SATA HDD not detected

[Kapsonas]

Hi,

I have worked with Ubuntu for few years already and installed Ubuntu and other distros to a lot of PCs, but this type of problem I could not resolve by my self.

I have Desktop PC with SATA HDD, where I have installed Win7, no problem, everything works. I wanted next to it install Ubuntu 12.04, however when Ubuntu from live CD or USB boots it does not see the hard disk. I can see only the USB drive from which I boot. Gparted and Fdisk, don't see it. I reboot the system, the Win7 boots without any problem.

I have tried a lot of things, but non of them seems to be working:
In bios I have changed Sata Mode to AHCI, SATA mode and RAID mode - no effect (while Win boots on AHCI and SATA mode).
Bios detects HDD and I an choose booting device. The HDD is not shown in Standart CMOS setup page, where only PATA disks are shown.
Tried different SATA connectors to motherboard (there are 5 of them) - no result.
My HDD is 2TB, which is not detected, but I also tried with old SATA 40Gb hard disk, the result is the same, the HDD is not detected.
One good thing is that I know, because tried, that Ubuntu boots and can be installed from PATA HDD, but I would like to install it to SATA. As I don't have the very old PATA disk.
I wanted to update the BIOS, but there is no newer, spent a lot of time looking for it. Motherboard - Packard Bell MCP78PVM-PM, BIOS released 05/01/2008, Computer model: Packard Bell Imedia 8841.
"Gparted recovery disc" also does not detect the HDD. Meaning that debian based OS will not detect it. I have a bad feeling that the same will be with any Linux distro.
Tried 32 and 64 bit Ubuntu, with no success.

I think here I should ask what Win7 can do better in SATA HDD detection than Linux and how can I add this to Linux (without recompiling kernel).

Please suggest what more could be done. I don't want to be stuck just with Win7, it's so not interesting.

[Kapsonas]

Someone asked for what gives LSHW, here it is:

ubuntu
description: Desktop Computer
product: IMEDIA 8841 ()
vendor: Packard Bell BV
version: PB80132991
serial: 820004100335
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=3 uuid=60897581-4C17-DD11-A5C9-AFAE7343A631
*-core
description: Motherboard
vendor: Packard Bell BV
physical id: 0
version: 1.0
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: PBCBR00.P23
date: 05/01/2008
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: AMD Phenom(tm) 8450 Triple-Core Processor
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 3
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.2.3
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: CPU 1
size: 1050MHz
capacity: 2100MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: x86-64 boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs npt lbrv svm_lock cpufreq
configuration: cores=3 enabledcores=3
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 384KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 1536KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L3-Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-memory:0
description: System Memory
physical id: 25
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 4GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
product: 64T128020EU3SB2
vendor: Qimonda
physical id: 0
serial: 15970606
slot: DIMM0
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
product: 64T128020EU3SB2
vendor: Qimonda
physical id: 1
serial: 10970606
slot: DIMM1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
product: 64T128020HU3.7A
vendor: Qimonda
physical id: 2
serial: 16811206
slot: DIMM2
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
product: 64T128020HU3.7A
vendor: Qimonda
physical id: 3
serial: 10811206
slot: DIMM3
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-cpu:1
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@1
version: 15.2.3
size: 2100MHz
capacity: 2100MHz
capabilities: cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 0
size: 128KiB
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 1
size: 512KiB
*-cpu:2
physical id: 5
bus info: cpu@2
version: 15.2.3
size: 1050MHz
capacity: 1050MHz
capabilities: cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 0
size: 128KiB
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 1
size: 512KiB
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] LPC Bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:2f00(size=256)
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:10 ioport:2900(size=64) ioport:2d00(size=64) ioport:2e00(size=64)
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-processor UNCLAIMED
description: Co-processor
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.3
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: memory:fbf80000-fbffffff
*-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.4
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:23 memory:fbf7f000-fbf7ffff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:22 memory:fbf7ec00-fbf7ecff
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:21 memory:fbf7d000-fbf7dfff
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 4.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:20 memory:fbf7e800-fbf7e8ff
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
logical name: scsi7
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:ffa0(size=16)
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD Writer 640c
vendor: HP
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: ES04
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:22 memory:fbf78000-fbf7bfff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] AHCI Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage pm msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:40 ioport:c480(size=8) ioport:c400(size=4) ioport:c080(size=8) ioport:c000(size=4) ioport:bc00(size=16) memory:fbf76000-fbf77fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:19 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fc000000-feafffff ioport:d4000000(size=201326592)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:19 memory:fc000000-fdffffff memory:d8000000-dfffffff memory:d4000000-d7ffffff ioport:dc00(size=128) memory:fea80000-feafffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GF104 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fea7c000-fea7ffff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:18
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:17 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:feb00000-febfffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:1e:90:32:04:0a
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.139 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:41 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:febff000-febfffff memory:febc0000-febdffff
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Address Map
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:8
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Link Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi
physical id: c
bus info: usb@2:1
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
size: 3935MiB (4126MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=0217934c
*-volume
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: SYSLINUX
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /cdrom
version: FAT16
serial: 5c73-f628
size: 3934MiB
capacity: 3934MiB
capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,cod epage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted

[Kapsonas]

The modprobe sata_nv

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe sata_nv
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg| tail
[ 67.581116] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/0000:02:00.1/sound/card1/input16
[ 67.583276] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.0/0000:02:00.1/sound/card1/input17
[ 67.868533] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (2838) terminated with status 1
[ 73.374017] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PMFB0_SUBP0: 0x037f0040
[ 73.374024] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PMFB0_SUBP1: 0x037f0000
[ 73.374030] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PMFB1_SUBP0: 0x037f0000
[ 73.374035] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PMFB1_SUBP1: 0x037f0040
[ 73.374039] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PMFB2_SUBP0: 0x037f0040
[ 73.374044] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PMFB2_SUBP1: 0x037f0000
[ 77.432024] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

[gordintoronto]

Set the SATA mode to AHCI. Do you actually power down the computer between tries?

The SATA Controller does not have a logical name assigned, which might point to where the problem lies. Support for that controller has been in the kernel for several years, so it should "just work." Sorry, I know that doesn't help.

[kagebunjutsu]

i got the same problem and its driving me nuts :(.. dos utility/hardisk utility can see the disk but ubuntu doesnt :( i hope someone out there already experience this problem and have a solution to this one :(.. i will try to post my logs, im currently at the office right now