Pavilion a6412p cannot find seagate hard drives.

Get disk not found msg at bootup.  Drive hooks up to other PC via USB and is OK.      Cannot boot to update bios via sp40966.exe    Any way to fix bios from bootable CD?

Hello nashdavea,
I understand you’re getting disk not found on boot.
I see you have tested the hard drive and it worked fine. Looking at your motherboard it looks like you have about 6 sata connections total. Have you tried any of the other available connections?
Also if you’re unable to load into bios it sounds like it could be a system board issue.
Try those other connections and let me know if the results change or stay the same.
Thanks.
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