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    New Hard drive not being recognized

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by TheHybrid, Dec 28, 2013.

  1. TheHybrid

    TheHybrid Newbie

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    Right, so I got a new HDD forr my laptop on christmas, a thinkpad 3.0 gb/s 7400 rpm 500 gig, and I was gonna use it for my steam games, but my comp cant seem to detect it. I put it in the extra HDD slot, boot up, and nothing. All I got was an attempt to install the harddrive for a split second, and then it dissapeared, so I know its seen in one way or another... also, I have reinstalled windows several times in the past with out a recovery disc. Right now, Im goig to see if it is the sata port itself by swapping my main hard-drive into it.

    Edit: Found the problem. When I would flip my Asus g73jh back to its normal position, it would dissconnet from the port since nothing was holding it in place. I had to do some diy stuff, but I managed to fix it temporarily until I get an official mounting thing.
     
    TheHybrid, Dec 28, 2013
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  2. billyray

    billyray Notebook Consultant

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    + Rep for the follow up info! ;)
     
    billyray, Dec 30, 2013
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Well that's an easy fault to fix, some basic foam to support the drive would work too, just don't cover the vent hole.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 1, 2014
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