OK now I'm confused. During post it says no HD but you are booting from the windows install CD. Does it enter setup? If you are can you install Windows or does it not see the HDD there either?
It says no hd when I boot w/o the Vista dvd. But when entering setup - the hd is listed under sata1. So I reboot with the Vista dvd and it starts the install...when it gets to "where do you want to install windows," there is no hd listed at all. I tried installing XP just to see if it was the Vista dvd. XP says no hd as well. Thank you so much for helping. I had the hd tested by Altec and they said the hd is fine. Weird! Could the sata controller be defective but still sees the sata hd?
I would say you have a bad mobo. Yes the sata controller could still see the HDD but not be able to make the drive available for installation.
I do have one other question what sata connector are you plugging it into?
Ok go into the bios and make sure the disk isn't write protected under IDE configuration, if it's not change to another SATA port, Windows should show all available drives in the system. If it still doesn't see a drive try another drive if you have one and if that doesn't work I'd say your SATA controller or ports are bad.
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ASUS Striker II Extreme , C2D Q9450, 4 Gig Memory, EVGA 8800GTX Triple SLI, Thermaltake 1000W PSU, Thermaltake Armor + Case, Acer 24" AL2416WD LCD, Water Cooled, 12 Foot DVI Cable, Vista 64 Bit SP1
Had the hd checked at Altecs - it was fine. Asus level 3 support came to the same conclusion - that the ports/controller must be bad. Weird that bios still sees the drive though. RMA to Newegg now.
