H a r d D r i v e N o t F o u n d

S

Steve UK

i have a friends computer which is showing a blue error screen at start up
basically saying that no hard drive can be found.

if i remove and re-seat the i.d.e cable it works again and windows xp will
start, however i keep having to do this quite regularly.

motherboard is IWILL ka266 plus (which did not seem to take too well to win
xp in the first place), maxtor 40gb hdd, 512mb ram, amd athlon xp processor
1.8ghz.

i'm not sure if the problem is the motherboard or what but why should
re-seating the cable make any difference?

thanks.
 
R

Rocket J. Squirrel

For the same reason your lamp won't turn on if it's not plugged into the
wall. Have you tried replacing the IDE cable?

Rocky
 
U

Unknown

Long shot, but have you checked the CMOS battery? You lose BIOS when you lose
the battery. If You have power on when replugging the cable the battery is not
used. Residual voltage could remain to power the CMOS when you power off then
back on after replugging the cable. Remember I said ---long shot.
 

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