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Area 51 m7700 IDE to SATA Hard Drive Swap

post #1 of 4
7/12/10 at 6:08am
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So recently I replaced the rev 5.3 mobo in my old Area 51 m7700 with a new rev 6.2 mobo and new video card. Along with the mobo and vid card, I ordered a SATA cable for this lappy to replace the original PATA/IDE hard drives with SATA hard drives. I just recently installed the new hard drives and booted it up...well, attempted to anyway. The laptop stops at the hard drive detection screen and states "Warning - The BIOS does not find proper hardware configuration, Please check your system!" I wanted to enter the BIOS but this screen prevents me from doing so. Anyone know what the problem might be? The newer hard drives are both Seagate: Primary - 200GB 7200RPM SATA. Secondary - 500GB 5400RPM SATA. Oh yeah, not trying to use these in a RAID config either, just separate drives, one for Windows and Apps, the other for storage.

Thanks for any help!
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post #2 of 4
7/12/10 at 8:24am
Can you put the old PATA drive back, going into BIOS set up first before swapping the drvive?

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post #3 of 4
7/13/10 at 2:11pm
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LOL I figured it out. Apparently the HDD I purchased from Ztronics was defective. I hooked the HDD up to a USB adapter and the HDD makes strange noises like the motor inside is trying to start but it just doesn't want to... Time to RMA... Thanks for the help!
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post #4 of 4
7/13/10 at 3:00pm
Simple fix!

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