So the other night I was using my pc and I was doing things such as: deleting large video files (30gb+), playing quite demanding games and also formatting a usb memory stick.
Everything was normal and there was no warning signs or unusal things happening before I shut down. The next morning I turned on the pc and logged on without opening any programs but decided on going out so I shut off the pc, once again with no issues. However that same afternoon I came home and powered it on only to receive a message saying reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media.
When I restarted and entered the bios, I realized my HDD had completely dissapeared from boot options. All that was left was UEFI BUILT IN EFI SHELL and my cdreader.
Things I have tried:
-restarting
-removing cmos battery
-checking all sata and power cables are connected securely
-removing sticks of ram,gpu and the cdreader separately trying to boot.
-removing all usb devices and unneeded devices.
things to note
-I have recently written a ram tester to my usb drive and have set that as primary boot option but I both formatted and removed the stick the night I was heavily using my pc.
-after swapping the sata cables around to check for bad cables both have stopped showing anything in the BIOS (be it the cdreader or HDD)
-the had drive does turn on as I can both feel and hear it spin.
Any help would be appreciated as I am totally baffled. If the pc hdnt booted in the morning I wouldn't be so confused but I can't figure out what might have occurred between that morning and afternoon.
-sean
PC SPECS:
-ASROCK FM2A68M-HD+
-AMD A8-7650K Radeon R7 CPU
-8gb RAM
-Galaxy gts450 1GB GPU
-ENERMAX Liberty 500w PSU
-Seagate Pipeline HD 2 500GB HDD
Everything was normal and there was no warning signs or unusal things happening before I shut down. The next morning I turned on the pc and logged on without opening any programs but decided on going out so I shut off the pc, once again with no issues. However that same afternoon I came home and powered it on only to receive a message saying reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media.
When I restarted and entered the bios, I realized my HDD had completely dissapeared from boot options. All that was left was UEFI BUILT IN EFI SHELL and my cdreader.
Things I have tried:
-restarting
-removing cmos battery
-checking all sata and power cables are connected securely
-removing sticks of ram,gpu and the cdreader separately trying to boot.
-removing all usb devices and unneeded devices.
things to note
-I have recently written a ram tester to my usb drive and have set that as primary boot option but I both formatted and removed the stick the night I was heavily using my pc.
-after swapping the sata cables around to check for bad cables both have stopped showing anything in the BIOS (be it the cdreader or HDD)
-the had drive does turn on as I can both feel and hear it spin.
Any help would be appreciated as I am totally baffled. If the pc hdnt booted in the morning I wouldn't be so confused but I can't figure out what might have occurred between that morning and afternoon.
-sean
PC SPECS:
-ASROCK FM2A68M-HD+
-AMD A8-7650K Radeon R7 CPU
-8gb RAM
-Galaxy gts450 1GB GPU
-ENERMAX Liberty 500w PSU
-Seagate Pipeline HD 2 500GB HDD
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