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new 160 gb hardriver not working
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| mythlopod13 2003-10-10, 12:20 am |
| i just bought a 160 bg hard drive made by maxtor. i installed and i had it working. then i unplugged it to plug in my 30 bg western digital to get soem files and then i plugged the 160 back in and nothing. no power nothing. i have tried EVERYTHING!!!! my jumpers are set correctly and ive tried to ide cables (ata). im lost someone help!!! (i have Windows XP home). | |
| Deja-vue 2003-10-10, 5:27 pm |
| Is your BIOS set to autodetect the Drives?
when you pulled the 160 and re-installed the 30, it could be that the BIOS now "thinks", the 30 gig is still in there.
Check to make sure.
If all fails, clear the CMOS and start over.
let us know. | |
| mythlopod13 2003-10-10, 6:59 pm |
| ive cleared the cmos and ive set my bios to auto and still nothing, it wont detect it becuz it wont even power so i returned it and i got a new one so hopefulyl this will work but i wont know til i turn it off and thta wont be for a loooooong time! thanks everyone!~ u may be hearing from me soon | |
| nobby67 2003-10-12, 9:15 am |
| have you tried cable select jumper on HDD
also you may need to flash BIOS. | |
| Deja-vue 2003-10-12, 11:40 am |
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Originally posted by nobby67
also you may need to flash BIOS.
He stated that it was working before, Nobby.
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| nobby67 2003-10-12, 11:53 am |
| just checking lol
just know that WDs are picky with jumper settings.
just another thought how old is mobo and dose it support above 137GB limit.
check molex connector for power try another molex connector
try drive in anopther PC see if it powers up and gets detected by BIOS
if don't power up drive is probably dead. | |
| Stizzy 2003-10-12, 1:01 pm |
| like nobby said...check the power connectors..you might have loosened something while swapping. it's the last thing you check sometimes. i've done it a few times swapping drives....loosen the connector just the slightest bit and computer says i don't want to boot today. either that or you may have fried the drive swapping it around. you said you already checked the ide cables and cmos settings. hopefully you have better luck with your new drive....just as long as you didn't return the other one setup with windows and your p0rn collection. |
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