Motherboard doesn't find sata HDD

[droncula]

Hello

A friend of mine bought a new system but it won't find the SATA harddisk.

System:

Intel Core 2 6400
MSI P965 Platinum
Corsair Twin2X1024 5400
Western Digital 250GB SATA II
XFX Geforce 7600 GT Extreme edition
dvd writer
dvd reader
PSU 400 Watt

thanks for the help

 

[Mondoman]

You'll need to be more specific. What are you trying to achieve (perhaps install Windows?)? Exactly what did you do? What messages/indications did you get?

 

[g-paw]

You'll need to be more specific. What are you trying to achieve (perhaps install Windows?)? Exactly what did you do? What messages/indications did you get?

If this doesn't fix it, go to the WD web site and download the diegnotic/repair software, put it on a floppy, and boot from the floppy. Is the drive formatted?