Since you've had the prob with 3 separate drives, it does seem like the problem would be with the motherboard - either the sata controller, or the BIOS. Pavilion A6130n's were originally sold in 2007 (5 years ago). I dunno if 2TB SATA drives were much anticipated back then. Did the HP bios you flashed specifically say it would support 2TB sata drives? You might just be asking the BIOS (or sata controller) to deal with a drive structure that it's not capable of handling. If you've downloaded the latest version of WD's drive diagnostics utility, and "still" can't get a drive to work, then the prob is most likely with the mobo rather than either windows or the drive itself. I don't think your new Windows install will fix it since WD diagnostics works fully outside any windows functionality. If you can't get the drive recognized by WD diag, then I don't think Windows will be able to handle it. (but hopefully I'm wrong, so give it a shot). :-)
Good luck, Donk Pavilion a6130n On 8/9/2012 9:53 AM, alcala94109 wrote: > xperience with this/solution in case the upgrade does not work? Thanks again > for reading through this lengthy post:) ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
