New SATA HD

[nj2tx]

Hi Guys, I have a new hard drive and had some major noobish questions.
I just received my new hard drive and was curious what the first step was.
The system is a gateway GT5012 and the hard drive is a Western Digital WD1600AAJS.

Ok..the easy stuff is connecting the SATA cable and and the power cable, but if i do that the computer will not boot up. I can see a green light on the motherboard. Even though there is no OS on it, i thought i would atleast get a error message. I appreciate any help you guys can give

Thanks!
Doug

 

[KSoD]

Do you already have a IDE driver already installed? Do you have the BIOS set to boot from SATA. Have you used the BIOS and turned on the SATA drive?

 

[nj2tx]

The computer originally came with a SATA hard dive, but it was actually stolen by an old roomate. The computer will not boot at all. I can see the green light on the motherboard showing power is cycling, but it just wont turn on ... any ideas?

 

[KSoD]

Can you get into the BIOS? It will not boot cause you need to isntall a OS. For that boot from the CD first and install it.

 

[nj2tx]

actually it wouldnt even boot, i found out the hard drive was DOA....i got it up and running with another drive--thanks for responding

 

[aeroplane22]

I had to remove the jumper from my SATA HDD. I overlooked it and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't boot. :laughing: