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BIOS does not detect hard drive properly, Windows doesn't load.

kwchang007

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Make sure to update your chipset drivers too. Go to Nvidia> nforce drivers> 570/550/500 AMD
 

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Well I'm running XP off the IDE drive. Just installed it. No problems so far.

Gonna update the BIOS and chipset drivers.

Will my SATA drive ever boot properly? I tried to boot it again yesterday (the SATA drive, the IDE install is fine) after leaving it unplugged for 24 hours and it worked. But like before, it only worked for about 5 minutes before my computer froze. The mouse pointer moved, but I couldn't click anything. The HDD activity light was off and didn't blink once. After a while it reset itself, and same error comes up "PLEASE ENTER SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". The strange thing is the BIOS detects the SATA drive and it still doesn't boot. What is to blame here? The drive or the mobo? I'm going to try booting it again after updating the BIOS. Maybe something will reset itself back to normal.
 
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