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| Thread ID: 67716 | 2006-04-04 02:36:00 | ide port dead!!! | starrekin61 (10116) | Press F1 |
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| 443675 | 2006-04-04 02:36:00 | Serious help needed. my 2nd ide port just died. only the first one now works. is there any program that will test the ide ports in my system? hope someone knows of something... :help: | starrekin61 (10116) | ||
| 443676 | 2006-04-04 02:43:00 | Have you tried connecting something else to it (like a cd or another hdd), and putting it on AUTO in the BIOS. To see if the BIOS detects it. It maybe whatever was plugged into it thats stuffed. Or it maybe the IDE cable that was connected to the IDE port. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 443677 | 2006-04-04 03:23:00 | sure have. cd rom lights and even the hd when connected to it, come on - the hard drive spins and all. nothing in the bios though. moved the drives to the 1st ide port and surprise, surprise they work. could it possibly be a problem in the bios? It's a phoenix and i think that it's version 4. it's not the cables either. |
starrekin61 (10116) | ||
| 443678 | 2006-04-04 05:50:00 | You can try reseting the BIOS, remove the battery (there may or may not be a jumper you have to change) wait 30 sec replace the battery. I have had that happen and I just live with it, the PC does not get used much it is a P1 so..... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 443679 | 2006-04-04 05:56:00 | Make sure the cable is plugged in to the mother board the right way round. If it's the wrong way round it will ground a lot of the control lines, which will turn motors on, cause activity lights to go on, but it won't work. ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 443680 | 2006-04-04 06:06:00 | thanks, guys. will shut down for a while and see if this could possibly be an easy fix. hopefully, you'll hear from me again and then I may be smiling... :thumbs: | starrekin61 (10116) | ||
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