One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or
to shutdown or fail to detect/ boot up a computer hard drive Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including
electrical extensions,IDE,SATA the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make
sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them
there probably old and faulty
make sure all leads that
are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections
and are not faulty even the electrical extensions or just replace them they
could be faulty a computer needs its connections to continue its cycle and to
have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error or
Restart your computer
with the XP Setup disk in the CDROM drive.
If you are prompted
to press a key to start the computer from CDROM, do so quickly. Otherwise it
may try to boot from the hard drive.
After a few minutes, you'll see a prompt to press the R key to start the
Recovery Console. When Recovery Console starts, it will prompt you to enter a
number corresponding to the Windows XP installation that you need to repair. In
most cases, you'll enter "1" (which will be the only choice). If you
press ENTER without typing a number, Recovery Console will quit and restart
your computer.
Enter your Administrator
password. If you don't enter the correct password, you cannot continue.
At the Recovery Console command prompt, type fixmbr and then verify that you want to proceed. Your
damaged MBR will be replaced with a shiny new one, and you should then be able
to boot your system normally. In some cases, you may need to repair the boot
sector in addition to the MBR. If your system still doesn't boot properly,
repeat the steps above, but issue the fixboot command instead
SOURCE: SATA 2 HDD
I think, one possible way is to manually force sata 2 (there is no such thing as sata 2) to sata 1 by using a jumper for the hard drive. For exact details, please consult the sticker on the hdd or contact the hdd manufacturer for firmware updates. And please report back, especially if it's a success. (Damn, the VT8237)
SOURCE: Doesn't recognize SATA hard drives. BIOS option
Need to install latest bios update go to there website also if you are trying to boot up with usb installed take it out.
BIOS ID:15
SOURCE: P4VMA-M motherboard won't recognize SATA hard drive
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