I just bought a samsung sata2 harddisc,and it is not recogniced on my ASUS A7V880 motherboard,and that after also not recogniced normal maxtor ide harddiscks.
I now run my system with an USB 4GB stick...

I have already inserted the jumper on the harddisc for only 150Mb/s
(Also my Asrock K7S41GX motherboard doesnt recognice the ide (maxtor)harddiscks...(cannot boot,insert bootable media...etc)


thanks for some advice

CMOS corruption, see your motherboard manual how to reset.

i reset my cmos when restarting i saw samsung scrolling by so i ran dmesg... how to handel from here? in ubuntu i can not find the harddisc...

here a part of dmesg


[ 51.584572] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 51.590759] libata version 2.20 loaded.
[ 51.592395] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.1
[ 51.592430] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 51.592454] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 10
[ 51.592532] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0001eff0 ctl 0x0001efe6 bmdma 0x0001ef90 irq 17
[ 51.592572] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0001efa8 ctl 0x0001efe2 bmdma 0x0001ef98 irq 17
[ 51.592594] scsi0 : sata_via
[ 51.625026] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 51.625069] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 51.625101] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 51.681345] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
[ 51.775638] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[ 51.796715] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 51.846733] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[ 51.963058] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001eff7
[ 51.973514] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001eff7
[ 51.984819] ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 312581808, hpa_sectors = 312581808
[ 51.984827] ata1.00: ATA-7: SAMSUNG HD161HJ, JF100-19, max UDMA7
[ 51.984831] ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[ 51.996796] ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 312581808, hpa_sectors = 312581808
[ 51.996801] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 51.996816] scsi1 : sata_via
[ 52.204407] ata2: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 52.214853] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001efaf
[ 52.215032] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG HD161HJ JF10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 52.218195] VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0f.1
[ 52.218221] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 52.218237] VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
[ 52.218240] VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
[ 52.218252] VP_IDE: VIA vt8237 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci0000:00:0f.1
[ 52.218261] ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hdaio, hdbio
[ 52.218276] ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdcio, hddio
[ 52.218283] Probing IDE interface ide0...
[ 52.240328] SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
[ 52.240350] sda: Write Protect is off
[ 52.240353] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 52.240442] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 52.240541] SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
[ 52.240553] sda: Write Protect is off
[ 52.240556] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 52.240575] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 52.240579] sda: unknown partition table
[ 52.251777] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
[ 52.257310] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 52.787980] Probing IDE interface ide1...
[ 53.362732] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 53.362752] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: UHCI Host Controller

OK, the /dev/sda is pointing to your new drive. Dunno any GUI tools in Ubuntu. Is there GParted or something similar? Are you going to use the new drive exclusively in Linux?

only linux

thanks for the help

Dunno the GUI way, from command line:

sudo cfdisk /dev/sda
Create partition(s) to your liking.

sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
This will create filesystem on your first partition, repeat with sda2, sda3... if you created more than one.

Create mount point.
sudo mkdir /mnt/storage or /media/movies for instance or whatever you want. You may want to mount it in your home directory if you are the only user.

Add it into /etc/fstab
sudo nano -w /etc/fstab
add following line
/dev/sda1 /mountpoint/you/created ext3 auto,user 0 0

See man fstab and man mount to find desired mount options.

Bad luck after rebooting on ubuntu life cd(for installing ubuntu on samsung HD the Gparted program didnt discover the harddisk also dmesg didnt notice samsung HD,back to usb stick the gparted on that this time also didnt ad the samsung HD...

here a part of dmesg...

50.818028] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
[ 50.890337] ata1: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 50.900783] ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x0001eff7
[ 50.900811] scsi1 : sata_via
[ 50.923894] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[ 50.988316] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[ 55.994854] ata2: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 1 SControl 300)
[ 56.005299] ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x0001efaf
[ 56.009420] VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0f.1
[ 56.009447] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 56.009464] VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
[ 56.009467] VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
[ 56.009478] VP_IDE: VIA vt8237 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci0000:00:0f.1
[ 56.009487] ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hdaio, hdbio
[ 56.009502] ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdcMA, hddio
[ 56.009513] Probing IDE interface ide0...
[ 56.574471] Probing IDE interface ide1...
[ 57.102322] hdc: AOPEN CD-RW CRW5224 1.06 20030129, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
[ 57.438567] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
[ 57.442884] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> I

thanks for some advice

Ok,its solved already,i reconnected the plugs and am installing the system from live cd...

thanks

It still happens that my samsung HD isnt recognised (no boot device,insert bootable media etc etc)...
also with working with usb stick,running gparted only the usb stick is recognised...

please some advise...thanks

Sometimes works? Sometimes does not? A bad cable probably.

This is a part of dmesg

with the samsung HD with 1.5GbPs on the first line(i guess... or is it just the sata port with max output... ?) but it is not recognised in gparted... and what means the abnormal status un line two ...

thanks for advice


50.830309] ata1: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 1 SControl 300)
[ 50.840754] ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x0001eff7
[ 50.840784] scsi1 : sata_via
[ 51.046144] ata2: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 51.056588] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001efaf
[ 51.060485] VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0f.1a
[ 51.060512] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 51.060528] VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
[ 51.060531] VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
[ 51.060542] VP_IDE: VIA vt8237 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci0000:00:0f.1
[ 51.060551] ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hdaio, hdbio
[ 51.060566] ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdcMA, hddio
[ 51.060576] Probing IDE interface ide0...
[ 51.629715] Probing IDE interface ide1...
[ 52.161515] hdc: AOPEN CD-RW CRW5224 1.06 20030129, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

first i thought of cabling too, but since you have the problem on both ide and sata that is ruled out. DO make sure you have your cables connected properly. then i would certainly check out some bios settings and set all hard drive related settings to 'auto', also check the boot order of boot able devices and place it in the following (suggested) order: 1st boot device "atapi cd rom", 2nd device "usb", 3rd "hdd".

it has absolutely no use trying anything if you cannot see your hard drives in BIOS.

good luck!

Every thing stands on auto in bios for HD devices.
The problem is,when the samsung HD is recognised with startup it boots on it(no problems)(only with usb and cdrom no problems with booting...)
So sometimes the HD is recognised in bios and sometimes not...

then i would suggest you try another HD to see if your bios wants to recognize that, if it does then your samsung is faulty, if it doesn't (and you are sure this drive works on another machine) then there could be a hardware problem with your mobo. Gparted will not see any drives that your bios hasn't picked up either.

The motherboard was checked and was ok,i bought a new harddisk(ide) and works the sata hd is still recognized sometimes...
so i got tree not recognized harddisks...

thanks for the help