I recently purchased an Eee PC 1000HA. After a few days of normal use, the machine froze while editing a PowerPoint presentation. I clearly remember seeing the HDD LED in a steady green. I then turned the netbook off. After I started a cold (normal) boot, I realized the HDD LED never lit again. The following message was presented on-screen: "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key".
I then tried to boot with the recovery CD through an external drive. The recovery program (on the CD) started nicely, but was unable to write to the HDD. Next, I pressed F2 to look at the BIOS setup. I then realized, under the "Advanced" tab, "IDE configuration", that the primary IDE master was not detected. In fact, the HDD LED never lit again after the first failure.
Of course, it can be an HDD failure, but I would rate it very unlikely (the netbook is less than 2 months old, and had a very mild use). Therefore, my question is: has anyone experienced a similar failure? Is there any procedure to make the BIOS "seeing" the HDD again?
Jose
I then tried to boot with the recovery CD through an external drive. The recovery program (on the CD) started nicely, but was unable to write to the HDD. Next, I pressed F2 to look at the BIOS setup. I then realized, under the "Advanced" tab, "IDE configuration", that the primary IDE master was not detected. In fact, the HDD LED never lit again after the first failure.
Of course, it can be an HDD failure, but I would rate it very unlikely (the netbook is less than 2 months old, and had a very mild use). Therefore, my question is: has anyone experienced a similar failure? Is there any procedure to make the BIOS "seeing" the HDD again?
Jose