new hd not seen in bios

i bought a WD1600AAJB, but it would not see it, i have that last bios that was made for the m/b tries all different jumper settings on drive, different cable etc, but my original drive works so i know its not the m/b ? so im sending the hd back for a raplacement.
does the 6590 kt4 ultra take 160gb drives. my origina drive was an ibm deskstar 60gb that has the click of death but still sometimes works. s there something in the m/b bios i cna try i cleared nv ram to no avail, then put my ibm back in and it worked. so....
any one help asap before i post off new maybe broke hd

Originally Posted by fender62

i bought a WD1600AAJB, but it would not see it, i have that last bios that was made for the m/b tries all different jumper settings on drive, different cable etc, but my original drive works so i know its not the m/b ? so im sending the hd back for a raplacement.
does the 6590 kt4 ultra take 160gb drives. my origina drive was an ibm deskstar 60gb that has the click of death but still sometimes works. s there something in the m/b bios i cna try i cleared nv ram to no avail, then put my ibm back in and it worked. so....
any one help asap before i post off new maybe broke hd

i should have put m/b msi kt4 ultra 6590
hd is ide

On Jan 21, 6:24*pm, fender62 wrote:
i bought a WD1600AAJB, but it would not see it, i have that last bios
that was made for the m/b tries all different jumper settings on drive,
different cable etc, but my original drive works so i know its not the
m/b ? so im sending the hd back for a raplacement.
does the 6590 kt4 ultra take 160gb drives. my origina drive was an ibm
deskstar 60gb that has the click of death but still sometimes works. s
there something in the m/b bios i cna try i cleared nv ram to no avail,
then put my ibm back in and it worked. so....
any one help asap before i post off new maybe broke hd

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fender62

How are you connecting the drive? Master, Slave or stand-alone.

All WD drives are very unique and the IDE control jumper is very
important.

Originally Posted by smlunatick

On Jan 21, 6:24*pm, fender62 wrote:
i bought a WD1600AAJB, but it would not see it, i have that last bios
that was made for the m/b tries all different jumper settings on drive,
different cable etc, but my original drive works so i know its not the
m/b ? so im sending the hd back for a raplacement.
does the 6590 kt4 ultra take 160gb drives. my origina drive was an ibm
deskstar 60gb that has the click of death but still sometimes works. s
there something in the m/b bios i cna try i cleared nv ram to no avail,
then put my ibm back in and it worked. so....
any one help asap before i post off new maybe broke hd

--
fender62

How are you connecting the drive? Master, Slave or stand-alone.

All WD drives are very unique and the IDE control jumper is very
important.

i tried all these, its the only one that was on there website, plus i phoned the tech support, and tried on another pc

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....reated=#jumper

On Jan 22, 1:04*pm, fender62 wrote:
smlunatick;3247886 Wrote:

On Jan 21, 6:24*pm, fender62 wrote:-
i bought a WD1600AAJB, but it would not see it, i have that last bios
that was made for the m/b tries all different jumper settings on
drive,
different cable etc, but my original drive works so i know its not
the
m/b ? so im sending the hd back for a raplacement.
does the 6590 kt4 ultra take 160gb drives. my origina drive was an
ibm
deskstar 60gb that has the click of death but still sometimes works.
s
there something in the m/b bios i cna try i cleared nv ram to no
avail,
then put my ibm back in and it worked. so....
any one help asap before i post off new maybe broke hd

--
fender62-

How are you connecting the drive? *Master, Slave or stand-alone.

All WD drives are very unique and the IDE control jumper is very
important.

i tried all these, its the only one that was on there website, plus i
phoned the tech support, and tried on another pc

http://tinyurl.com/bxye3r

--
fender62

Please check with this web page:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1

Not sure the one you tried is the same as your. I did find the one
for your model.

Originally Posted by smlunatick

On Jan 22, 1:04*pm, fender62 wrote:
smlunatick;3247886 Wrote:

On Jan 21, 6:24*pm, fender62 wrote:-
i bought a WD1600AAJB, but it would not see it, i have that last bios
that was made for the m/b tries all different jumper settings on
drive,
different cable etc, but my original drive works so i know its not
the
m/b ? so im sending the hd back for a raplacement.
does the 6590 kt4 ultra take 160gb drives. my origina drive was an
ibm
deskstar 60gb that has the click of death but still sometimes works.
s
there something in the m/b bios i cna try i cleared nv ram to no
avail,
then put my ibm back in and it worked. so....
any one help asap before i post off new maybe broke hd

--
fender62-

How are you connecting the drive? *Master, Slave or stand-alone.

All WD drives are very unique and the IDE control jumper is very
important.

i tried all these, its the only one that was on there website, plus i
phoned the tech support, and tried on another pc

http://tinyurl.com/bxye3r

--
fender62

Please check with this web page:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1

Not sure the one you tried is the same as your. I did find the one
for your model.

yep, tried all settings on that page, same result sadly
i have sent hd back to supplier for another, i hope it works
will keep posted, thanks for your help