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Originally Posted by BrianHanna  i changed out the sata cables and the hard drive is still not recognized by the bios.
can i be certain that the drive died? |
You may have a Seagate 7200.11 500GB drive that has become a 'brick'.
HOW TO FIX BRICKED DRIVES WITH SEAGATE TECH SUPPORT - Internal (ATA and Serial ATA) drives - Seagate Community Forums
Check the accessibility of the drive in an external enclosure.