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- Hard Drive Installation/Set Up Assistance
- I recently purchased a new 80gb hard drive for my old P3 machine. I installed it, but am unsure of the jumpers. I have a cd-rom drive which is the secondary master, but according to the hard drive itself, it says that the jumper is supposed to connect...
- Tags: Network technology, jbzeigler@..., cable, hard drive, cable select, jumper
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Secondary Hard Drive Start Up
- HelloI recently installed a secondary hard drive in my computer, with both set to "cable select" the grey IDE connection the slave works the first time I boot the computer, then it doesn't see the drive on the second boot. The HDD light remains light all the after the...
- Tags: akaakk@..., hard drive, cable select
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- dell optiplex GX240 small form factor not recognizing HDD
- Hello I recently obtained a Dell optiplex GX240 and intended to use it to replace my current pc .in my current PC I had two HDDS one 20gb western digital and one seagate 120gb however as the gx240 only has space for one HDD I cloned all the information from...
- Tags: BIOS, returnofstickinglikeglue@..., hard drive, cable, IDE, GX240, cable select, IDE cable
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Hard drive won't boot
- i transferred the hard drive to another computer. I connected the IDE Cable black or gray connector to back of it and plugged the power supply connector to it. it booted, and got past the motherboard logo. then I got blue screen, and an error...
- Tags: Network technology, jltuck81@..., cable select, cable, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-06-18
- bios not recognizing the hdd & cd ROM
- I AM WORKING ON A DELL SYSTEM WHICH ITS OWN HDD IS BAD, & I OPTED FOR ANOTHER HDD FROM ONE OF MY OLD WORKING SYSTEM & INSTALLED IT ON THE DELL SYSTEM.I THEN INCERT MY OS OF XP INTO TNE CD ROM BUT TO MY GREATEST SUPPRISE, THE HDD...
- Tags: Cable, mosmikky@..., cable select, Dell Computer Corp., hard drive, BIOS, CD-ROM
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Boot Problems -
- Cannot find hardrives and or cd drive:Symptom -When I have more then one device (2nd hardrive and or cd drive) installed after a 1/2 day or up to 2 days it works, then my computer tells me it cannot find ANY drive on boot. If I disconnect second drive and...
- Tags: Network technology, connectpc@..., cable, IDE, cable select
- Discussion threads 2007-04-15
- Abnormally slow Windows Installation
- I got thrown in my tech position, and I'm having trouble with a new Windows installation. I have a Dell Desktop 3000 series, and I recently bought a new WD 250GB IDE hard drive to replace one that crashed. It origianlly had a 160GB HD. I partitioned...
- Tags: Windows Installation, cable, HDeMay@..., cable select, software, hardware, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Primary Hd recognized as slave
- When I boot my Windows XP Pro system, the bios reports that the Primary HD is not found, and then the Secondary Partition reports the correct HD. The system always boots properly and when I am in Win XP the Primary drive is reported correctly. Even in the...
- Tags: Network technology, cable, BIOS
- Q&A 2005-11-02
- help with usb drive
- hi people, im a new computer user and i have just gotton a 40gb usb hard drive, when i plug it in it is supposed to be recognised on te computer, my mate said its somthing to do with a jumper and or something about master mode. if anyone could...
- Tags: acpacpacp@..., computer, hardware, USB, USB flash drive, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-07-04
- Take the mystery out of the missing drive
- When a user is missing a drive letter, you are almost certain to get a call. But troubleshooting a missing drive does not have to be a lesson in frustration. Deb Shinder provides both hardware and software tips you can use for any system.I recently had an interesting conversation with...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, disk, jumper setting, hardware, cable, Cable Select
- Technical articles 2002-02-19
Additional Resources
- Network cable is unplugged
- I have two pc's connected to each other and the link lites are on, on both the pc's yet i continuosly get that the network cable is unplugged on the one pc. I have made sure that they each have seperate ip addresses.On the problem pc i right click on...
- Tags: Network technology, Network Cable, dehning@..., cable, network
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Wont boot from harddrive
- Hi, I recently installed a new DVD-RW drive and my computer wont boot from the harddrive when the IDE cable is attached to the dvd drive. Both the harddrive and the dvd is recognised in BIOS. I set the boot priority to boot from hard drive first, but when ever...
- Tags: Network technology, sanderso1019@..., cable, hard drive, DVD-drive
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Can't configure the Second H Drive
- Hi There,I just installed second hard drive on dell 4600.It doesnt detect it on my systems. I had maxtor from diff pc then wanted to install in this machine. it say not found. Some times if i can't see my primary hd as well. It tells me to press f1...
- Tags: Network technology, cable
- Q&A 2004-10-07
- GX110 CD drive
- I recently got a Dell Optiplex GX110 computer so I can convert it to a Linux box. It has a Pentium 3 processor. It came with no CD drive, so I inserted one.My question is, how do I get it to recognize the drive?Things I've tried:- BIOS drive settings- Add...
- Tags: BIOS, Network technology, themaestroofemail@..., cable, CD-ROM drive, CD, IDE
- Discussion threads 2007-09-22
- CD-ROM Wont boot
- I got a gateway 2000 ive tried 3 cout them 3 cd-rom drives that work on any other computer but on this one it wont reconize it i get into boios and type and cd-rom and when i save and reatart it still wont ecozinze it so i get into...
- Tags: BIOS, cable, CD-ROM, gameboygeek46@..., hard drive
- Q&A 2005-01-13
- ide drive wont spin
- my new hard drive will not spin up unless i diconnect the data cable from the back of the drive. with no cable connected it starts to spin,i have replaced power supply and data cablebut still no change.Driveumm sounds a little weird but just by chance did you make the...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, rdailly@..., IDE
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Error messages
- I have added an extra HD to my computer. On reboot I am getting 'Operating system not found'.I have double checked all connections. They are OK. I'd be grateful for any helpful advice.CHCheck your BIOS settings for boot driveSounds like your PC is looking to the new drive for the...
- Tags: cable, charles.haynes@..., computer, hardware, jumper, O/S, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-07
- slave hd
- my maxstor hard drive says slave jumper is off and i cant get it to slave.what can i do?Instead of slaveTry setting it to cable select and then hooking it up to the second cable. I have had this work before.
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, alihadi43@...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- How to map local printer
- I have a printer connected to my pc using USB cable it does not have network port, and works great.Now i got another computer and was wondering is there any way to print to the same printer?Mapping the printer?Share your printerOn the computer with the printer connected via USB...
- Tags: Printers, rbmnn18@..., printer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- nVidia 6600 & nVidia NVTV Dual TV Tuner
- Hi,I recently attended Intel TST and brought home a new ePC. It has a passive XFX video card and a nVidia NVTV Dual Tuner Card. I attached a monitor to the AVG to set up. I have tried different ways to connect the cable. I split it coming...
- Tags: cable, Casemaker, NVidia Corp., S-Video, TV Tuner
- Q&A 2005-07-05
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