My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

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12-23-2004, 07:44 AM
leonidas

My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

I've tried all posibilities switching the jumpers, and the slots in the ide cable.
Nothing worked.
How is it like that?
12-23-2004, 07:51 AM
Ariel_001

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Have you tried A diffrent IDE port?
12-23-2004, 08:10 AM
Darth Sushi

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Is it IDE? Did you set the Master/Slave jumpers correctly? Also, did you enable auto-detect in the BIOS? If the BIOS is manually set, you'll have to tell the BIOS what's connected.
12-23-2004, 08:24 AM
leonidas

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

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Originally Posted by Ariel_001

Have you tried A diffrent IDE port?

Done.

no changes.
12-23-2004, 08:28 AM
leonidas

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darth Sushi

Is it IDE? Did you set the Master/Slave jumpers correctly? Also, did you enable auto-detect in the BIOS? If the BIOS is manually set, you'll have to tell the BIOS what's connected.

I've tried all possibilities with jumpers.

I have also tried in the bios with diferent configurations concening the first, the second and third boot devices.

no changes.
12-23-2004, 08:47 AM
lynx

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Some drives (Western Digital I think, possibly others too) have a special setting for "Single". This is different from master, where there must be a slave drive too. Check the manufacturers web site.
12-23-2004, 01:22 PM
leonidas

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynx

Some drives (Western Digital I think, possibly others too) have a special setting for "Single". This is different from master, where there must be a slave drive too. Check the manufacturers web site.

I've already try with the 4 jumping position. No changes
12-23-2004, 01:34 PM
DanB

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynx

Some drives (Western Digital I think, possibly others too) have a special setting for "Single". This is different from master, where there must be a slave drive too. Check the manufacturers web site.

I have caused myself some hair pulling because of that before :blushing:
12-23-2004, 01:37 PM
Samurai

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Post both of your HDD model numbers on here in their entirety please.
12-23-2004, 02:43 PM
leonidas

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samurai

Post both of your HDD model numbers on here in their entirety please.

------------------------------------
Seagate Barracuda 7200-7
160 gbytes
Model st3160023A

_______________________________

Maxtor 8.4 GB
Model 90871u2
hda 02b
pcba 19A
unique 61a
code fa570hd0

-------------------------------------

Is that enought?
12-23-2004, 02:44 PM
Spicker

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

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Originally Posted by DanB

I have caused myself some hair pulling because of that before :blushing:

whenever i try to install a hdd i cant do i the first time...SO frustrating.... :angry: :angry: :angry: :frusty: my maxtor has funny jumpers so i dont know how to set em :wacko:
12-23-2004, 02:56 PM
Virtualbody1234

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

See: http://www.filesharingtalk.com/vb3/s...5&postcount=32
12-23-2004, 04:08 PM
tesco

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaigandhi5

whenever i try to install a hdd i cant do i the first time...SO frustrating.... :angry: :angry: :angry: :frusty: my maxtor has funny jumpers so i dont know how to set em :wacko:

I always look on the internet how to set them.
or just look at the label on the top of the drive, it usually says how do set them.
12-24-2004, 12:14 AM
Storm

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

See: http://www.filesharingtalk.com/vb3/s...5&postcount=32

why would you wanna limit the disk size?
12-24-2004, 01:32 AM
Virtualbody1234

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Storm

why would you wanna limit the disk size?

Who said anything about limiting the disk size? :blink:
12-24-2004, 01:48 AM
tesco

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

Who said anything about limiting the disk size? :blink:

but it is in the diagram you showed. :ermm:
12-24-2004, 02:02 AM
Livy

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

some older bioses dont support that large a disk, so you have to limit the size, get the bios to detect it, renable the larger size and intall a software that runs at boot to get the full size.
12-24-2004, 03:01 AM
Virtualbody1234

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

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Originally Posted by rossco_2004

but it is in the diagram you showed. :ermm:

I guess people can't read. I said:

Quote:

I set mine like the top one in this diagram:

Notice the word top?
12-24-2004, 03:12 AM
tesco

Re: My hard disk won't work if another one isn't plugged on the same ide cable.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

I guess people can't read. I said:

Notice the word top?

ya...i know... :rolleyes:

just pointing out that it mentions it in the diagram.