Ok. I got a friends computer, it was the subject of another thread, i just got around to getting a hard drive.

I got a 40 gig 7200 RPM hd for a good price but the mobo is having a hard time detecting it. like not at all.

this is my model number of the mobo

m585lmr - PCChips



Under the hard drive settings in the bios i have it on AUTO and when the comp starts up it says auto detecting primary master IDE...press f4 to skip.

i have let it sit but to no avail.

i took the jumper completely off, as it is a WD drive and it said for single or master to remove the jumper, i also tried it in the default position.

how do I get the hard drive to detect?

tia