Can't make my new computer working help!

[leonidas]

I don't think it's a problem of jumper as I just have the hdd & the cd rom plugeed in two diferent slots, so master/slave stuff won't matter right?

[clocker]

No...it still matters.
The hard drive should be jumpered as a master and connected to the last plug on the cable.

[leonidas]

Ok. Right now I'm waiting the end of the dirty instalation of xp up on the windows98 of my old hard disk, and then I will try what youn say clocker.

[leonidas]

Ok. Right now I'm waiting the end of the dirty instalation of xp up on the windows98 of my old hard disk, and then I will try what youn say clocker.

Ok, so the instalation crushed.

I've set to "master" my new hdd, and plugged it on the last plug on the cable.
No changes .... I'm gonna cry.. bouh.

[fkdup74]

actually....
if its the only drive on the channel,
you can just take the jumper out, it dont need it
and setting it to master w/o a slave present
can actually confuse some mobos
you can try that

or....
what you can do is this....
get your 4 BG HDD going again, with Win 98 or whatever will install
have those jumpers set to master,
assuming its a 10 pin connector, those are the middle pins (5 & 6)
on the same IDE channel...
set the 160 to slave, one set of pins in from the right (3 & 4)
see if it recognizes it, then you can run diagnostics, format, whatever

if that works out, then take the jumper out,
take the 4 GB drive out, put the 160 in its place and see what happens :p

[Virtualbody1234]

160 GB Seagate? What model HDD is it?

[leonidas]

actually....
if its the only drive on the channel,
you can just take the jumper out, it dont need it
and setting it to master w/o a slave present
can actually confuse some mobos
you can try that

or....
what you can do is this....
get your 4 BG HDD going again, with Win 98 or whatever will install
have those jumpers set to master,
assuming its a 10 pin connector, those are the middle pins (5 & 6)
on the same IDE channel...
set the 160 to slave, one set of pins in from the right (3 & 4)
see if it recognizes it, then you can run diagnostics, format, whatever

if that works out, then take the jumper out,
take the 4 GB drive out, put the 160 in its place and see what happens :p

Thanks!
Actually that worked!!!

I could setup winxp pro on my new hdd, the only and quite important problem that I can only make it working when the old hhd is plugged,then I have to choose during the startup of windows. The 4 gb makes really to much noise.

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[Virtualbody1234]

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I have exactly the same model drive. I connected it as Master on my Primary IDE. No problems. I don't understand why it would be different for you.

[leonidas]

I have exactly the same model drive. I connected it as Master on my Primary IDE. No problems. I don't understand why it would be different for you.

where is the master postion on our hdd ?

[leonidas]

I've tried to plugg the jumper on all positions, but each time it didn't worked.
It display all the time boot from cd (I don't know why), says a few more words, and stops.

It won't start if I don't plug the other hard disk with it. I'm lost.