Interesting issue with hard drive

[Primetime18]

I have never seen something like this before. I currently am trying to hook up a 500 gb hard drive to my system. I currently only have my 120 gb ssd. I don't know how best to explain this because the way it is behaving is completely bizarre but here goes.

If my rig is off and I plug the hard drive in to sata power and data and then turn the computer on, neither the BIOS or Windows recognizes the hard drive. However, if I unhook the power to the drive with the machine up and running, and then plug it back in, i can feel the drive spin up, and if I then reboot the computer the hard drive works just fine. However, the next time I shut the computer off, the computer won't recognize the drive again.

If I plug in an old 80 gb hard drive that I have it works just like it should. This has me stumped. I have an 850w psu so I don't think it is a power issue. I have tried a couple of 500 gb drives as well.

Please advise.

 

[Y0GI]

Which version of Windows? 32 bit or 64 bit?
What format is the drive formatted with? NTFS? Fat 32? Etc.
Is your MB BIOS the latest available?

Yogi

 

[Primetime18]

Which version of Windows? 32 bit or 64 bit?
What format is the drive formatted with? NTFS? Fat 32? Etc.
Is your MB BIOS the latest available?

Yogi

It is 64-bit Windows. I flashed the BIOS as part of my trouble shooting so it is current. The drive is formatted with NTFS and when I un-plug and plug back in the SATA power cable while the computer is running to get it to recognize the drive, the drive is fully functional as my E: Storage drive.

 

[Y0GI]

Which version of Windows? 32 bit or 64 bit?
What format is the drive formatted with? NTFS? Fat 32? Etc.
Is your MB BIOS the latest available?

Yogi

It is 64-bit Windows. I flashed the BIOS as part of my trouble shooting so it is current. The drive is formatted with NTFS and when I un-plug and plug back in the SATA power cable while the computer is running to get it to recognize the drive, the drive is fully functional as my E: Storage drive.

That is really weird!

The only other thing that I can suggest is to contact Tech Support for your MB maker. BTW, what MB do you have?

Yogi

 

[Primetime18]

Which version of Windows? 32 bit or 64 bit?
What format is the drive formatted with? NTFS? Fat 32? Etc.
Is your MB BIOS the latest available?

Yogi

It is 64-bit Windows. I flashed the BIOS as part of my trouble shooting so it is current. The drive is formatted with NTFS and when I un-plug and plug back in the SATA power cable while the computer is running to get it to recognize the drive, the drive is fully functional as my E: Storage drive.

That is really weird!

The only other thing that I can suggest is to contact Tech Support for your MB maker. BTW, what MB do you have?

Yogi

A Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514

 

[Y0GI]

OK - Thanks.

I would contact GB to see what they can offer.

Yogi