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No hard disk detected!, then Windows boots

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Hello,

Just finished building a pc for the first time. Some pieces I have on it include:
- ASUS P7P55D-E Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- Intel Core i5-750
- Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

When I boot, I see the motherboard screen, then the screen goes black and appears with the message:

"Warning: No hard disk detected!"

5 seconds go by, then Windows boots perfectly fine.

I can see the drive in Bios and the HD is first in the boot order. The HD and the DVD drive are in sata 1 & 2.

This is baffling myself and my computer literate friends. Any ideas?

Reply to stotic

You're booting right? I don't see a problem here...

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Reply to MadAdmiral

I'm not sure what you mean by booting right (it's booting into Windows eventually). The problem is that every time my computer boots up, it wastes 10 seconds because i see a screen that says "No Hard Drive Detected!", but then ironically boots into Windows.

Reply to stotic

It sounds like it's looking for an IDE hard drive. I would disable the IDE controller in the BIOS if you don't have any IDE devices.

Reply to shortstuff_mt

I don't see anything regarding an IDE controller, what would it usually be under?

Reply to stotic

Under "Advanced" and "Onboard Devices Configuration" there are options to set the JMicron SATA/PATA Controller and Marvel 9123 SATA Controller to different modes. They should not be set to IDE mode if you don't have any IDE devices.

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Reply to shortstuff_mt

If there is a hard drive delay setting in you BIOS, set it at 0.
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Reply to aford10

Do you have the newest BIOS? I know Gigabyte recently worked on their boot detection stuff.

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Reply to EXT64

I'll give a try updating the BIOS. There was no IDE controller in the advanced tab. I also tried setting the hard disk detect to 0 and it doesn't seem to have done anything. Here's a video of the bootup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjdB5RMpCtg

Please ignore my roommates talking.

Reply to stotic

From the advanced tab you go into "Onboard Devices Configuration". That's where you should find the options mentioned above.

Reply to shortstuff_mt

shortstuff_mt wrote :

Sorry I missed this. I see this in the BIOS. I can either set them both to IDE Mode or Disabled mode. I should set it to disabled?

Reply to stotic

You should safely be able to disable the JMicron controller. I'm not sure about the other controller. You'll have to check your motherboard owners manual to be sure.

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Reply to shortstuff_mt

shortstuff_mt wrote :

You should safely be able to disable the JMicron controller. I'm not sure about the other controller. You'll have to check your motherboard owners manual to be sure.

I can disable the JMicron controllers

The only other mode for the other controller besides IDE and Disabled is AHCI mode.

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Reply to stotic

Start off by disabling the JMicron controller and see if that gets rid of the message at boot time.

Reply to shortstuff_mt

I just tried that, it doesn't seem to have changed anything.

Reply to stotic

Any more information on this question? On my very similar system, disabling the JMicro controller doesn't help. The message seems to be coming from a "Marvell" controller, but that's not shown in the BIOS.

This is not a huge problem, but it's an annoyance.

Thanks!

Reply to Dave in Houston

So your BIOS does not have the listings shown two posts up (a Marvell SATA)?

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Reply to EXT64

Interestingly, even though I'm using the same motherboard, the BIOS doesn't show the Marvell controller, only the JMicro.

Reply to Dave in Houston

Look for a BIOS update.

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