Hard-drive Controller Failure???? - Toshiba Satellite 2545XCDT

Did you try the new hard drive in the other computer also? I
would first 
make sure I really had a good hard drive, without any doubt.
 Then make 
sure you don't have any jumpers installed on the 4 on the
end by 
themselves, which would make it other than a Master stand
alone drive, 
which is the only drive your laptop can detect.  Then put it
in your 
laptop, and enter BIOS to see if it is listed there.  I
think you have 
too many unknowns at this point to assume a bad motherboard.

Ardell Faul
Laptop Computer & Monitor Repair
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kevind07460 wrote:

>Hi everyone.
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>I am currenly working on a Toshiba Satellite 2545XCDT.
The unit powers 
>up and the CPU is good.  However, the hard-drive is not
recognized.  
>Tried it in a good PC....and it was not recognized by it
either. I 
>could NOT even format it...an it was NOT recognized by
FDISK.  I 
>assumed "bad" hard-drive.....and so put in a
new drive.  Same result.   
>Must be a localized failure..... perhaps
"bad" hard-drive 
>controller?..or "bad" motherboard?  Anyone
have similar problem?  
>Anyone have service manual, schematics, or TIPS on this?
  
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>Thanks,
>Kevin D.
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