IDE devices not detected

[DanB]

I am trying to re-set up my old pc today as I have to send my current back on the warranty and have run into a slight problem :(

As far as I am aware i have set up everyting ok, both the cd drive and the hard drive set to master, both on their own independant ide cables and both plugged into my mobo.

I power it up and it just tells me it can't find any IDE devices, the cd or the hd, yet it can find the floppy device.

Any one got any ideas please? :unsure:

[Jon L. Obscene]

Something to do with "Startup" disk drivers?
I had similar probs a while back and had to make a startup disk to get the drivers for the HD and cd drive.

http://www.sightsea.com/pghpchd/pages/startupdisk.html

Just a guess :)

Jonno :cool:

[DanB]

anyone else? :unsure: :lol:

[Jon L. Obscene]

I said it was a guess.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=can%27t+find+any+IDE+devices&btnG=Google+Search

Maybe maybe not, try putting the exact wording of the error message in google.

Jonno :cool:

[DanB]

I said it was a guess.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=can%27t+find+any+IDE+devices&btnG=Google+Search

Maybe maybe not, try putting the exact wording of the error message in google.

Jonno :cool:


I have tried that before asking here :lol:

I do like to try and fix it myself first before asking

Cheers though :)

[Jon L. Obscene]

Whats the exact error message?

Jonno :cool:

[DanB]

IDE devices not detected :P

You know when you boot up and its meant to list them? Well it isn't, I have falshed the bios and also tried to get it to detect them from in there but its not happening

[Jon L. Obscene]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=IDE+devices+not+detected&btnG=Google+Search

If you can't find the answer there, open the cd drive, then open a tin of spam and squeeze it in, then push cd drive shut and pour tomatoe sauce over the puter and throw it out teh window :01: :P

I just asked a mate who knows a bit more about ths than me (no he's not a monkey :P ) he said "Feck knows, sounds like someones been fiddling with the BIOS" :ph34r:

Hope you get it sorted :01:

Jonno :cool:

[DanB]

Thanks for linking me to a google search I have already tried :lol:


Updating the bios didn't help. Bah, this pc worked fine when I last used it

[Cheese]

Have you tried it with that motherboard I sent you? :unsure:

[DanB]

No I havent but I didn't think the old bits in my old pc will be compatible with it :unsure:

[Afronaut]

k,

Try this: Check all the connectiors are the way they spose to be, and coonected properly,
infact, check all the cables in the box, just in case. Reboot and see what happens.

If it dont help, reboot to Bios,
Load the Default Settings for Bios, reboot and see what happens, if it dont help, shut down PC and take off power cable,
then reset CMOS usually by jumper, check the manual where it is, if you dont have one, download it.
Then boot to Bios and Load the Defaults again, then reboot and see what happens.

Or, you could try some dos tools to check what infos you get out of hardware.

That's the way I would start atleast....

:cool2:

[DanB]

:lol: I am a prize c*nt

I have fixed it now :whistling

[Afronaut]

I bet its just something silly you're overlooking.
:)

Happens to me a lot...

:lol:

[Afronaut]

:lol: I am a prize c*nt

I have fixed it now :whistling

What was it?

[DanB]

What stupid sod put single settings on the jumpers?

I just thought having it as master as it was on its own would be the right thing to do :blushing:

Best part of 3 hours I have spent fretting over it :lol:

[Cheese]

I did a similar thing last year when I installed my second drive... :doh:

[DanB]

pwned myself.


I wonder what my chances of getting this thread deleted are? :P

[Afronaut]

Hehe, nice you got it sorted.

Been cussing those jumpers on HDD's meself also.
And then we have partitions like Logical etc...

I read and read but the data does not compute, hah.

Im no Hardware Geek. It can be extremely un-interesting.
Plug and Pray.

:lol:

[DanB]

just discovered my slipstream cd wont boot either

[Virtualbody1234]

Both drive on independant IDE cables? Check the jumpers on the drives. Some drives have settings for 'single drive' and won't work if not set to single.

In the BIOS... Set it to 'Auto' or go into the section that is for 'detecting' and let it do that. If that doesn't work then you'll have to set the drives manually (#cyls, #sec. etc.)

Edit: Forget my post. I missed the second page altogether. :blushing: :whistling

[Virtualbody1234]

just discovered my slipstream cd wont boot either
Check the boot sequence in the BIOS. Put the CD drive before the HDDs.

[DanB]

Check the boot sequence in the BIOS. Put the CD drive before the HDDs.

i did, my normal XP cd works ok.

said something about code5 and no NTLDR :huh:

[Afronaut]

Is it unattended, slipstreamed Windows, XP?

I'd use WinIso or something to extract the Windows cd to folder somewhere and
tweak it with nLite:

http://nuhi.msfn.org/





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[DanB]

I got another problem now though.

Put my 2nd hard drive into it now and although its picking it up right and showing it in device manager its not actually displaying it in my computer?

[bigdawgfoxx]

Is the drive formatted? If not go to disk managment and formatt it.
(Learned that from VB) lol

[DanB]

Is the drive formatted? If not go to disk managment and formatt it.
(Learned that from VB) lol

Does it have to be reformatted? :unsure:

[Virtualbody1234]

Does it have to be reformatted? :unsure:
If you reformat it then the data will be unavailable. If there is data on the drive that you want then I think you need to manually set the #cyls, #sects etc. to be the same as they were in the previous computer.

[DanB]

If you reformat it then the data will be unavailable. If there is data on the drive that you want then I think you need to manually set the #cyls, #sects etc. to be the same as they were in the previous computer.


That sounds confusing. I amanged to get it to work with a highly techinical method, I took it back out and put it back as it was, rebooted, turned it off then put it in again and rebooted and it showed up, pity it didn't the first couple of times :lol:

What I thought we take me 30mins today has taken abslolutely hours :frusty:

Cheers for the help everyone :D