"hard drive not exist" depending on installed HD (works in one, not in the other)
This is a problem I've never had before... This is not my laptop, so I don't know the previous state.
I had to replace the system board on a g60-600 because it would not power on. Ordered a new one, swapped it out, and now it turns on. Yay!
However, no hard drive is found. This is where it gets fun...
I am going to refer to the laptop I worked on as Laptop A with hard drive A. I have another laptop/drive that I will call B.
Hard drive A is NOT detected when installed in laptop A.
Hard drive A is detected when installed in laptop B.
Hard drive B is detected when installed in laptop A.
Hard drive B is detected when installed in laptop B.
CMOS was all reset when the system was dismantled.
-- When I first turned it on I got a Checksum error; I entered in the current date and time with no luck.
-- I unplugged the system, removed the battery, and held the power button for 1 minute. No joy.
-- I disconnected the battery for 10 minutes to reset everything again. Still nothing.
-- I have reseated the drive multiple times with no improvement.
-- I assume that the new motherboard does not have an updated BIOS; I'm trying to figure out a way to update it if a new one exists (haven't checked yet).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kyle
(edit for typo)
And now it works. I reset CMOS again and reseated the hard drive again. That's officially the 6th time I did that. Ah well, I just wish I knew what changed.
Now Windows is giving me "Your computer was unable to start" but that's another issue all together.
Cheers!
-Kyle
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