[Techs] Can't partition new drive on Gateway laptop

[Coast to Coast Electronics]

I replaced the hard drive as the old one had a bad bearing.  I installed 
a Hitachi 30.0 gb drive I purchased from Gateway.  When attempting to 
install Windows from the OEM software, the drive size is not reported 
correctly (shows only 7gb undefined) and the drive will not partition.  
I tried using my old Win98se disc to see what would happen and same 
thing.  Bios reports drive space correctly.  Both operating systems 
simply refuse to create an active partition.  Fdisk tells me the 
partition is not defined even after selecting the option to set up a 
primary drive and restarting the computer when done.  Drive integrity 
reports ok.

I get the following error if I try to boot from the drive (of course 
there is nothing on it):       PXE-E61: media test failure, check cable.

the connection between the hard drive and it's socket appears ok. I 
soldered the connector, which is attached to the mainboard and no change.

Any ideas? I sent a copy of the above to Gateway and after one week of 
passing email back and forth they want me to send it in to them, which 
is not an option with the customer.

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