Hello all,
I'm looking for some advice troubleshooting what I think is a hard drive problem with my first PC build.
-When starting up my PC it has displayed 2 different messages upon attempting to enter BIOS setup:
1. "3rd master hard disk error" followed by a "WAIT..." screen that prevents the BIOS setup from ever loading.
2. I can successfully enter BIOS setup, but it does not detect the hard drive at all.
-AMD Phenom II x4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz
-ASUS M4A79XTD EVO
-(2 X 2GB) G.SKILL DDR3 1333
-WD 160GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal SATA Hard Drive
-ASUS CD/DVD Burner
-ASUS Radeon HD 4850
-SeaSonic X650 Gold PSU
-Computer does not have any OS installed yet.
-I tried switching out the SATA cable and had the same results as above. I also switched the SATA cable from SATA 1 to SATA 3 on the motherboard- error went from "3rd master" to "4th master".
Is my hard drive a loss? Could it be something else?
Thanks in advance for helping out a beginner.
I'm looking for some advice troubleshooting what I think is a hard drive problem with my first PC build.
-When starting up my PC it has displayed 2 different messages upon attempting to enter BIOS setup:
1. "3rd master hard disk error" followed by a "WAIT..." screen that prevents the BIOS setup from ever loading.
2. I can successfully enter BIOS setup, but it does not detect the hard drive at all.
-AMD Phenom II x4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz
-ASUS M4A79XTD EVO
-(2 X 2GB) G.SKILL DDR3 1333
-WD 160GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal SATA Hard Drive
-ASUS CD/DVD Burner
-ASUS Radeon HD 4850
-SeaSonic X650 Gold PSU
-Computer does not have any OS installed yet.
-I tried switching out the SATA cable and had the same results as above. I also switched the SATA cable from SATA 1 to SATA 3 on the motherboard- error went from "3rd master" to "4th master".
Is my hard drive a loss? Could it be something else?
Thanks in advance for helping out a beginner.