Bios won't see s-ata disk...

My bios won't see my WD 36,7 Raptor. When i start windows installer, it give me the F6 choise and i install the Fasttrak 376 driver or s-ata 376\378 driver (tried both), then windows is about to start installing but can't find my hardisk. Everything is connected correct so i don't understand whats wrong.
can anyone help me, please? tnx

press ctrl + f during boot up and create a raid array.
THEN you press f6 key as you described.
you need to create a raid array even if its only 1 drive.
you should also consider to change that crap psu you got.
a q-tec 400w is MUCH worse than a enermax 300w for example and they tend to blow up way to often

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@Inxsible: Mmmkay, I'll try that out right now. I'll just reinstall Arch since it'd be such a hassle setting up grub without Arch booting
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Hi there,
I would really appreciate help with the following:
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- checked the mainboard for any suspicious-looking condensators etcetera: none.
To me this seems like a faulty s-ata controller or some other motherboard-related hardware fault. Do you agree?
Do you think I've skipped any steps or is there anything left to try?
And if necessary, is an out of warranty repair possible, and how much would this cost, approximately?
Thank you very much in advance for your time and expertise,
Kind Regards,
Sander
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Thank you for the advice!
The serial number starts with W844, which makes it indeed eligible for the extended repair program. But I wonder, isn't this program meant for iMacs with symptoms like scrambled or distorted video, no video or no power?
This mac has a problem with detecting its harddrive and other media, and only if a s-ata disk is built in. When taken out, it boots nicely from external FW media or dvd.
The Apple Hardware Test oddly enough does not find any problem whatsoever. I think this might be because all it does to test the harddrive is directly interrogate the disks SMART-chip, which (correctly) reports no problems with the disk itself. The test does not attempt any reading/writing as far as I can tell. Neither does a program like Disk Warrior.
Do you think this is an early symptom of the display issue? Well, I suppose the machine needs repairing anyway, so we might as well try for the program. If it's another issue, there will probably a hefty bill, right?
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Sander
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