Seagate or WD?

[MultiForce]

WTF i got the HDD, put it in, connected it all fine (the chap at the shop did that), turned the PC on, but it didnt recognize the HDD.. we tried formatting it with a disk... still wouldnt recognize it... what could be the problem???

Not disabled in BIOS?

Checked the jumpers?

This isn't a stone age computer that can't handle big drives?

[tralalala]

checked the BIOS, it ain't there...

it doesnt have jumpers - its SATA.. no slave/master on it.

its a PC from last year.. works perfect.. just no idea why this is suddenly not recognizing that a new HDD has been inserted.

[MultiForce]

checked the BIOS, it ain't there...

it doesnt have jumpers - its SATA.. no slave/master on it.

its a PC from last year.. works perfect.. just no idea why this is suddenly not recognizing that a new HDD has been inserted.

Swapped cable with the old drive?

Does the drive spin when powering on comp?

[Virtualbody1234]

Is it the only SATA drive?

Is the SATA controller enabled in the BIOS?

Does the drive show up in the Device Manager?

[tralalala]

nope doesnt show up in the device manager.

the other drive is also SATA.
didnt swap cables with old drive...
it does work, cos the guy at the shop tried the HDD on one of the PC's there and it was recognized..
i have no idea what could possibly be causing the problem.

[Virtualbody1234]

Check the connections made by "the chap".

Power and data interface connections.

[tralalala]

will do soon.. thanks

if its not that.. is there anything else it could be?

[clocker]

What motherboard do you have?
Many boards have more then one sata controller and some allow for en/dis-abling ports individually.

[tralalala]

here's what i have:

[morphguy12]

prob. need a dif. motherboard to have SATA drives