Problem w/ SATA HD on ASUS K8V SE Deluxe MB

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I'm just sorting out my own a very similar problem.
When it says "> The Bios does not be installed."
it means that your system cannot see the HD for some reason.
Sometimes the main board is not set up properly and cannot
start - boot up from the system.

Perhaps you should take a look at this site for some idea
for a solution:
http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/win [...] drive.html


"rhardenbrook87" <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote in message
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> Im building a new computer and im having a problem with my two new
> hard drives (1 is a Samsung 120GB SATA Hard Drive, and the other is a
> Western Digital 80GB SATA Hard Drive) I installed them onto my Asus
> K8V SE Deluxe Motherboard and plugged the SATA cables into the <SATA1>
> and <SATA2> connections, (there are Two other SATA connections but the
> motherboard manual says that they are used for RAID SATA. they are
> labeled <PRI_SATA> and <SEC_SATA> ). When I power on the pc i get a
> message that reads:
>
> Scan Devices, Please wait....
> Press < Tab > Key into User Window!
>
> HardWare Initiate failed, Please Check Device!!!
> The Bios does not be installed. Press <g> to continue!
>
> What should I do? is it a problem with my hard drives, should i try
> plugging the cables into the RAID connections, or do i need to change
> something in the BIOS?
>
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"rhardenbrook87" <DoNotEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote in message
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> "rhardenbrook87" wrote:
> > Im building a new computer and im having a problem with my two
> > new hard drives (1 is a Samsung 120GB SATA Hard Drive, and the
> > other is a Western Digital 80GB SATA Hard Drive) I installed
> > them onto my Asus K8V SE Deluxe Motherboard and plugged the
> > SATA cables into the <SATA1> and <SATA2>
> > connections, (there are Two other SATA connections but the
> > motherboard manual says that they are used for RAID SATA. they
> > are labeled <PRI_SATA> and <SEC_SATA> ). When I
> > power on the pc i get a message that reads:
> >
> > Scan Devices, Please wait....
> > Press < Tab > Key into User Window!
> >
> > HardWare Initiate failed, Please Check Device!!!
> > The Bios does not be installed. Press <g> to continue!
> >
> > What should I do? is it a problem with my hard drives, should
> > i try plugging the cables into the RAID connections, or do i
> > need to change something in the BIOS?
>
> alright well i plugged the two SATA cables into the <PRI_SATA> and the
> <SEC_SATA> connectons and it seemed to recognized the drives, but when
> i go to install Windows XP Pro (Service Pk 2) it says it was unable to
> locate the harddrive.

Forgive me asking, but you have the original Windows CD?
SP 2 has an additional security checks and that can cause
the problem some times.