Legion Y530-15ICH doesn't detect HDD
This is the sister question: Legion Y530-15ICH doesn't detect wireless adapter .
After two days of running up the wall, I was able to boot this piece of junk. Unfortunately, it cannot detect HDD it's supposed to have. Tomorrow I'll call the retailer and, hopefully, they will be able to tell what HDD did they put inside: I don't want to open it, since that would void the warranty.
So, lsblk, parted, fdisk -- all of them are confident that the only persistent storage attached to this laptop is an SSD drive. Fortunately, I was able to boot from it, unfortunately, I actually would love to have HDD working as well.
The spec only gives me this:
1TB (7200RPM) Sata
Which is not a lot to go on...
Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the HDD. I tried using UEFI shell to see what devices does it think are there, but I'm not familiar with the tool and don't know how to interpret the output (it sees dozens of "devices").
Any ideas what could I try to detect it? It's hard to believe it was dead on delivery, and even if that, isn't there at least some way to tell "hey, there's this dead body in your laptop that might have been an HDD"?
hard-drive uefi laptop
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This is the sister question: Legion Y530-15ICH doesn't detect wireless adapter .
After two days of running up the wall, I was able to boot this piece of junk. Unfortunately, it cannot detect HDD it's supposed to have. Tomorrow I'll call the retailer and, hopefully, they will be able to tell what HDD did they put inside: I don't want to open it, since that would void the warranty.
So, lsblk, parted, fdisk -- all of them are confident that the only persistent storage attached to this laptop is an SSD drive. Fortunately, I was able to boot from it, unfortunately, I actually would love to have HDD working as well.
The spec only gives me this:
1TB (7200RPM) Sata
Which is not a lot to go on...
Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the HDD. I tried using UEFI shell to see what devices does it think are there, but I'm not familiar with the tool and don't know how to interpret the output (it sees dozens of "devices").
Any ideas what could I try to detect it? It's hard to believe it was dead on delivery, and even if that, isn't there at least some way to tell "hey, there's this dead body in your laptop that might have been an HDD"?
hard-drive uefi laptop
asked Feb 20 at 22:31
wvxvwwvxvw
1468
Some systems have drives set for RAID or Intel SRT, they need to be AHCI. But if dual booting with Windows install the AHCI drivers first into Windows. UEFI will have at least two tabs on drives, one is settings & drives should be shown. Other is boot and then drive is only shown if bootable and if bootable, would be also in UEFI boot menu.
– oldfred
Feb 20 at 23:09
@oldfred fair point, but it's set to AHCI, so, that's not my case. There's no Windows on that Laptop. It came with Free DOS, but I overwrote it with Linux. What exactly does "drive being bootalbe" mean? Back in the days, HDDs had some sort of jumper you could switch to prevent them from being something (i.e. for example to make them read-only), but that's probably not that, or is it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:34
New UEFI has setting to turn off drive. One or two users have accidentally turned off a drive. But if that is on, and UEFI/BIOS does not have drive in list of devices, no operating system will see drive. With UEFI, you have an ESP - efi system partition (FAT32) with boot files or in BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode boot loader in the MBR. UEFI will normally check both if Secure Boot is off. If Secure Boot on, it only checks ESP and files have to be signed.
– oldfred
Feb 21 at 13:59
Some newer hybrid "hard" drives are a combination of SSD and HDD. If you've been able to boot Ubuntu, what size drive does Ubuntu show? Something small like 128G, or 1TB? Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Feb 21 at 17:27
@heynnema It's the size of SDD from the spec: 256G.
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 18:30
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This is the sister question: Legion Y530-15ICH doesn't detect wireless adapter .
After two days of running up the wall, I was able to boot this piece of junk. Unfortunately, it cannot detect HDD it's supposed to have. Tomorrow I'll call the retailer and, hopefully, they will be able to tell what HDD did they put inside: I don't want to open it, since that would void the warranty.
So, lsblk, parted, fdisk -- all of them are confident that the only persistent storage attached to this laptop is an SSD drive. Fortunately, I was able to boot from it, unfortunately, I actually would love to have HDD working as well.
The spec only gives me this:
1TB (7200RPM) Sata
Which is not a lot to go on...
Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the HDD. I tried using UEFI shell to see what devices does it think are there, but I'm not familiar with the tool and don't know how to interpret the output (it sees dozens of "devices").
Any ideas what could I try to detect it? It's hard to believe it was dead on delivery, and even if that, isn't there at least some way to tell "hey, there's this dead body in your laptop that might have been an HDD"?
hard-drive uefi laptop
asked Feb 20 at 22:31
wvxvwwvxvw
1468
This is the sister question: Legion Y530-15ICH doesn't detect wireless adapter .
After two days of running up the wall, I was able to boot this piece of junk. Unfortunately, it cannot detect HDD it's supposed to have. Tomorrow I'll call the retailer and, hopefully, they will be able to tell what HDD did they put inside: I don't want to open it, since that would void the warranty.
So, lsblk, parted, fdisk -- all of them are confident that the only persistent storage attached to this laptop is an SSD drive. Fortunately, I was able to boot from it, unfortunately, I actually would love to have HDD working as well.
The spec only gives me this:
1TB (7200RPM) Sata
Which is not a lot to go on...
Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the HDD. I tried using UEFI shell to see what devices does it think are there, but I'm not familiar with the tool and don't know how to interpret the output (it sees dozens of "devices").
Any ideas what could I try to detect it? It's hard to believe it was dead on delivery, and even if that, isn't there at least some way to tell "hey, there's this dead body in your laptop that might have been an HDD"?
hard-drive uefi laptop
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Some systems have drives set for RAID or Intel SRT, they need to be AHCI. But if dual booting with Windows install the AHCI drivers first into Windows. UEFI will have at least two tabs on drives, one is settings & drives should be shown. Other is boot and then drive is only shown if bootable and if bootable, would be also in UEFI boot menu.
– oldfred
Feb 20 at 23:09
@oldfred fair point, but it's set to AHCI, so, that's not my case. There's no Windows on that Laptop. It came with Free DOS, but I overwrote it with Linux. What exactly does "drive being bootalbe" mean? Back in the days, HDDs had some sort of jumper you could switch to prevent them from being something (i.e. for example to make them read-only), but that's probably not that, or is it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:34
New UEFI has setting to turn off drive. One or two users have accidentally turned off a drive. But if that is on, and UEFI/BIOS does not have drive in list of devices, no operating system will see drive. With UEFI, you have an ESP - efi system partition (FAT32) with boot files or in BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode boot loader in the MBR. UEFI will normally check both if Secure Boot is off. If Secure Boot on, it only checks ESP and files have to be signed.
– oldfred
Feb 21 at 13:59
Some newer hybrid "hard" drives are a combination of SSD and HDD. If you've been able to boot Ubuntu, what size drive does Ubuntu show? Something small like 128G, or 1TB? Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Feb 21 at 17:27
@heynnema It's the size of SDD from the spec: 256G.
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 18:30
|
show 7 more comments
Some systems have drives set for RAID or Intel SRT, they need to be AHCI. But if dual booting with Windows install the AHCI drivers first into Windows. UEFI will have at least two tabs on drives, one is settings & drives should be shown. Other is boot and then drive is only shown if bootable and if bootable, would be also in UEFI boot menu.
– oldfred
Feb 20 at 23:09
@oldfred fair point, but it's set to AHCI, so, that's not my case. There's no Windows on that Laptop. It came with Free DOS, but I overwrote it with Linux. What exactly does "drive being bootalbe" mean? Back in the days, HDDs had some sort of jumper you could switch to prevent them from being something (i.e. for example to make them read-only), but that's probably not that, or is it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:34
New UEFI has setting to turn off drive. One or two users have accidentally turned off a drive. But if that is on, and UEFI/BIOS does not have drive in list of devices, no operating system will see drive. With UEFI, you have an ESP - efi system partition (FAT32) with boot files or in BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode boot loader in the MBR. UEFI will normally check both if Secure Boot is off. If Secure Boot on, it only checks ESP and files have to be signed.
– oldfred
Feb 21 at 13:59
Some newer hybrid "hard" drives are a combination of SSD and HDD. If you've been able to boot Ubuntu, what size drive does Ubuntu show? Something small like 128G, or 1TB? Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Feb 21 at 17:27
@heynnema It's the size of SDD from the spec: 256G.
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 18:30
Some systems have drives set for RAID or Intel SRT, they need to be AHCI. But if dual booting with Windows install the AHCI drivers first into Windows. UEFI will have at least two tabs on drives, one is settings & drives should be shown. Other is boot and then drive is only shown if bootable and if bootable, would be also in UEFI boot menu.
– oldfred
Feb 20 at 23:09
Some systems have drives set for RAID or Intel SRT, they need to be AHCI. But if dual booting with Windows install the AHCI drivers first into Windows. UEFI will have at least two tabs on drives, one is settings & drives should be shown. Other is boot and then drive is only shown if bootable and if bootable, would be also in UEFI boot menu.
– oldfred
Feb 20 at 23:09
@oldfred fair point, but it's set to AHCI, so, that's not my case. There's no Windows on that Laptop. It came with Free DOS, but I overwrote it with Linux. What exactly does "drive being bootalbe" mean? Back in the days, HDDs had some sort of jumper you could switch to prevent them from being something (i.e. for example to make them read-only), but that's probably not that, or is it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:34
@oldfred fair point, but it's set to AHCI, so, that's not my case. There's no Windows on that Laptop. It came with Free DOS, but I overwrote it with Linux. What exactly does "drive being bootalbe" mean? Back in the days, HDDs had some sort of jumper you could switch to prevent them from being something (i.e. for example to make them read-only), but that's probably not that, or is it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:34
New UEFI has setting to turn off drive. One or two users have accidentally turned off a drive. But if that is on, and UEFI/BIOS does not have drive in list of devices, no operating system will see drive. With UEFI, you have an ESP - efi system partition (FAT32) with boot files or in BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode boot loader in the MBR. UEFI will normally check both if Secure Boot is off. If Secure Boot on, it only checks ESP and files have to be signed.
– oldfred
Feb 21 at 13:59
New UEFI has setting to turn off drive. One or two users have accidentally turned off a drive. But if that is on, and UEFI/BIOS does not have drive in list of devices, no operating system will see drive. With UEFI, you have an ESP - efi system partition (FAT32) with boot files or in BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode boot loader in the MBR. UEFI will normally check both if Secure Boot is off. If Secure Boot on, it only checks ESP and files have to be signed.
– oldfred
Feb 21 at 13:59
Some newer hybrid "hard" drives are a combination of SSD and HDD. If you've been able to boot Ubuntu, what size drive does Ubuntu show? Something small like 128G, or 1TB? Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Feb 21 at 17:27
Some newer hybrid "hard" drives are a combination of SSD and HDD. If you've been able to boot Ubuntu, what size drive does Ubuntu show? Something small like 128G, or 1TB? Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Feb 21 at 17:27
@heynnema It's the size of SDD from the spec: 256G.
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 18:30
@heynnema It's the size of SDD from the spec: 256G.
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 18:30
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Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the
HDD.
Your disk is broken or disconnected.
answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
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The comment above suggests that the drive will only be detected by BIOS if it is bootable. So, maybe my saying "BIOS doesn't see it" is overstating it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:36
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Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the
HDD.
Your disk is broken or disconnected.
answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
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The comment above suggests that the drive will only be detected by BIOS if it is bootable. So, maybe my saying "BIOS doesn't see it" is overstating it?
– wvxvw
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Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the
HDD.
Your disk is broken or disconnected.
answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,94211525
The comment above suggests that the drive will only be detected by BIOS if it is bootable. So, maybe my saying "BIOS doesn't see it" is overstating it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:36
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Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the
HDD.
Your disk is broken or disconnected.
answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,94211525
Oh, and no matter the settings in BIOS, BIOS itself cannot see the
HDD.
Your disk is broken or disconnected.
answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
2,94211525
answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
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answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
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answered Feb 20 at 22:43
Kristopher IvesKristopher Ives
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2,94211525
The comment above suggests that the drive will only be detected by BIOS if it is bootable. So, maybe my saying "BIOS doesn't see it" is overstating it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:36
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The comment above suggests that the drive will only be detected by BIOS if it is bootable. So, maybe my saying "BIOS doesn't see it" is overstating it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:36
The comment above suggests that the drive will only be detected by BIOS if it is bootable. So, maybe my saying "BIOS doesn't see it" is overstating it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:36
The comment above suggests that the drive will only be detected by BIOS if it is bootable. So, maybe my saying "BIOS doesn't see it" is overstating it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:36
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Some systems have drives set for RAID or Intel SRT, they need to be AHCI. But if dual booting with Windows install the AHCI drivers first into Windows. UEFI will have at least two tabs on drives, one is settings & drives should be shown. Other is boot and then drive is only shown if bootable and if bootable, would be also in UEFI boot menu.
– oldfred
Feb 20 at 23:09
@oldfred fair point, but it's set to AHCI, so, that's not my case. There's no Windows on that Laptop. It came with Free DOS, but I overwrote it with Linux. What exactly does "drive being bootalbe" mean? Back in the days, HDDs had some sort of jumper you could switch to prevent them from being something (i.e. for example to make them read-only), but that's probably not that, or is it?
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 6:34
New UEFI has setting to turn off drive. One or two users have accidentally turned off a drive. But if that is on, and UEFI/BIOS does not have drive in list of devices, no operating system will see drive. With UEFI, you have an ESP - efi system partition (FAT32) with boot files or in BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode boot loader in the MBR. UEFI will normally check both if Secure Boot is off. If Secure Boot on, it only checks ESP and files have to be signed.
– oldfred
Feb 21 at 13:59
Some newer hybrid "hard" drives are a combination of SSD and HDD. If you've been able to boot Ubuntu, what size drive does Ubuntu show? Something small like 128G, or 1TB? Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Feb 21 at 17:27
@heynnema It's the size of SDD from the spec: 256G.
– wvxvw
Feb 21 at 18:30