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fsrv7   10-15-2009 at 06:32:09 PM

I just bought a gigabyte MA785GM-US2H and paired it with an Athlon 2 x2 240 processor in my old case and old power supply with new sata hard drive. The BIOS won't recognize the hard drive; ergo I can't re-install Windows XP. Any ideas

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KidHorn   10-15-2009 at 06:36:17 PM
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3 possibilities come to mind

1) bad sata cable.
2) sata ports not enabled in bios.
3) bad hard drive.

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roonj   10-16-2009 at 05:53:56 PM
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On the same train of thought as Kidhorn the sata drive controller in bios should be set for IDE mode with XP unless you have ACHI drivers extracted.

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