Can't find boot drive after restart/shutdown

[sprtfan]

I have a computer that will work fine, but will not find the boot drive after shutdown/restart sometimes. To fix the problem, I can unplug the sata cable and then plug it back into a different sata connection on the motherboard and it will work again. I'm going to change cables since it is easy to do and see if it makes a difference. I wanted to ask if anyone has seen this before? Would this be more likely to be a motherboard problem or maybe a hard drive problem?

Thanks for any help

 

[robisbell]

without knowing the motherboard make, model and version, and bios revision, nor the make and model of HDD, it's hard to say.

 

[sprtfan]

The motherboard is a Abit AN8 skt 939 board. The HDD is a seagate 300GB 7200.8 I'll check for the bios revision when I get back home.

 

[robisbell]

there's multiple versions of the AN8, that's the 1st hurdle, the bios revision will be the second thing I need. model of the HDD is also needed.

 

[Mwing]

What OS? Vista did that to me on both of my computers.

 

[sprtfan]

The OS is XP Pro. I'm out of town and still waiting for the guy that normally uses the computer to email me the info.

 

[robisbell]

so you don't have a system, please don't post like you have the system since it's not yours, you need to clarify that.

 

[sprtfan]

I have the system at home, I'm not. I'm depending on a room mate to email me the specs since I didn't have time to before I left. It is an old system of mine that he uses. I had access when I first posted. Sorry if that caused problems.