Hard Drive not detected in BIOS

[Kareeser]

I have a 20 GB Maxtor IDE hard drive that I salvaged from an old computer.

I pronounced the PSU dead (see Generic Power Supply), but I thought the hard drive may be salvageable.

I plugged it into my computer under the following conditions:
SATA HD (Plugged into SATA 1)
CD-RW plugged into IDE channel as Master (jumpered to Cable select)
Known working 4-pin power connector

1. Plugged 20 GB Maxtor into IDE cable, jumpered to master — Computer froze before BIOS
2. Changed jumper to Slave — Computer froze before BIOS
3. Changed jumper to Cable Select — BIOS doesn't read Hard Drive (just the CD-RW)

Unplugging the CD-RW, I changed IDE cables at the same time. I left the CD-RW unplugged:
1. Jumpered to master — froze before BIOS
2. Jumpered to slave — froze before BIOS
3. Jumpered to cable select — Nothing detected in BIOS

Changing computers, I plugged the hard drive into a known working IDE cable and 4-pin power connector.
The drive was still jumpered to cable select, and was not detected in the BIOS.

Any opinions?

[Gizmo]

Sounds like the drive is dead.