Hp (compaq) mini 110c - no boot with Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT

Dears
I just bougth Western Digital Scorpio Black WD5000BEKT plug in and no boot  
I have black screen, HD is alive because i hear is started and the HD led blink in same frequency so looks like Bios cannot read HD firmware to do initialization.
Motherboard version should be 308f if not mistaken, AMI BIOS has not been upgrade yet, actually i saw only one BIOS update which fix some Bluetoth issue. 
Could anybody can confirm that disk is running OK on that model ?
Is there any quick workaround ? 
I would like to avoid editing(moding)  the BIOS if possible. 
I am looking forward for your answer
Link to the HP mini
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&dlc=en&docname=c01894558&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_us...
Any support will be highly appreciates.

No problem maiki83. I am glad you got it running.
I believe however, that the processors are all fixed to the system boards in the Compaq Mini 110c series. Not having your exact model number, I will show you first how to find your exact model number, and then where to find the information (if it exists).
<How Do I Find My Notebook Model Number>: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00033108
Go to HP's support page and "Enter your product name/number".
HP Consumer Support:
http://support.hp.com/
When you are on your products support page go to the 'User Guides' section
Look for the "Maintenance and Service Guide"
In the guide locate the "Removal and replacement procedures" then the "Component replacement procedures"
If there is a "CPU" or "Processor" category then it will have a list of supported CPU's.
If you can only locate "System Board" then the list of boards will show the processor that comes on the boards. The latter will most likely be the case.
Good luck.
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