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Slightly off Topic...
My problem is that an ex-roommate of mine did something to my computer which I
have no idea how to remedy. The result of his vandallism is that before, I was able to use two hardrives on the IDE1 gray strap, but now it will only work with one drive at a time. IDE2 still allows two CDs to operate. Where do I start here? Is it missing a jumper or something like that? I've tried setting the BIOS to the default values, etc, but nothing has yet worked. Does anyone have a clue what he could have done quickly to produce such results??? Thanks in advance for your efforts. Depending on the hard drive I use, I'm running either W2K-P or XP-P operating systems. I have an IBM compatable with a Pentium 2 processor, I think. It runs at 333 MHz and I don't know what else to tell you about it. I haven't a clue how to identify the motherboard for you. For this reason, I haven't been able to search the net for answers. Thanks again. |
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Did the "friend" open the case of the computer? If so I suspect that they
either disconnected the power to an ide drive - more likely tho is that they moved the jumper switches so that both of them tell the computer thathe ide drive is set to master/master not master slave. Try these links;- fitting the drives section on http://www.buildyourown.org.uk/ http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/hard.html http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/cdsetup.html HTH "Junkmailraus" wrote in message ... My problem is that an ex-roommate of mine did something to my computer which I have no idea how to remedy. The result of his vandallism is that before, I was able to use two hardrives on the IDE1 gray strap, but now it will only work with one drive at a time. IDE2 still allows two CDs to operate. Where do I start here? Is it missing a jumper or something like that? I've tried setting the BIOS to the default values, etc, but nothing has yet worked. Does anyone have a clue what he could have done quickly to produce such results??? Thanks in advance for your efforts. Depending on the hard drive I use, I'm running either W2K-P or XP-P operating systems. I have an IBM compatable with a Pentium 2 processor, I think. It runs at 333 MHz and I don't know what else to tell you about it. I haven't a clue how to identify the motherboard for you. For this reason, I haven't been able to search the net for answers. Thanks again. |
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On Sun, 16 May 2004 08:51:23 +0000, Junkmailraus wrote:
My problem is that an ex-roommate of mine did something to my computer which I have no idea how to remedy. The result of his vandallism is that before, I was able to use two hardrives on the IDE1 gray strap, but now it will only work with one drive at a time. IDE2 still allows two CDs to operate. Where do I start here? Is it missing a jumper or something like that? I've tried setting the BIOS to the default values, etc, but nothing has yet worked. Does anyone have a clue what he could have done quickly to produce such results??? Look at the jumper settings. If one is Cable Select (CS), the other should be too. If they aren't set for CS, then one should be jumpered for master (or master with slave on some drives) and the other should be jumpered as slave. But you might want to check the bios first. he may have just disabled one with a none setting. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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Thanks for the links you two, I'll check them out. Getting back to what
happened...I'm sure he opened the case, but he did not have access to the hard drives themselves. I had already been suspicious of his intentions and so, believe it or not, I always took the drives with me whenever I went somewhere! Sorry for not including that piece of info. So my problem is probably still with the motherboard or other hardware. The grey strap does't look tampered with; it probably wouldn't work at all if it were. Any other ideas? Again, thank you! |
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I'm guessing the repeated connecting-removal has damaged the "strap". Take
the "strap" off of the cd drives and use it in place of the hard drive "strap". If it works, just go buy another "strap" and your problem is solved. -- Sir Edward Jones-Dome "Now the game is clear, there is no longer any possibility of an alliance with the Anglo-Saxons. We can see the next war panning out- Europe against America. We'll be reconciled with the Fritzes. We will be a very strong alliance...When I am in power, I shall ask Russia for time to reorganize after the war without her intervention.. .I shall then have accomplished what Hitler failed to do- become the master of Europe." Charles DeGaulle, 1943. "Junkmailraus" wrote in message ... Thanks for the links you two, I'll check them out. Getting back to what happened...I'm sure he opened the case, but he did not have access to the hard drives themselves. I had already been suspicious of his intentions and so, believe it or not, I always took the drives with me whenever I went somewhere! Sorry for not including that piece of info. So my problem is probably still with the motherboard or other hardware. The grey strap does't look tampered with; it probably wouldn't work at all if it were. Any other ideas? Again, thank you! |
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Junkmailraus wrote:
Thanks for the links you two, I'll check them out. Getting back to what happened...I'm sure he opened the case, but he did not have access to the hard drives themselves. I had already been suspicious of his intentions and so, believe it or not, I always took the drives with me whenever I went somewhere! Sorry for not including that piece of info. So my problem is probably still with the motherboard or other hardware. The grey strap does't look tampered with; it probably wouldn't work at all if it were. Any other ideas? Again, thank you! I'd go into the BIOS and see that that all the IDEs are enabled. |
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