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Hard Drive Problems
I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I
have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve |
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Have you checked the jumpers on the disk drives?
"Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve |
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Are all the drives jumpered CS (Cable Select)? They should be.
HH "Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve |
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"Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve Be careful of your master/slave configuration. Each IDE channel should accomodate 2 devices, a master and a slave, on its ribbon cable. Generally speaking, these devices (drives) have a jumper that defines the status. Your old drive was undoubtedly a master. If you now make it a slave, you must change its jumper accordingly. The new drive must also have a jumper that makes it a master and allows for a slave connection. Tac |
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Uh, Compaqs come with Cable Select cables and drives jumpered CS.
HH "Tacitus" wrote in message ... "Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve Be careful of your master/slave configuration. Each IDE channel should accomodate 2 devices, a master and a slave, on its ribbon cable. Generally speaking, these devices (drives) have a jumper that defines the status. Your old drive was undoubtedly a master. If you now make it a slave, you must change its jumper accordingly. The new drive must also have a jumper that makes it a master and allows for a slave connection. Tac |
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But he did install a new drive and it may not have been jumpered to CS.
Never tried having one drive set to master and the 2nd set to cable select but that could be his problem. "HH" wrote in message ... Uh, Compaqs come with Cable Select cables and drives jumpered CS. HH "Tacitus" wrote in message ... "Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve Be careful of your master/slave configuration. Each IDE channel should accomodate 2 devices, a master and a slave, on its ribbon cable. Generally speaking, these devices (drives) have a jumper that defines the status. Your old drive was undoubtedly a master. If you now make it a slave, you must change its jumper accordingly. The new drive must also have a jumper that makes it a master and allows for a slave connection. Tac |
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Yep. That's why I noted all drives should be jumpered CS if the original
cable is used. HH "justme" wrote in message ... But he did install a new drive and it may not have been jumpered to CS. Never tried having one drive set to master and the 2nd set to cable select but that could be his problem. "HH" wrote in message ... Uh, Compaqs come with Cable Select cables and drives jumpered CS. HH "Tacitus" wrote in message ... "Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve Be careful of your master/slave configuration. Each IDE channel should accomodate 2 devices, a master and a slave, on its ribbon cable. Generally speaking, these devices (drives) have a jumper that defines the status. Your old drive was undoubtedly a master. If you now make it a slave, you must change its jumper accordingly. The new drive must also have a jumper that makes it a master and allows for a slave connection. Tac |
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The drive is set for cable select.
The old drive seems to have "finished dying" - when it is detected on boot up, I not only get the message that the disk failure is imminent, but I also get a message that the disk's controller has failed. I am very fuzzy on IDE drives (well all drives! LOL) Is there only one controller on the motherboard, or is a controller part of the individual IDE drives? One of the confusing things is that the system "thinks" that what ever is attached to the "Drive 1" connector is the only drive in the system and ignores the new hard drive. I get a message that no system file was detected. When I disconnect the cable from the drive connected as "Drive 1" - the system detects the new drive and boots. I sure appreciate all the help. Steve "justme" wrote in message ... Have you checked the jumpers on the disk drives? "Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve |
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If the new drive is in the master connector (the end connector) and the old
in the middle and the new is jumpered Master and the old CS, it would work. Wierd, but work. Sounds like the drive is dying, as you suspected. Tom "HH" wrote in message ... Yep. That's why I noted all drives should be jumpered CS if the original cable is used. HH "justme" wrote in message ... But he did install a new drive and it may not have been jumpered to CS. Never tried having one drive set to master and the 2nd set to cable select but that could be his problem. "HH" wrote in message ... Uh, Compaqs come with Cable Select cables and drives jumpered CS. HH "Tacitus" wrote in message ... "Steve Byers" wrote in message m... I recently had to replace the hard drive in my Compaq Presario 7478. I have the new hard drive working but have what I think is a strange problem. I have connected the new drive to the connector marked "Drive 0" from the motherboard, but when I attach the "Drive 1" connector to my old hard drive, or to the Zip drive that was in that slot before, the computer does not find the new drive. The boot configuration only lists a Drive 2 and no Drive 1. Did I connect a ribbon to the wrong mother board spot or what?? Any ideas? Thanks! Steve Be careful of your master/slave configuration. Each IDE channel should accomodate 2 devices, a master and a slave, on its ribbon cable. Generally speaking, these devices (drives) have a jumper that defines the status. Your old drive was undoubtedly a master. If you now make it a slave, you must change its jumper accordingly. The new drive must also have a jumper that makes it a master and allows for a slave connection. Tac |
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