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Second HDD

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Got hold of a second HDD, I stuck the jumpers on the slave slot, plug it into the slave slot, and turned my pc on,

Nothing's changed.. No new HDD :( no new space.. nothing..

any ideas what it could be?

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ok assuming you have the jumpers on the drive set up correctly etc

    ever thought of going into control panel and using the "add/detect new hardware" option
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Doesn't detect it,
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    you haveconnected power leads yes, and changed settings in the bios?
  • Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Sure jumper is still on slave? Push it right in to make sure.

    Oi, you never paid for that! :mad:

    Check its all plugged in properly, sometimes IDE cables manange to wiggle out. Darn things. Pull out and push all cables in as far as the go.

    Is it on the ribbon with the other HDD or CD drive? Ideally i'd put it with the other HDD, amke sure it is set as master as well. Sometimes factories get it wrong. It should detecet in BIOS if it does anywhere. No need to arse aobut in windows.

    Sometimes it just luck. I spent ages getting a 4 gig to work. Just make sure the cables are fully in and such like. Listen to see if power is getting to the drive, if it spins up.

    Hmm. Does the RAM work though?
  • Dr PirateDr Pirate Posts: 8,303 Legendary Poster
    Using ME..? if so theres your problem. ME Wont detect new HDDs 98 does, XP/2000 does but not ME, tis most gay.
  • Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Shouldn't the BIOS identify it anyway? I get the impression it didn't.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    jumpers on master HDD was wrong... and it's working perfectly.. just had to lose a floppy drive
  • Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    I don't understand that... Floppys don't use the same IDE cable as disks, except if it's a 5'12 one maybe...
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nope.. but the actually floppy bay does.. my Computer only holds one HDD and one FLOPPY so i took floppy out to use the actually bay
  • Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Ooh, I see... Old case I take it?
  • Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Its a duron 600 or something he has.
    So probably yes. :yes:
    Hang on, my pentium 2's case has more than that. Nah, just a rubbish case. :p Swap ya, seeing as I am selling it? Its a good case, TBH.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Okay then,

    and.. duron 700, i was wrong :p overclocking to 850
  • Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    My case is seriously underused...
    4 places for CD/DVD, using 2
    2 places for floppies, using 1
    5 places for hard drives, using 1 (I had a second one until a few weeks ago)
  • Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    My main case is nearly full.
    4 5.25 bays, all used. CDRW, DVD ROM, Fanbus, HDD Caddy.
    2x Floppy/HDD, 1in use.
    1x HDD thing

    The PSU is fully used up, no free wires! :) It is 500 watt though.

    Graeme, I just thought, do you want that case the P2 is in? Tell me if you do, its pretty good. Its heavy though.
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