HD not come up in bios

[AMDGuru2011]

My HD won't show up in the bios untill i go on it manually then it finds it but then i restart pc and its gone again?

Its IDE 160GB with DVD-RW in sata

Any ideas?

 

[AMDGuru2011]

Come on guys help me out here.......

 

[Chainzsaw]

Hello,

Sounds like the battery on your motherboard is dead. Can you replace it and try again? It should look like a regular watch battery.......do not take it out while your computer is on though.

 

[AMDGuru2011]

I have put a new one in and it freezes while dectecting IDE drives. I chaged the ide lead and waiting to see what happens in windows setup where as before it showed up but i could not install to it

 

[AMDGuru2011]

Okay so it seems to be all A ok for now seems your idea worked ill keep it posted untill i have finished the install and see if it lasts after a few restarts thanks for the help

 

[Chainzsaw]

No problem. Let us know how it goes.

 

[Max1s]

Mess with the storage mode, IDE vs SATA vs AHCI vs RAID