HDD prob, help me out before i start punching infants!

Inferno · 12-01-2007, 11:36 PM

I bought a new case and took the parts from one case and put them into the new one. It will boot if only my 40 gig HDD is plugged in, the one that has windows installed on it. My other drive, the data drive which is a seagate 300 gig, if put as slave on the same cable keeps the computer from booting. I have the same setup as before, it makes no sense that it wouldn't work now. PLEASE help i've been working on it so much and im at a deadend. Thanks in advance

saltynay · 12-02-2007, 04:39 AM

Is the hdd recognised in the bios??? have you checked the seagate hasn't been autoset by the bios to be boot?

gurusan · 12-02-2007, 04:59 AM

Don't you have to set jumpers on the drive for master/slave with IDE? I forgot, been so long since I've seen an IDE drive.

btw I advise against punching infants.

vernong1992 · 12-02-2007, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gurusan

Don't you have to set jumpers on the drive for master/slave with IDE? I forgot, been so long since I've seen an IDE drive.

btw I advise against punching infants.

huh??

yes u still have to set jumpers for IDE.. i would know

gurusan · 12-02-2007, 10:40 AM

perhaps you missed his thread title.

vernong1992 · 12-02-2007, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gurusan

perhaps you missed his thread title.

oh lol... all i saw was HDD prob and jumped in....

Inferno · 12-02-2007, 11:25 AM

The HDD is recognized in BIOS, the 40 gig is set to be the first one to boot from. The jumpers are set master/slave, the OS drive is master, 300 gig is slave and are plugged in on corresponding places on the cable.

I have boot order as CD/HDD/HDD. I don't know what else to do it seems like i've tried everything and there is no reason anything should have happened. Nothing was changed, just changed housing. And now they decided they were going to throw fits.

prvrt · 12-02-2007, 11:29 AM

Remove the second hard drive from the boot menu in the BIOS and see if it with boot up.

Inferno · 12-02-2007, 11:36 AM

How do you remove it? That seems to be a good idea but i don't remember seeing an option to remove it.

prvrt · 12-02-2007, 11:47 AM

Should be in your bios setup for boot order. On the third boot option select none.

12-01-2007, 11:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Inferno Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kenyon, Minnesota Posts: 736	HDD prob, help me out before i start punching infants! I bought a new case and took the parts from one case and put them into the new one. It will boot if only my 40 gig HDD is plugged in, the one that has windows installed on it. My other drive, the data drive which is a seagate 300 gig, if put as slave on the same cable keeps the computer from booting. I have the same setup as before, it makes no sense that it wouldn't work now. PLEASE help i've been working on it so much and im at a deadend. Thanks in advance

12-02-2007, 04:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
gurusan Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 5,582	Re: HDD prob, help me out before i start punching infants! Don't you have to set jumpers on the drive for master/slave with IDE? I forgot, been so long since I've seen an IDE drive. btw I advise against punching infants. __________________ :: Antec P182 :: Asus P5Q Deluxe :: Intel E8500 @ 4.3gHz 1.39V :: :: Thermaltake Toughpower 750w :: HD4850 512mb 880/1150 :: :: 4gb OCZ @ 1130mHz 5,5,5,15 :: 120.3+D4+XSPC Edge+Maze4 ::

12-02-2007, 10:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
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12-02-2007, 11:25 AM	#7 (permalink)
Inferno Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kenyon, Minnesota Posts: 736	Re: HDD prob, help me out before i start punching infants! The HDD is recognized in BIOS, the 40 gig is set to be the first one to boot from. The jumpers are set master/slave, the OS drive is master, 300 gig is slave and are plugged in on corresponding places on the cable. I have boot order as CD/HDD/HDD. I don't know what else to do it seems like i've tried everything and there is no reason anything should have happened. Nothing was changed, just changed housing. And now they decided they were going to throw fits.

12-02-2007, 11:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
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Inferno Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kenyon, Minnesota Posts: 736	Re: HDD prob, help me out before i start punching infants! How do you remove it? That seems to be a good idea but i don't remember seeing an option to remove it.

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