Hello,
im trying to fix a PC and when it boots i get a unable to detect media error. when i go into the BIOS settings it is unable to detect my HDD. took the side off and checked the HDD it is not spinning at all... i have a boot disk that has a program (DONT know the name) that can recover pictures / files off of the HDD by temp putting them on the RAM. at least from what i understand from the description. when i use this program my HDD spins you can hear it and feel it not excessively just enough to know the HDD has power. there is jumper settings that have never been changed. and last but not least is the IDE ribbon only have one ribbon but it has one main female connector and 2 others one in the middle and one at the end. ive tried both of them and still am unable to detect the HDD.

so basicaly what im asking is ...
who thinks its a bad HDD and who thinks i have other issues such as MOTHER board issues.

Thanks in advance

Quote from: nitelife2989 on March 12, 2011, 03:46:05 PM

...when i go into the BIOS settings it is unable to detect my HDD. ...who thinks its a bad HDD and who thinks i have other issues such as mother board issues....

it's most definitely dead