770X THINKPAD CANT FIND HARD DRIVE??

[rawfish]

Hi all,
I just sold a pefectly good working IBM Thinkpad 770x to a guy. Heres the deal, I show him it working. shut it off turn it on reboot it test the sound etc. all is good just like it has been since I ve had it. I get an email from the fellow saying:

I have a little problem.. the laptop can't seem to boot into windows. It can't find the hard drive.
Any ideas?

So I mention that perhaps the cable to the HD may have come loose during the ride home.Check the bios, detect it in there?? **NOTE ** The battery in this LT is dead and will not take a charge.

Odd considering it has worked flawslessly for the past year.(w/ te exception of the dead battery) any and all ideas are welcome.

Thanks

[kazuza]

Even the battery being dead, the BIOS should detect the harddrive. Make sure that the physical connections between the hardrive and the laptop mobo are secure.

[BipolarBill]

...and be sure he's not just scammin' ya for a bigger HDD.

[BobPar]

How long did you own it before it was sold? )-|