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    m7700 motherboard

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bueller, Mar 31, 2010.

  1. bueller

    bueller Notebook Consultant

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    My AW m7700 laptop went bad not long ago and it looked like a video card problem since I have seen it before on this lapy. I bought a New card on e-bay and it didnt fix it. I then bought a used tested motherboard from ebay from a power seller. It fixed the video problem but when the lapy starts it says - a disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt=del to restart. I have tryed reseating the hard drives several times.(rad-0) Is there something else wrong or is there a problem with the motherboard.
     
    bueller, Mar 31, 2010
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Yes there is a solution to your problem

    The replacement motherboard which you bought is an early model motherboard. If you are running an AMD platform you will need a motherboard with revision 5.1 or 5.2 to read SATA 300 drives. On the Intel platform you will need a motherboard with revision 6.5 or later to read SATA 300 drives

    Any board with models below these values will not be able to read a SATA 300 drive.

    You have two options,
    1) return the motherboard and specfically ask for a newer revision motherboard, 5.1 or later on amd, and 6.5 or later on the intel
    2) Find out which company manufacturers your harddrive. You will need to find a diagnostic tool on there website. You will need to change the harddrive's firmware from SATA 300 to SATA 150.
    You can read more about that in my thread here:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=347779

    Good luck,

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 2, 2010
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