Exhausted all options
Hola everyone, I have an aspire Z3100 All-n-one. I want to know if I exhausted all remedies and call it quits. When I turn on PC message appears "Reboot and Select proper boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key".
I went into Bios and noticed that SATA Port 1-4 not detected. Also Onboard SATA Controller is Enabled and ONboard SATA Mode is AHCI.
I also downloaded and tried to flash different versions of BIOS but not to avail.
Current BIOS is P01-A02 and tried P01.B0, P01.B1L & P01.B2 with no luck
Lastly when I tried to install P01.B0 it keeps saying fail to find bcpsys block in bios.wph file image
I tried different sata cable and tried the other sata ports. I have nothing left, am I missing anything?
I appreciate any advise
Edit: I created a win 7 repair disk on a flashdrive and it stays stuck trying to boot up. I turned off PC and rebooted and go into BIOS and it says it detects it but nothing, then when I restart and go back into BIOS it doesn't detect it. I am gearing more towards that the mobo is messing up.
Posted Jan 11, 2016, 4:36 AM UTC · edited
The hard drive itself is likely corrupt or has a corrupt boot header. If you have a copy of the Windows installation CD or the iso you may use it to diagnose both.
I did run an HDD diag and I stopped it @ 50% because not errors was detected, which I'll run another long generic test and let it complete. I do have a win 7 repair disk and it doesn't pick up the disc because of the of the sata ports not detected.
Ah I see. Try plugging only one sata port at a time. It's possible you need to replace the motherboard.
yes I was afraid of that, I can't remember but I think I removed all connections to the sata ports which are hdd & optical drive. my thing is I can't seem to find the original bios version for that mobo