New hard drive issues - need help please!

So I just installed a new hard drive on my Ideapad S10 and having the following issues.  I get a PXE-E61 : Media test failure check cable & PXE-M0F : Exiting  Broadcom PXE rom message.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drive to check the connection and still get the error, it's a brand new drive.  Also I noticed in the BIOS that the hard drive is showing up under ssd disk and SATA hdd shows - none.  If I restore the BIOS settings to original then the drive will show up under ssd but the SATA controller mode will show the AHCI setting instead of the Compatible setting it should use.
I'm really stuck here and don't know what else to check.  My orginal drive is dead so I'm trying to get this working so I can install windows.  If anyone could help out it would be greatly appreciated - Thanks!

Full Disclosure:  I don't know your machine.
That PXE error probably doesn't indicate a problem - or not the problem, anyway.  Your machine boots, doesn't see an operating system on the hard drive (or doesn't see a hard drive at all) and tries to boot over the network and fails. That's what the PXE error is about.
As to the SATA problems, what happens when you boot your Windows install media?  Does that see a hard drive?
Z.
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