Maxtor 120gb not detected by bios, please help!

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so i don't mean to be curt, but i bet we all know how frustrating this kinda thing can be, I really appreciate all your help.. im going to buy an ide now, fingers crossed..
 
had the same problem yesteday, turned out to be the jumper. I have a maxtor hdd had it connected as second hdd, jumper was put on :|:': , but it should have been ::|':

the stickers on the drive are really dumb, since both :|:': and ::|': say slave, but only one really works.
 
funny, a place called Fry's Electronics was selling the same 120g Maxtor for $59. Thought it sounded 2 good 2 b true. now I can see why.
 
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