. I had an old PC that the system did the POST <BIOS check> faster then the hard drive would spin up. Thankfully I was able to add a 2 second delay in the bios check, and it fixed the issue. Although I don't know how many BIOS have the option for a delay..... besides disabling the Fast Boot.

Also... make sure to have SMART enabled.
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April 28, 2014 5:50:34 AM

I checked the cables, They all show up in BIOS now, but first one of them didnt showed up in bios, i changed it another SATA port and i started being detect by the MOBO
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April 28, 2014 5:51:12 AM

Forgot to mention that with a simple reboot HDD show up again
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April 28, 2014 5:52:40 AM

Let me assume for a minute that you have a modern MB and drives - all running a SATA varient and all are hard drives (not that this changes really with CD or DVD drives.)

First - check your MB manual and find the SATA ID numbers 1 (Or zero) to 'n' for the sata connectors. Ensure that your C: drive is plugged into the lowest numbered slot. Then the D: drive into the next and so on. On some boards, skipping a slot may cause issues like what you are seeing.

Next - start things up and go into bios. Make sure that the drive is being identified properly in bios - both position in SATA and the ID of the drive (usually serial number information.)

You may also want to do this itteratively - connect one drive - check it in bios - then connect the second and third - checking bios each time.

Assuming all goes well - boot all the way into windows and see if this occurs again.

If it does occur - you may want to update drivers and bios version and see if the issue continues to occur.

Best of luck.
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April 28, 2014 5:55:31 AM

avarice said:
Let me assume for a minute that you have a modern MB and drives - all running a SATA varient and all are hard drives (not that this changes really with CD or DVD drives.)

First - check your MB manual and find the SATA ID numbers 1 (Or zero) to 'n' for the sata connectors. Ensure that your C: drive is plugged into the lowest numbered slot. Then the D: drive into the next and so on. On some boards, skipping a slot may cause issues like what you are seeing.

Next - start things up and go into bios. Make sure that the drive is being identified properly in bios - both position in SATA and the ID of the drive (usually serial number information.)

You may also want to do this itteratively - connect one drive - check it in bios - then connect the second and third - checking bios each time.

Assuming all goes well - boot all the way into windows and see if this occurs again.

If it does occur - you may want to update drivers and bios version and see if the issue continues to occur.

Best of luck.


Yes is a mordern setup i7 4770, but as you mention one of the drives is on sata 5 while the others are in 0 1 and 2, so i will check that!
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