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07-26-2007, 08:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
turboxchaz True Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 162	hard drive installation problem I tried putting in my old hard drive into my new one as a secondary. i couldn't set the jumpers because i dont have the piece. so what can i do now? do i have to buy a new hard drive and install that instead? __________________ AMD Athlon X2 4800+ 2.51 GHz eVGA nForce 590 SLI 2x 1GB G.Skill DDR2 800 RAM e-GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 160GB 7200RPM HDD LITE-ON DVD LG CD XCLIO GoodPower 500W

07-26-2007, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
turtile Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,459	Re: hard drive installation problem You should have EIDE which does not require the jumpers. The end plug is the primary. __________________ Intel Prescott 3.0 Socket 478 Seagate 250GB 16MB Cache 160GB Seagate in Vantec NexStar 3 Enclosure ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe LG DVD-ROM NEC DVD-RW DL 1GB Corsair PC3200 GeForce 5700 256MB DDR

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Re: hard drive installation problem

You dont need to buy a whole new hdd, ask the store for a jumper for the hdd, they'll probably give you one for free.

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