Problem with BIOS recognizing Seagate Hard Drive

jamesr0x

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So I have recently built a new computer, for the first time ever may I add so I am a little newbish to all this technical talk.

I have a samsung SDD which I have installed into the motherboard and psu with sata cables and also my seagate 1tb desktop HDD.

my BIOS recognizes the SDD instantly and I have managed to install windows 10 on the SDD. However, I am unable to see via BIOS, on My computer (once starting up) or basically anywhere that my HDD is active.

Things I have tried:

Switching up the SATA cable routes ie. switching the cables form the SDD to the HDD. - still can only see SDD.

Switching the white cable, dont know what its called but you plug it into the motherboard sata bit.

Switching the white cable into the sata 1,2,3,4 and the bigger ones 5 and 6, parts in my motherboard to see if It could possibly be where im plugging the power into. Nothing.

Every possibility so far shows the SDD but not the HDD, so it cant be SATA cables or the Power between the motherboard and the HDD. Any help what so ever?

PS. also looked for drivers, no such thing. downloaded some thing called seagate media app or something which didnt help.

I would appreciate anything because im seriously out of all ideas. - Thank you... Newb Jamesr0x
 
Solution
Hi there jamesr0x,

You've tried attaching the drive with different SATA and power cables to different SATA ports right? Also, the drive is not recognized by BIOS. Is it even powering up?
Are you sure that the drive is functional? From all the things you've tried, it seems that there's a chance that the HDD is dead. It may be a good idea to try it on another computer, so you can be sure if this is the case.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
Hi there jamesr0x,

You've tried attaching the drive with different SATA and power cables to different SATA ports right? Also, the drive is not recognized by BIOS. Is it even powering up?
Are you sure that the drive is functional? From all the things you've tried, it seems that there's a chance that the HDD is dead. It may be a good idea to try it on another computer, so you can be sure if this is the case.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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jamesr0x

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Dec 20, 2016
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Yeah I've just had to accept its faulty, probably wont even be able to take it back either but oh well looked up online apparently i have a 33% success rate seagate piece of trash hard drive lmao maybe due diligence should have been done before purchasing such an awful success rate hard drive :s