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cc170cc170 Member Posts: 146
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Okay, so today I installed a new PCI SATA Controller card. I boot it up, and try to use my system recovery discs, and it gives me some error code. I contact HP, and they tell me to run diagnosis, and it gives me error BIOHD-2, and they say that my HDD is bad. So, I run out to best buy and purchase a new one, come home and install it. I run the system recovery and get this same error. I run diagnosis again and get BIOHD-2. The hard drive is showing up in the RAID BIOS, but not the BIOS itself. Anyone know what the problem is here? The SATA controller card is new, the HDD is new, and the SATA cable is new. I get the same error code when trying to load the recovery discs from both hard drives.

Also, HP told me after I contacted them again that the recovery discs wouldn't work with retail hard drives. (I don't belive this) I am not buying another HP product.

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  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657

    The SATA controller card or it's drivers may either be not recognized, installed properly, and/or defective. It is  probably why you are receiving the hard drive error messages. No computer manufacturer will readily provide service for parts you installed that you did not purchase through them.

    And a question. Why did you get another SATA controller for your system? Manufactured PCs usually only have enough power to run what the manufacturer built into the system with little room for add-ons. Extra hard drives or a decent graphics card may push the power supply beyond what it can give.

    If you are talking about an actuall CD or DVD recovery disk and not a recovery disk partition on the hard drive it will probably work with drives not purhased from Hewlett Packard because they use the same ones anyone else can get. You might have to go through a few extra steps to format the drive or create partitions on it.

    A side note. My father's 3 year old HP PC's on-board drive controller bit the dust last year.

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  • cc170cc170 Member Posts: 146

    I bought a PCI SATA Controller, because my on board controller died. It seems like the main problem is that the BIOS isn't recognizing the HDD or DVD drive. But, the RAID BIOS recognizes the HDD and DVD drive.

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  • drbaltazardrbaltazar Member UncommonPosts: 7,856

    so you have more then one hard drive?if no!make sure you plugged correctly channel 1 sata for hd channel 2 sata for dvd player!

    if you have a raid set-up sorry cant help you since i dont have a raid yet!

    might need to tweak your bios !normaly its the delete key  2 time(dont press escape)

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