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PC Doesn't Detect with Sata Port But Detects When Connected Externally

cenk78

I built a new sff pc. I have a 512 gb nvme ssd. I had a old 1.5 tb drive from a laptop. Samsung Spinpoint M9T 1.5TB ST1500LM006. When I connect it via hdd box with usb3, all is ok. I can see the drive. Shows up in file explorer, device management and disk management. But when I connect it inside the case, it doesn't show up in bios, device or disk management, diskpart, windows installation screen. Different disks works and I can see them in windows so I know motherboard and cables isn't faulty.

 

Things I've tried and failed:

 

- Deleted partitions.

- Created partitions.

- Formatted.

- Unformatted.

- Different sata and power cables many times.

- Different sata ports.

- Cleaned the disk with diskpart.

- Sata settings in bios.

- Changed it to mbr and gpt.

 

My system:

- MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC

- Amd Ryzen 3600

- Palit 1660ti

- Adata SX8200 512 GB

- Corsair SF450

 

This is the weirdest problem I've came across in my 20 years of computer journey. There is not a single problem I couldn't solve or go around with the help of google and forums like this but this one, I couldn't tackle.

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6 hours ago, cenk78 said:

I built a new sff pc. I have a 512 gb nvme ssd. I had a old 1.5 tb drive from a laptop. Samsung Spinpoint M9T 1.5TB ST1500LM006. When I connect it via hdd box with usb3, all is ok. I can see the drive. Shows up in file explorer, device management and disk management. But when I connect it inside the case, it doesn't show up in bios, device or disk management, diskpart, windows installation screen. Different disks works and I can see them in windows so I know motherboard and cables isn't faulty.

 

Things I've tried and failed:

 

- Deleted partitions.

- Created partitions.

- Formatted.

- Unformatted.

- Different sata and power cables many times.

- Different sata ports.

- Cleaned the disk with diskpart.

- Sata settings in bios.

- Changed it to mbr and gpt.

 

My system:

- MSI B450I Gaming Plus AC

- Amd Ryzen 3600

- Palit 1660ti

- Adata SX8200 512 GB

- Corsair SF450

 

This is the weirdest problem I've came across in my 20 years of computer journey. There is not a single problem I couldn't solve or go around with the help of google and forums like this but this one, I couldn't tackle.

That really is strange. However, there might be because the Drive has PWDIS feature. In this article from Tom's Hardware, they explain what it does and probably a way to fix it. Here's the link: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hdd-sata-power-disable-feature,36146.html

 

What you can do is simple, cut a small piece of electric tape and cover pin 1 until 3 of the SATA power pin.

I have ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum

 

I apologies if my comments or post offends you in any way, or if my rage got a little too far. I'll try my best to make my post as non-offensive as much as possible.

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12 hours ago, Chiyawa said:

That really is strange. However, there might be because the Drive has PWDIS feature. In this article from Tom's Hardware, they explain what it does and probably a way to fix it. Here's the link: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hdd-sata-power-disable-feature,36146.html

 

What you can do is simple, cut a small piece of electric tape and cover pin 1 until 3 of the SATA power pin.

Thank you, but it didn't work. I thought it would and was really excited.

 

Anyway, disk is spinning anyway if I cover those pin or not. I can hear it. I guess it's a compatibility problem or something.

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19 hours ago, cenk78 said:

Thank you, but it didn't work. I thought it would and was really excited.

 

Anyway, disk is spinning anyway if I cover those pin or not. I can hear it. I guess it's a compatibility problem or something.

Ooo, sorry to hear that. How about you cover only pin number 3?

I have ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum

 

I apologies if my comments or post offends you in any way, or if my rage got a little too far. I'll try my best to make my post as non-offensive as much as possible.

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That didn't work either. I've tried it on another motherboard and it worked without a problem. Only way it doesn't work when I connected to my motherboard with sata. I think motherboard has a compatibility issue. Contacted MSI. They said I should clear cmos. Tried that but didn't work. They said they're going to try the drive themselves if they can find the same drive.

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Just gonna update this issue so if someone came across the same problem they should know that this problem is unsolvable. I contacted MSI. They tried to solve it. They gave me a bios update they didn't release yet but it didn't work either. I'm just going to use this drive with external case.

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