[Admiral LSD]

Is... that a good thing?

[redsniper]

It's a sort of angry, frustrated, pirate kinda bump.

[Descenterace]

Like I said before...

HAVE YOU TRIED REMOVING THE JUMPER ON THE BACK OF THE SATA DISK?

[redsniper]

It has jumper pins but there's no jumper on them and the documentation says not to put a jumper there.

[Descenterace]

...

Didn't you say earlier that there was a jumper on the back of the drive?

I'm well aware that SATA disks have jumper pins on them, and that they're almost never used. But the way you put it suggested that there was a jumper installed on them...

OK, I need more sleep.

And alcohol.

[redsniper]

I don't like bumping such an old thread but I'm not getting anywhere with this. I've been talking with some guys on a real tech support forum but they mostly suggested stuff I had already tried and now they don't seem to be responding. I guess I'll try the Asus support forums next. Anyway, yes, I did say there was a jumper on the HD but after actually looking at it I see that I was mistaken.

[ChronoReverse]

The best thing you could do at this point is pull the drive out and test it in a known good system (aka somebody else's computer).

[redsniper]

This town is a technological vacuum. I don't know anyone with a SATA compatible system and I wouldn't be surprised if mine is the only one around.