Boot-up: Hard Drive Failed

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    dragoness is offline Newbie

    Boot-up: Hard Drive Failed

    It's listen on there: Maxtor Calypso YAR42KJZ

    But, then it says: Master Hard Drive Failed

    I go into the bios...but it will not detect a hard drive.

    I tried doing a Maxtor Diagnosis. Do I need to get a new harddrive? Where could I get a new Hard drive to go on an ASUS N87NX-X, this is my older model for the kids to use and I'm not sure where to get a drive for an obsolete motherboard. Is it gonna be expensive? Please help.


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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    Did you run PowerMax?

    http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Ma...&downloadID=22

    What was the result?

    If the BIOS cannot detect the drive I would first off check the connections and perhaps try a new cable.

    ATA/IDE are standard drives that will fit all full size boards.

    Just Google hard drives:

    http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...&q=hard+drives

    You need an ATA or IDE. Not SATA or any other. You may need to verify that the board will handle the speed. Price range $50 U.S. and up. You can get a good main brand for @ $100 U.S.

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