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Dual HDD advice, please!
"Russell W. Barnes" wrote in message ...
Hello, COMPAQ PRESARIO 5000 SERIES, 5WV254 Running WINME I have just replaced the 20Gb HDD (Quantum Fireball 3.5 series) with a Western Digital 80Gb drive. Everything works fine, and I ghosted the new drive up from some backup ghost-disks I made prior to the HDD exchange. When I tried to connect the 20Gb HDD as a second drive, everything seemed to work OK - the 20Gb second drive (which I formatted) holds and can transfer data, etc - but on inspection I discovered in System Properties | Device Manager that there was a red 'X' on GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE01 giving rise to a 'Primary IDE Controller' (dual FIFO) black-on-yellow exclamation mark. I have tried the link and connector ribbon in all positions, but no difference. Both drives are CSEL. I tried the old 20Gb HDD on its own in the PC, but the system wouldn't get past the 'COMPAQ' bios-generated display, and a cursor just kept blinking away in the top RH corner. Could this be related? Have I developed a 20Gb HDD fault? All information and advice much appreciated! Sorted it! I found out - from a link on this NG to a COMPAQ help-site - that Compaq use either ATA or Conner HDD's in their machines, and the two are incompatible when used on the same bus. I think my 20Gb HDD must've been a Conner (though it didn't say), as the 80Gb is ATA. When I fitted a 10Gb ATA as well as the 80Gb ATA both HDD's worked fine. The Conner 20Gb HDD works OK in the kids' Dell PC, so I pinched their 10Gb ATA and all's well. As for the 20Gb HDD not working on its own, I think all was wrong was that the power connection was loose. -- Regds, Russell W. B. |
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