AMD Athlon 2200+ with 256MB of DDR Ram.
Biostar M7VIQ motherboard
60GB hard drive
DVD-ROM
DVD-RW
Computer has been starting erratically for awhile. Sometimes it will start., other times it fails and says "HARD DISK NOT FOUND..."
I think the hard drive it finished. With power on I do not feel that 'gyro' effect you normally feel from spinning platters in a good drive.
So I tried a brand new 80GB hard drive. After numerous reboots the BIOS finally recognized it. I was then able to install WinXP. When installation was complete, I did a few Windows updates. Now I'm getting "HARD DISK NOT FOUND..." message again.
Thinking the motherboard battery could be failing, I tried a new one. Made no difference.
I tried new IDE cables. Made no difference.
I set BIOS settings all to default settings. Made no difference. Tried optimized settings. Same thing.
I'm running out of ideas. Anyone have any idea what could be wrong?
PS: Bootup each time is EXTREMELY slow.
Biostar M7VIQ motherboard
60GB hard drive
DVD-ROM
DVD-RW
Computer has been starting erratically for awhile. Sometimes it will start., other times it fails and says "HARD DISK NOT FOUND..."
I think the hard drive it finished. With power on I do not feel that 'gyro' effect you normally feel from spinning platters in a good drive.
So I tried a brand new 80GB hard drive. After numerous reboots the BIOS finally recognized it. I was then able to install WinXP. When installation was complete, I did a few Windows updates. Now I'm getting "HARD DISK NOT FOUND..." message again.
Thinking the motherboard battery could be failing, I tried a new one. Made no difference.
I tried new IDE cables. Made no difference.
I set BIOS settings all to default settings. Made no difference. Tried optimized settings. Same thing.
I'm running out of ideas. Anyone have any idea what could be wrong?
PS: Bootup each time is EXTREMELY slow.