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Help with Biostar M5ATC
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:38 pm
by RobertR.
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
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:07 am
by Denniss
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:27 pm
by RobertR.
Can anyone tell me a store that i can buy another BIOSTAR M5ATC motherboard for a cheap price?
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:36 pm
by edwin
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:44 pm
by RobertR.
Is there another board related to the M5ATC that may be on the market?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:28 am
by cp
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"
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:05 pm
by RobertR.
I i use a controller card will it work?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:30 pm
by edwin
It might. No guarantees. Check the data cable as well.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:22 pm
by KachiWachi
You can also try swapping out the HDD ribbon cable, and verify that the power supply is outputting the correct voltages.
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:57 pm
by RobertR.
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?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:56 am
by cp
can you post the voltage levels you measured? did you measure the voltages under load?
