deathwarder Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 (edited) I installed a second hdd on my other ide channel, its from an old dell computer. A dimension 2100. I have tried every jumper setting listed on the hdd, and even the original setting, no jumpers. It wont show up in the computer. Its not dead, because it worked on the dell. Its a 20gig maxtor. The power is plugged in, and Ive tried out other matrox connectors, but if it is powered its not showing up. Edited September 2, 2006 by deathwarder
jroc Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 does it show up in the 'bios' during boot...if so..then your problem is you have to make it active in windows 'device manager' (Computer Management/Disk Management)
ripken204 Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 on the other ide channel? so you have 1 hdd on ide 1 and 1 hdd on ide 2? what about your cd drive?
deathwarder Posted September 2, 2006 Author Posted September 2, 2006 I have one standard ide channel, and I also have 2 that can be used for raid, but are ide when you turn raid off. I have a dvd drive and a cd drive on one of the raid channels and the hdd on the other.
ripken204 Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 so you have a total of 3 channels that can handle 2 drives/disks on each channel?so... :ide1: hdd1ide2: hhd2ide3: cd --> dvdis this how its set up?
deathwarder Posted September 2, 2006 Author Posted September 2, 2006 yeah, just got it working, I think the drive was either overheating or not perfectly flat due to an installation error on my part because its working now, and Ive got it running right not lying on some antistatic material.
ripken204 Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 lol, well thats good to hear. i love it when hardware just fails for no reason then all of a sudden it just starts working again
tain Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 Run some S.M.A.R.T. tests and CHKDSK to ensure that the drive is OK. Personally, I don't trust a drive that gives me *any* trouble. They are just too inexpensive and easy to replace (by manufacturer, even) to store valuable data on one that might be going bad.
deathwarder Posted September 2, 2006 Author Posted September 2, 2006 how do you run a smart test? Anyway, it turns out that I just had the jumpers wrong, misread a setting, **** 1pt font..... Then it didn't work when I put it in the computer, but I just had the wrong type of screw, it was coming into contact with some metal
tain Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 HD Tune is a good all-around HDD tool. It reports S.M.A.R.T., but not as elegantly as some other tools.
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