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| Thread ID: 39618 | 2003-11-12 05:35:00 | Hard disk failing. Me frustrating. | Caesius (3758) | Press F1 |
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| 191168 | 2003-11-12 05:35:00 | I am trying to set up an (very) old computer. It has Award BIOS, and I am trying to get the CD-drive, the HDD and the FDD to work. I've decided to start from scratch, having only the video card in place. I hook up the HDD to the primary IDE slot, jumper it to master and I get the wonderful message: Hard disk(s) fail (80) Heres the twist, if I hook the CD-drive and the HDD up to the same IDE cable and jumper them appropriatly, it works! BUT, the CD-drive is not accesable from DOS. Any help will be welcomed... Cheers, Ben |
Caesius (3758) | ||
| 191169 | 2003-11-12 05:42:00 | AHHHHHHHHHH The cdrom drive should not be on the same ide cable as the hard disk.... :D |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 191170 | 2003-11-12 06:01:00 | > AHHHHHHHHHH > > The cdrom drive should not be on the same ide cable > as the hard disk.... There is no should not be. It is better to be on a seperate cable but they can co-exist on the same one. I have a PC set up with it exactly like that because it has 3 hard drives and one CDRom. The 3rd hard drive is slow due to the CDRom but they all work togeather nicely. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 191171 | 2003-11-12 06:09:00 | oh oke then, i had heard a rumour about this or something... | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 191172 | 2003-11-12 07:02:00 | i know that some ATAPI Cdroms have problems if set to master mode. try slave. | agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 191173 | 2003-11-12 08:14:00 | Ensure the IDE cable is the correct type, ensure the I/O card is ok, ensure the HDD is ok and correctly jumpered and ensure the BIOS is correctly configured. So little detail - "an (very) old computer" - to work with, so expect vague replies. Men are four: He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool -- shun him; He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple -- teach him; He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep -- wake him; He who knows and knows he knows, he is wise -- follow him! - Lady Burton (wife of Sir Richard Francis Burton), given as an Arabian proverb |
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