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| Thread ID: 104395 | 2009-10-26 05:37:00 | new hard drive not recognized | smithinator (15240) | Press F1 |
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| 824291 | 2009-10-26 06:22:00 | i cant tell my case has 3 big fans in it so i am unable to hear it i will open it up when my dad gets back where in the bios can i check if it is there? i googled it and someone on another thread said update the bios could this be a factor? | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824292 | 2009-10-26 06:32:00 | It should be on the devices tab... Sometimes updating the BIOS does the trick, but unless you specifically know that that is the problem then I wouldn't do it. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 824293 | 2009-10-26 06:40:00 | If it is not recognised in the BIOS then either your cables are not fitted correctly or the drive is faulty. Not always. I had a 250 GB Drive do the exact same thing last weekend.Didn't show in the BIOS, Device manager, disk management - Nowhere. To get it going I had to limit the Drive, by dropping in a jumper in the drives 5&6 jumper Pins. As per this picture (www.imagef1.net.nz) - then it was away and working perfectly. Better Picture (www.imagef1.net.nz) Quite simply the standard transfer rate of the drive was to much for the board to handle, by lowering it to 150 it allowed the drive to function. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 824294 | 2009-10-26 06:43:00 | so how do i do that sorry i don't know a enough about computers just yet | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824295 | 2009-10-26 06:54:00 | You will need to get a jumper from someplace, and they simply slide in. Basically they look like This (www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk). - Bigger Picture (img.tomshardware.com) some dont have the metal pin visible across the top as shown. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 824296 | 2009-10-26 06:57:00 | is this easily obtainable from most good pc stores? and how will it affect read/write speeds or any other aspects of this drive? thanks | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824297 | 2009-10-26 07:02:00 | Any PC repair store should GIVE you one - most motherboards have them, esp older ones, If you know anyone with an old PC thats knackered, grab a jumper off of it. The drive jumper, simply slows its transfer speed down, you would hardly notice it, IF your Drive is a SATAII, the board may not be capable of reading a faster drive - hence it wont read at all. The one I had, worked fine on a newer PC/Motherboard, so that ruled out the drive being faulty. Slowed it down, and bingo - then it worked on the other board as well. Didn't notice and speed drop over normal usage.In fact it was actually faster than the old IDE drive I was replacing. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 824298 | 2009-10-26 07:09:00 | i think i found one in this really old pc i have but it looks a little different, although i did find it inside the plug of an old hdd ill try and post a pick if i can EDIT: i found it in a IDE drive will it work in a sata drive? |
smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824299 | 2009-10-26 07:23:00 | sorry i cant get a clear picture | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 824300 | 2009-10-26 07:26:00 | SATA hdds dont use jumpers. If its a SATA 2 hdd, and your motherboard is SATA 1, thats why it wont work. Switch it over on the back of the SATA hdd to SATA 150 | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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