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01-12-2008, 03:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
juanzo007 Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3	new system, bios not finding hard drive hey folks... first timer here, building my first pc. the short story is that bios isn't seeing my HDD. it was before when i first got into bios, but then went for a ubuntu install and couldn't get past partitioning - no root system defined. i have so far: triple checked cabling, confirmed power is getting to the hdd, switched sata ports and cables, enabled sata in my bios setup, cleared cmos... asus p5gc-mx/1333 seagate sata 300 500GB HDD. Would appreciate any help, this is baffling!

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