Help with Biostar M5ATC

Hot-swapping and Boot-Block flash & Boot block flash and floppy support
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RobertR.
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I have went to california for a two weeks and before i went i unplugged my computer. When i returned i plugged it back on and it does not see the harddrive. To make sure my harddrive wasnt dead, i swapped it with the computers orginal seagate 2gig harddrive that had windows 98 and the BIOS still dosent detect it. So then i took out the harddrive from my friends hp pavilion (80 gig maxtor which i know is working) and put it my computer and it still does not see it. What is wrong with it?

Here is my computers details:

Mother Board : Biostar M5ATC

BIOS type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG.

BIOS date: 11/21/97

BIOS ID: 11/21/97-ALi-154x-2A5KIB09C-00

BIOS Sign-On: ATC1121D

Chipset: ALi M1531 rev 179
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Set all IDE ports to autodetect in Bios. Try to connect drive to both Primary and Seconddary controller.
Either something died on your comp or it's a problem with your backup battery causing some strange behaviour.
RobertR.
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Can anyone tell me a store that i can buy another BIOSTAR M5ATC motherboard for a cheap price?
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edwin
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you might get lucky and find one on a flea market. there is not a single one listed on ebay at the moment. the shops have long long ago dumped their stock of these boards. It is 9 years old. That is prehistoric in todays terms for computers.
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RobertR.
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Is there another board related to the M5ATC that may be on the market?
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cp
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like edwin already stated: those boards are really old! you probably won't get any board that's still AT since all boards are ATX now (since a few years really). you might try getting one on some large online auction..look for something with "ALi Aladdin V" or "ViA MVP3"
RobertR.
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I i use a controller card will it work?
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It might. No guarantees. Check the data cable as well.
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KachiWachi
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You can also try swapping out the HDD ribbon cable, and verify that the power supply is outputting the correct voltages.
RobertR.
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Okay, i know that this thread stopped about 2 months ago, but now i am sure that it is my power supply. I used a volt meter and checked the output level, and it is putting out too much power.(which also explains how my cd-rw, dvd-rom, cd-rom, and two harddrives blew). Does anyone know where i could get a new (AT format) powersupply? And also, because the power supply was pushing out too much power, is it possibl that my mobo is partially dead too?
cp
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can you post the voltage levels you measured? did you measure the voltages under load?
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