PC will not recognize internal HDD

[Nikdo]

I recently bought a 8TB internal Seagate Irownwolf HDD to use in my desktop, the problem is that its not showing up anywhere not even the BIOS.

The drive is definitely on because I can hear it

 

anyway to fix this?

[kb5zue]

Maybe and update to the BIOS?

[Alex Atkin UK]

12 minutes ago, Nikdo said:

I recently bought a 8TB internal Seagate Irownwolf HDD to use in my desktop, the problem is that its not showing up anywhere not even the BIOS.

The drive is definitely on because I can hear it

 

anyway to fix this?

Have you tried different SATA ports and cables?

[DoubleCheese]

17 minutes ago, Nikdo said:

I recently bought a 8TB internal Seagate Irownwolf HDD to use in my desktop, the problem is that its not showing up anywhere not even the BIOS.

The drive is definitely on because I can hear it

 

anyway to fix this?

you can try on a different sata port or reset your bios settings and try to check if the sata cable is fine or not if not you can replace it.

[Nikdo]

1 minute ago, ImSan said:

you can try on a different sata port or reset your bios settings and try to check if the sata cable is fine or not if not you can replace it.

I used a different cable and port, still doesnt show up

[Nikdo]

11 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Have you tried different SATA ports and cables?

did that now, still doesnt work

[Nikdo]

14 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

Maybe and update to the BIOS?

already on newest version

[DoubleCheese]

3 minutes ago, Nikdo said:

did that now, still doesnt work

try clearing the cmos battery, turn off the computer, then unplug the power psu, look for the cmos battery, then remove it, wait 1 to 5 minutes, then plug it back in as before, turn on the computer, then check if the hdd can be detected by the bios.

[leclod]

When you open disk manager in windows, you get your old drives but not the new one ?

[Nikdo]

1 hour ago, leclod said:

When you open disk manager in windows, you get your old drives but not the new one ?

Yes, i see my 2 Nvme SSDs, one of them I installed just 2 days ago and it worked without any problems

[Alex Atkin UK]

43 minutes ago, Nikdo said:

Yes, i see my 2 Nvme SSDs, one of them I installed just 2 days ago and it worked without any problems

Did you try every SATA port?  Also, are those both NVMe (M.2 can be NVMe or SATA) as if one of them is SATA that often disables some SATA ports.

[Nikdo]

7 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Did you try every SATA port?  Also, are those both NVMe (M.2 can be NVMe or SATA) as if one of them is SATA that often disables some SATA ports.

I haven't tried all SATA ports yet will do that tho, the other drives are all NVMe btw

[Alex Atkin UK]

16 hours ago, Nikdo said:

I haven't tried all SATA ports yet will do that tho, the other drives are all NVMe btw

Another thing to check is in the BIOS make sure SATA is set to AHCI not RAID, although I would think the drive should still be displayed in the BIOS even if this was set incorrectly.

[Robchil]

On 12/28/2022 at 2:58 PM, Alex Atkin UK said:

Another thing to check is in the BIOS make sure SATA is set to AHCI not RAID, although I would think the drive should still be displayed in the BIOS even if this was set incorrectly.

It should show up. 

if x4 pcie nvme setting is set.. usually one port pr m.2 in use will disable the corresponding sata port. depending on what mainboard.