New HDD not being read by BIOS

[ma21212]

Ok so a few days back my laptops (HP Pavilion dv6000) Harddrive died, so I got a new one and installed it, the problem is that its not being read, I go into BIOS and it says thiers no harddrive, any ideas?

[SocketMan]

Look for any harddrive related options in the BIOS (LBA,LARGE,etc) and see if you can change anything.It (the drive) might also need a low-level format before it is recognized
(by the laptop).You can use an USB adapter to do that (on a different PC).
Verify that it's connected preperly and check for any jumpers on the drive,sometimes
it needs one (jumper/dipstick) to limit the SATA2 to SATA speeds (supported by the laptop)