[wplug] more on the Motherboard/hd

Kevin Olalde kevin at olalde.org
Sat Jan 19 00:36:54 EST 2002


You know I've never had to deal with one of those.  How does one tell a "cable
select" type cable.  It it marked, or have twisted or missing wires or
something?

Kevin

"Phil Walther Jr." wrote:
> 
> If I remember correctly (it's been a while, sorry), don't you also have to
> watch out for "cable select" type IDE cables when using non-cable select
> devices?
> 
> Try setting the HD to master, the cd to slave, and run them on the same
> channel.  Then try HD as single on the primary IDE and the CD to single on
> the secondary IDE.  (Sometimes the single and master jumper on the drives
> can be the same.)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org]On Behalf Of
> Kevin Olalde
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:44 PM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: Re: [wplug] more on the Motherboard/hd
> 
> I haven't been following this thread, so sorry if this is already obvious...
> Are you sure the IDE cable is oriented correctly.  There's a red line
> (sometimes
> faint) on the cable (indicates pin 1) and hopefully some indication on the
> MB
> which side of the connector has pin 1.
> 
> In all the hard drives I ever installed, pin 1 was on the side of the
> connector
> closest to the power connector.
> 
> Again sorry if this is obvious.
> 
> If this is already correct, try booting without anything on the IDE cables,
> delete and hard drive definition already stored in the BIOS, save and power
> down.  Then connect a single hard drive.  If you don't freeze, define it,
> then
> add the CDROM.
> 
> Just guessing.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> Logan wrote:
> >
> > * ok, I pluged the keyboard directly into the computer (instead of through
> > the data switch) and it allowed me to access the BIOS... (thank you Ed)
> but
> > only if I had the hard drives removed. (I can boot from flopy in this
> case)
> > * when I pluged the hard drives in, it froze on trying to enter the bios,
> or
> > after recognizing keyboard/mouse
> > * when I changed arround the IDE cables for the hard disks and CD-Rom on
> the
> > motherboard, it hung after recognizing the CD, but before recognizing the
> > floppy
> > * if I use only the hard drive I stole out of a 486 (which I know works),
> it
> > does the same thing.
> > * if I disable the IDE channel that the hard disk(s) are on, it allows me
> to
> > boot from floppy.
> > - I thought it might be the jumper settings on the hard disks for
> > master/slave, but I checked online and they're correct.
> >
> > frustratedly,
> > Logan
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