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Title: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: Wicked Vibes on August 20, 2011, 01:30:47 pm

Just got my Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 and i can't get it to find my harddrives.
Have bought it as a demo, no cables, cd and so on.

Tried to install it yesterday, but it cant find my harddrives. It says that it need mass storage driver, tried to download all most all of the drivers from the driver page, and put it on a usb stik and non of them worked..

Have i done something wrong?

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: HiVizMan on August 20, 2011, 01:45:19 pm

Open BIOS
Select default settings
Select your first boot device (DVD or USB for OS installation)
F10 and enter

TAB during post start up.
Are your HDD being seen?
Are your HDD powering on?
Are your HDD now being found during the install process?

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 20, 2011, 02:02:21 pm

Hi

I would suggest doing the following first and please do exactly as instructed.

The next thing to try is to clear the CMOS.

Remove the power cable from the mains supply and then press the power switch on the case for a few seconds just to drain any residual energy in the PSU capacitors.

Once done remove the motherboard battery for at least one hour before replacing it.
 
Next plug back into the mains supply and boot.
 
You will now need to enter the BIOS by pressing DEL and load Optimised BIOS Defaults.

Make any other changes to the BIOS settings to suit your self like disabling the floppy drive, disabling the full screen logo and making the HDD the primary boot device and then press F10 to save and exit.

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: Wicked Vibes on August 20, 2011, 02:28:58 pm

Quote from: HiVizMan on August 20, 2011, 01:45:19 pm

Open BIOS
Select default settings
Select your first boot device (DVD or USB for OS installation)
F10 and enter

TAB during post start up.
Are your HDD being seen?
Are your HDD powering on?
Are your HDD now being found during the install process?

Can see my  harddrives now in post.
But now it would not start usb install. But it did yesterday.

Brb

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 20, 2011, 02:35:13 pm

You will need to make sure that Legacy USB devices and storage are enabled in the BIOS.

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: Wicked Vibes on August 20, 2011, 02:43:03 pm

Thx for your help. Got it installing now, and seeing the harddrives..

Good day to ya all :)

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 20, 2011, 02:55:44 pm

Glad to hear that it is all working as it is supposed to now!  ;)

Title: Re: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 can't find harddrive
Post by: HiVizMan on August 22, 2011, 02:03:14 pm

Good one mate. Nice to hear.