Hard drive not recognized 1

[therowguy]

I recently rebuilt a P2 450 with Windows 2K. I added a new cd-rom drive, too. I was going to add more memory, too, so I took out the existing RAM to see what type I needed to buy. After I reinstalled the RAM, I was having trouble with the video card- it wasn't recognizing the card. It turned out that the video card came loose after I removed and re-installed the memory, so i removed the card and re-seated it. The machine would then boot up fine, but now it doesn't recognize my hard-drive. The machine was working fine after the initial rebuild, so I'm not sure why all of a sudden it won't recognize my hard-drive. I tried physically removing the HD and reconnected the cables, but it didn't work. I've checked all the cables connecting all drives to the MB, but everything is fine. I also tried re-installing the OS but it will still not recognize the HD. Any suggestions?

 

[Sly979]

Check your bios settings, try and set to auto, or use user settinds to see if that will do any good. "More Than Merely Names"
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

 

[beyondsociety]

You might have a bad cmos battery.You can get them prety cheap at radio shack but you will have to know the model of the battery which is displayed on the battery.

 

[therowguy]

I checked my bios settings already, and I did an auto check on the HD but it still did not recognize it.

I'm not familiar with the cmos battery. Where is it located?

 

[therowguy]

I should also note that I put the "faulty" HD in my Win XP machine and XP did not recognize the drive.

 

[wolluf]

Sounds like you've got a dead drive.

 

[therowguy]

Yeah, that's what I figured. Thanks for everyone's help.