Detecting IDE..

[k1yka]

My computer is a custom build gaming PC. I'm not a technician but I know a good bit, but this problem just came out of nowhere and I can't figure it out.

Last night my PC was fine. I turned it off, no updates, just a clean shut down. This morning when I boot it POSTs but hangs on "Detecting IDE drives", I've done everthing reset bios, unplugged IDE, all settings changed around trying to get somewhere but finally when I waited long enough for it to boot I realize it also hangs on Vista loading screen.
For about 50 seconds before the green bar is even in view..

I'm worried my HDD"s (raptors raid 0) are bad.

I have a second 1tb drive too
all sata
1 IDE dvd
no external drives/flash

I'm going to flash the bios again even tho it's a brand new version.


any ideas please help me out.
At least she lasted til xmas. Time for i7 anywho.

 

[jeanluclariviere]

I think if i remember correctly, I ran into this problem years ago, and it turned out to be a fauly hard drive - try booting with windows disc.

 

[k1yka]

I've found the issue.
It's the seagate barracuda 1tb drive.
Plugged into any system it will hang at Detecting IDE.



Does anyone know if this issue is fixable like a bad sector or if the drive is just fried.

 

[buzznut]

Its possible. put it into a bootable system and see if you can read anything off of it in windows.
I have an 80gb hard drive is several yeas old. It was one of the first sata drives, and it has always failed as a boot drive. However it still works as a storage drive and I am still using it today as such.
My guess is if you can't read anything at all, its fried and you should rma. As for the data, there is a similar thread here about fried hd's and data recovery is expensive from what I hear.
good luck