DESKTOP BUILD: HARD DRIVE TROUBLESHOOTING
First ensure that the hard drive you are placing in the desktop computer is the correct size based on the spec build worksheet. Ensure that the correct connections (ie SATA or PATA (IDE)) are available in the system, with the corresponding cables to each, for the hard drive available. What follows are a few common issues relating to installing and accessing hard drives:
| Common Issues
Symptom:
When starting up the computer, the hard drive clicks, chirps, or otherwise makes odd noises.
Solution:
Something is not functioning as it should in the hard drive...recycle it and obtain another.
Symptom:
A SMART Warning on my desktop is telling me that the "Hard drive failure imminent", or some other indication the hard drive is dying.
Solution:
Simply shut down the system properly, unplug the power chord, remove and replace the hard drive.
Symptom:
I Can't find the hard drive in BIOS, and/or the computer doesn't load Ubuntu after BIOS screen.
Solution:
- 1) Ensure that somewhere in BIOS the Hard Drive is detected or is set to Auto (for assistance, ask a neighbor or build instructor for navigating BIOS).
- 2) Make certain that the Hard Drive is jumpered to the master pins and plugged into the primary SATA/IDE port. You may have want to try plugging the cable connecting the Hard drive into another IDE/Sata Port on the motherboard.
- 3) Try replacing the IDE/SATA cable.
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