Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
Yes, I could mount and browse the content, before I nuked the partitions.
Yes, I could mount and browse the content, before I nuked the partitions.
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Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
you can use it in a pc, it just wont last as long as a regular drive.
a data drive scatters data all over the drive to even the wear between the heads and platters.
an AV drive writes sequentialy like a cd or a record to avoid glitches during playback etc.
this causes the low numbered tracks to take more wear than the others.Comment
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Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
Happy to report these Hitachi drives turned out to be standard hard drives. I used another utility (Pdisk) to create a new DOS partition table, and thereafter BIOS recognized the drives.Comment
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Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
Premature celebration. I installed everything without shutting down. I used GParted to recreate DOS partition table. Set up partitions, installed Linux. Rebooted to BIOS to see that both hdd's were detected under drives, confirmed. Continued boot to desktop. Everything was working good. I rebooted again, with similar positive results. Then I turned OFF the computer, without removing mains power. When I booted the computer again from OFF (stopped), the error returned, and drives were not detected. So perhaps, when the hdd spins up from stopped, the DOS partition table is re-written or corrupted?Last edited by binsonk; 09-01-2014, 09:44 AM.Comment
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Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
What can be deduced from the fact that the drives were made bootable by creating a new DOS partition table?Comment
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Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
IDK, even with all i know of linux, unix, the IBM PC, and UEFI/BIOS all i can think of is firmware issues in the BIOS. is this an OEM (eg powerspec) or MFG (eg intel) BIOS?Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....
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You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.
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Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
I guess you mean, the Hitachi hard drive's firmware. The computer is a Dell, and the BIOS version is A04, probably Intel. Summarizing, after I used GParted to create a new DOS partition table,
1. BIOS stopped giving errors and began booting
2. hdd's were accurately detected and reported by BIOS
3. a subsequently installed OS booted without difficulty, normally
After the computer is shut down, and the hdd allowed to come to a stop, the next boot fails, producing the original "error auto-sensing secondary hard disk drive0." And of course, BIOS no longer detects or reports the drives.Last edited by binsonk; 09-01-2014, 07:42 PM.Comment
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Re: Dell Dimension does not see SATA hdd(s)
SATA connections suck. The weakest, mealy-mouthed pieces of crap I've ever seen on a hard drive. Those things practically fall off if you look at them wrong.Comment
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With the discussion about water pumps failing when cars sit for a while, I wonder what people have seen with hard drives. Do people see hard drives failing after being sat on the shelf for a long time unpowered versus a hard drive that's at least powered up at least once in a while, say, weekly?
Wonder if it's worth spinning up the spare spinners once in a while to keep the bearings lubricated?
Wonder how I should best keep my cold spares for my RAID "fresh" for eventual failures of the working drives. Was thinking about keeping a hot spare but that's another... -
I've gotten into the habit of Looking at peoples Mechanical Hard drives with a Ubuntu thumb drive to boot their system.
I understand the raw values are not really uniform between manufacturers, but I have noticed that high seek and read error raw values at the very least correlate to a drive that is going to have sub par access time, and extremely slow OS booting.
The odd thing is I've often seen very high seek and read error rates on drives with fairly low on time.
Does anybody have any other takes on evaluating smart data? I've used Crystal Disk Info, It seems to present... -
Hi everyone,
I'm in need of assistance with a Dell Precision 5820 Tower. The BIOS is locked with "Dell Security Manager," preventing access to the HDD-1 hard drive.
**Background:**
I recently purchased this Dell Precision 5820 Tower from a recycler who salvages equipment from abandoned office spaces. The computer was left behind by its previous owner and was password locked. Given that it can run Windows 11, I saw this as an opportunity to upgrade my setup.
**What I've Tried So Far:**
1. I accessed... -
i have several dead/bricked (not detected, doesnt show up or making constant clicks of death) and faulty bad sector hard drives. im moving house soon and need to get rid of some dead weight.
i thought of selling them for parts or not working but they are quite heavy and shipping each drive internationally via local post is US$23 each. im using some of the drives as gym strength training dumbells by putting 4 of them in a box to make a 3kg dumbell. but since im moving i cant carry the deadweight with me. any ideas what to do with them that is cost-effective for ppl like me... -
Hi,
I have the above mentioned bord after repair, which was related to a lot of missing smd devices on the back of the board.
There were almost 20 devices missing, caps, resistors and some diodes/mosfets.
The board is generally working now, all PCIe ports are working, Windows installs normally.
However I have a problem with SATA ports 4-7 (the board has 8 SATA ports) - disks are not beeing recognized by the BIOS neither by Windows (which is usually normal in case BIOS does not recognize them).
The SATA 4-7 driver network is quite simple chipset<->buffers/drivers<->SATA...
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