Sucess At Last

[tesco]

Whos computer is it that you are on now? is it yours?

if you want to get using that new computer, which im sure you do, then take this hard drive4 out and put it in teh new computer. Then you can 1) know for sure that it is a problem with that other hard drive and 2) use teh new computer .

[clocker]

what did you do to finally get into BIOS?

[lynx]

What sort of drive is it (make/model)? Sounds kinda old.

Some older drives have three possible settings.

Master - means this is the logical first drive on the cable, but there must be a slave drive for this to work.

Slave - means this is the logical second drive on the cable, but there must be a master drive for this to work.

Single - means this is the logical first drive on the cable and it is the only drive on the cable.


Later drives just have master and slave, but for master there is no necessity for a slave drive.

I gather you've only got one drive on the first cable. If the option is available, you MUST select Single, Master does not work in that sort of configuration.

[Virtualbody1234]

It must be an older Western Digital drive. Set the jumper to single if it's the only drive on that cable. Connect the drive to the end connector of the cable.

[Champ]

Originally posted by clocker@23 June 2004 - 03:35
what did you do to finally get into BIOS?

patience is a virtue i was waitin there and just kept pressin del to get to bios and i hear the monitor make a noise so it finally posted... and i cleared cmos but i think it was the waiting... just takes a really long time to boot lol

thanks guys

[tesco]

Originally posted by Champ+23 June 2004 - 00:11--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Champ @ 23 June 2004 - 00:11)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clocker@23 June 2004 - 03:35
what did you do to finally get into BIOS?

patience is a virtue i was waitin there and just kept pressin del to get to bios and i hear the monitor make a noise so it finally posted... and i cleared cmos but i think it was the waiting... just takes a really long time to boot lol

thanks guys [/b][/quote]
do that on every boot?

[Champ]

yup

[tesco]

Originally posted by Champ@23 June 2004 - 00:26
yup

well thats not right...

how long, exactly?

[Champ]

like a minute and ahalf to get from power on to POST

idk if thats long by computer terms but none of the others take that long

[Tormentor]

Originally posted by Champ@22 June 2004 - 23:22
like a minute and ahalf to get from power on to POST

idk if thats long by computer terms but none of the others take that long

Thats about a minute and a half too long. Somthing aint right.