BIOS isn´t detecting hard drive

Pax12 · Apr 19, 2017

There is a weird issue with my 1 tb hdd, first my specs:

Gigabyte Sniper b6
1 ssd 120 gb
1 hdd 1 tb Toshiba (this has the issue)
1 hdd 500 gb

The cables (both sata and power) are in good conditions, the weird thing comes:

- My hdd is working, I can hear when starts to spin when powering my pc
- My hdd isnt wroken, I can use that hdd with one Sata to USB 3.0 case, my SO detects the hard drive and I can use that drive with usb 3.0
- When I connect the HDD to one of the sata ports of my MB, my hdd isnt detected, on the BIOS all my sata ports are enable.
- My 1 tb hdd dont have any SO installed, only my ssd drive has windows 10

I dont want to have my 1 tb hdd on that usb 3.0 case, for space reasons, so I need help D:
Sorry if my english isnt the best

GODLYDEVILS · Apr 19, 2017

Try using any other HDD, and attach it to those cables to confirm there's nothing wrong with cables
if you can use HDD as usb 3.0, that's cool, but it does not mean there's nothing wrong with that
maybe your smps is not able to provide sufficient power maybe due to other device connected, and it's watt rating,
also u should check with MOBO's socket, that might be damaged
If all that goes well, you may risk HDD complete failure in near future

Pax12 · Apr 20, 2017

GODLYDEVILS :

Ok, the cables are fine, I swap the ssd cable with the hdd cable, the ssd works, and the hdd nope

My specs:
I5 4440
gtx 960 asus strix 2gb
4x120 mm fans + 1 x 140 mm
PSU: Corsair cx 600m 20+ bronze

About the power, I think that PSU can handle all that power, but I dont know.
And how I can check the MB socket?

Paul NZ · Apr 20, 2017

If the 1 TB is a seagate, it maybe a firmware issue

Pax12 · Apr 20, 2017

Paul NZ :

Its toshiba o.o

GODLYDEVILS · Apr 21, 2017

Pax12 :

GODLYDEVILS :

Seems something wrong with HDD

When you connect the sata wire to your HDD, the other end goes to MOBO, you need to change that to some other socket, you must be having atleast 4

and just to clear out other errors, remove all HDD and SSD, connect only the faulty HDD to atleast 2 different socket on MOBO

after that Can you see the Harddrive in BIOS? I'm not sure how your bios may look, but there must be atleast 2 way to confirm if a device is connected and is detected partially or completely

also can you try on other PC, sometimes due to configuration of MOBO, they may need changes like switching to compatibility mode regarding HDD, and legacy boot mode, switching uefi and stuff, so try that too if possible

just incase if the HDD does not work on other PC, you got to replace the HDD

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