BIOS Inspiron 2305 does not detect the drive in ahci mode

The hard drive in my Inspiron one 2305 crushed and I tried to install a 500 GB Seagate Barracuda drive.

The Bios does not detect the drive. I noticed that the SATA in the BIOS mode option has been put on AHCI. I changed the ATA mode and the BIOS has detected the drive.

However when I try to install a clean version of Windows 7 (Dell OEM disc), to halfway to the installation Setup will fail. I noticed that the reason why it will fail, is that the installation process now does not see the hard drive.

Can someone tell me what steps to take to do the installation?

theFlash1932 and natacuk4

Although I was not able to swap the Sata cables as natacuk4 suggested; It looks like just unplug and reinstallation of cables Sata what it did the trick!

I was able to boot the system several times and it seems that everything works fine.

Thank you guys for helping me solve this problem!

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