Hi, have sent this to support but hope someone here might be able to help.
I've recently purchased a Beebox N3000 barebones mini PC and 8Gb RAM and a 2.5" HDD to add to it. It's a 750Gb Western Digital WD7500BPVX which I believe is SATA III.
The HDD is not being recognised when trying to install Windows 7 64-bit (I have created a bootable USB with the USB 3.0 drivers as advised in the user manual so I can start the installation process) - it just doesn't list any hard drives to install to when I get to that step.
It doesn't look like the HDD is being recognised in the UEFI either: * On the Advanced\Storage Configuration screen it says SATA3_1: Not Detected. * I have SATA Controller(s) enabled. * AHCI mode is selected but disabled so cannot be changed. * I can hear the HDD is spinning up. * This is a brand new HDD and is not formatted but I assume the Windows installation will be able to do this if I can get that far.
The UEFI is up to date. The Easy Driver Installer tool it says there is "no supported disk found. Please check disk is connected and format is FAT32/FAT16. {Error code: 7}". I have checked the SATA cable connection and it looks fine, though is a bit of a squash to get it in.
Any ideas please? I don't have any other PC to plug the HDD into, or alternative SATA drives to check in the beebox, so I'm a bit stuck on what to try.
Thanks
-- BTW, I see in the manual that 2.5" drives aren't recommended in the N3000 - did I miss this on the pre-purchase information available online? Has anyone had any problems with cooling or the HDD? I had planned to use the VESA mount to hook it to my TV but that doesn't seem like a good idea now. +1 #" rel="nofollow - < id="ezPreviewPO" border="0" scrolling="yes" style="width: 100%; height: 90%">
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