Barracuda XT, Barracuda, Barracuda Green, DiamondMax and other desktop SATA and IDE drives

[Volkano]

Hello

I bought a Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 7200.12 today, but when I plug it in my case nothing comes to monitor, it makes my PC frozen.Why?

Motherboard: Asus K8N

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 7200.12

[rob220]

Why?

Seagate drive.

[Volkano]

What seagate drive and how to install? I can't even reach the bios when I plug it into my case.

[fzabkar]

Is the PC's power supply fan turning? Is the CPU fan spinning? Are any of the case lights on? Do the DVD/CD trays open and close?

[Volkano]

Yes, they are all, but I don't hear the starting beep sound and my PC seems as if it has no graphic card.When I plug my 80GB Samsung one which I have been using for 4 years, there is no problem.I didn't understand what's wrong with this new one.

Should I uptade the bios's driver? What's the jumper setting? Could it be useful?

*It is working in my friend's case

Message Edited by Volkano on 08-28-2009 03:54 PM

[Volkano]

Anyone please?

[fzabkar]

I can't help you, but if the POST was able to test the graphics card and found it faulty, then you would have heard 8 beeps. A failing memory test results in 3 beeps. If you pull all the RAM, do you get a POST beep code? If you pull the graphics card, do you get a different beep code? Doing the above may help you determine at which stage the POST is hanging.

Try booting with the SATA data cable disconnected. If the POST still fails, then it would be a power supply loading issue. If it passes, try hot-plugging the drive's data cable, if you feel OK with that.

Have you tried limiting the drive's interface speed to 1.5Gbps with a jumper?

Have you tried configuring the drive for legacy mode in the BIOS setup?

[Volkano]

Have you tried limiting the drive's interface speed to 1.5Gbps with a jumper?

I think this will fix my problem, but I don't know how to do.

Have you tried configuring the drive for legacy mode in the BIOS setup?

I can't reach the bios or anything when I plug it because my monitor just winks at me.

[fzabkar]

The jumper setting should be in your product manual.

Seagate's document library:

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=sea-int&vgnextoid=059849b5e8ba0210VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD 

As for legacy mode, configure your BIOS with the drive disconnected. In legacy mode, the SATA drive and interface look like a PATA drive.

I don't expect any of the above to work, but I don't know what else to try. 

[Volkano]

Re: Hard Drive Not Seen

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I have fixed the problem at last, with a jumper.If someone is having the same problem, they just need to put a jumper on to the hard disk's four pins according to its brand.Thanks to all who was interested in my problem.