My hard drive stopped showing up in windows and bios. Then it started to work again but only shows up as a 128 gigabyte drive. This is the second brand new Western Digital (WD5000AAKS) 500 GB SATA Hard Drive thats done this to me in the past two months. The first one was covered by warranty so they gave me the one i am using now which did the exact same thing. Whats going on?

Hello here is the homepage for the mainboard:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4153#dl


If you choosed to install windows in ahci mode, you have to make this setting again in order to boot correctly from the drive.

Is the 2 tb hd visible in the bios ?

If so you have to format the drive in the windows system when running, in order to use the drive.
A format of a drive can also be done when installing windows.
If the hd drive is brand new its not formated.


A youtube video will show you how you do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzXoqZTxl_Q

Remember also to use the ahci setting first for this drive
in the bios ( if available )
Remember also to format the drive in NTFS file system.
Also remember a format will erase ALL files on the hd drive.


Good luck

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3789#ov

"GIGABYTE DualBIOS is a patented technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when the main BIOS has crashed or failed.

-> Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, <-

GIGABYTE DualBIOS allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating. In addition, GIGABYTE DualBIOS now supports 3TB+ (terabyte) hard drive booting without the need for partitioning, and enables more data storage on a single hard drive."

Downloads > Download type: Manual > English 3001 pdf 30.46MB

(S-l-o-w download. Took over 2 MINUTES, and usual time is around 10 seconds )

[Scroll mouse cursor to the Bottom/Middle. The ghosted out navigation guide will appear. Click on the Adobe PDF icon all the way to the right. When your mouse cursor is on it, - Show Adobe Reader toolbar - briefly comes up.

AS SOON AS you press the Power On button, start tapping on the DELete key. Tap in 2 second intervals. If you hear beeps while tapping ignore them.
They are Stuck Key Error Code beeps.

Page 66 - BIOS Update Utilities

Supposedly with having two BIOS chipsets. Main and Backup; the backup BIOS chipset is supposed to take over, with the next boot; in the event something happens to the Main BIOS chipset. (Program)

Regards,
joecoolvette

This usually means thehard disk has failed or the hard disk needs re-seating or the disk controlleris faulty. First - re-seat the harddisk and reboot the computer. If the computer does not boot up then reboot andgo into the BIOS configuration to see if the BIOS detects the hard drive. If itdoesn't detect the hard drive then it could be faulty. Next - to check if the harddrive is faulty, remove the hard drive and insert it into an USB hard drive adapter and connect it to a workingcomputer's USB port. If this computer cannot see itas an external hard drive and you cannot open the various folders and files,this confirms the hard drive is faulty. Then the hard drive needsto be replaced in the computer/laptop, Windows installed and the computer orlaptop's device drivers plus your programs etc. to get a functioningcomputer/laptop again.

Hi,
This error message means that the BIOS is corrupted on your PC. It is trying to find a duplicate copy from the Hard Drive of your PC. Each Motherboard stores a back-up copy of its BIOS settings on the Hard Drive. Do you still have the original Hard Drive that came with the PC? If you still has the original Motherboard CD that came with the PC you might want to use it but I honestly think it will not work. This is a known issue with a Gigabyte Motherboard. You might end up replacing the Motherboard on your PC.
Hope this help a bit. If you got any questions please feel free to shoot me a message
Thanks!

reformat hard drive to accept clean install of windows xp

set bios to boot from CD only after format.

if it doesnt work then...replace hard drive.

Here's a link to where you can get the manual free and it will show you the jumper options and all. Hope this helps.

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/manuals/Gigabyte/GA-686LX3/

you got it man you have two reason for bios like you tell me and your partition table so download magic partition on your windows xp and you will be able to correct this easely

bye and good lock if you have other problem for this tell me

Hi modjoguy, the bios must see your SATA hard disk before windows can see your SATA hard disk drive. To check this please press the delete key every two seconds as soon as you power on the system. (Note 1: Some motherboards that do not show the SATA II drive while in the bios may need its jumper set to SATA I in order for the bios to see the SATA drive). (See the drives large white sticker on the hard disk drive for SATA I location of jumper).
(Note 2: Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M rev 2.x & Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M-RH motherboards use the same manual). The Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M rev 1.x manual is slightly different, thus page numbers differ from the other two above.
Here is the link for all three: http://www.giga-byte.com/Search/Search_List.aspx?Keyword=K8VM800M&SearchType=Spec
The bios main menu will open. Open your manual (rev2.0 & RH) to page 38 & read under the listing, "IDE Channel 2/3 Master". The idea is your SATA drives should be listed at 2/3.
Once they are seen you need to open Advanced BIOS Features page 40. You can load the advanced bios features by pressing "Ctrl+F1" keys. You must list the SATA drive you want as the primary hard disk drive (Usually its the model number of the drive), that will have windows installed on it.

Good luck modjoguy!
Run into a snag just post it here.
Mike

You might have damaged the CPU/ motherboard during the process of overclocking.

Check your CPU on other compatible mobo.

Check your mobo documentation properly & set the jumpers rightly. If that doesn't help, you will have to replace the mobo.

Could you tell us the exact error message?