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redice
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 09:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i'm unable to check anything in the bios because the person whos computer this is has it password locked
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ddp
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 09:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
clear the password by clearing the cmos with either the jumper on the motherboard or removing the battery. also try another ide cable as present 1 might be bad. switch the ide cable off the rom drives to see if still have problem as that cable is good.
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redice
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 09:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
before i do that i'm going to see if the person knows the password
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redice
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 10:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i believe its abad hard drive
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ddp
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 10:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try changing the cable 1st.
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redice
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 11:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i don't think its the cable because its on the same cable with the flopy disk drive and that works fine.
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redice
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 11:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
also if the computer is bounce around couldn't that mess up the hard drive as well?
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ddp
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 11:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the hd is not & cannot be hooked up to same cable as floppy drive. floppy cable is a 34 pin connector with a twisted section on 1 end. an hd ide cable is 40 pin connector as is the cdrom.
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redice
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 11:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok i just tried the cable from the cd-rom drive and i got nothing. also if the computer is bounce around couldn't that mess up the hard drive as well?
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ddp
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_ 		21. May 2006 @ 12:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ususally only causes bad spots on the platters of the hd especially when hd is spinning
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redice
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_ 		25. May 2006 @ 19:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what can cause a computer not to see the sd-rom drives or cause them not to get power?(also the power cables and everything is plug in the right spots for the two cd-rom drives)


also want to double check this. ok i have a friend that has a computer and out of nowhere it starts freezing up and making like clicking noise from the hard drive. i came up with that the hard drive was about to died. is it safe to say this?
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ddp
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_ 		25. May 2006 @ 19:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes on the clicking from the hd is indicator hd is going bye bye. try changing around the power cables say from hd & also ide cable. also attach 1 rom drive at a time to see if 1 of the drives is causing the problem.
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redice
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_ 		25. May 2006 @ 21:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok thanks ddp i will them about the cables and see what they want to do about it.
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redice
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_ 		25. May 2006 @ 22:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@ ddp
would yiu be able to tell me how much space is really on a 320gb hard drive?
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ddp
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_ 		26. May 2006 @ 06:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what does it show in the properties of the drive as there should be 2 sets of numbers? 1 set will say something like 298gig & 2nd set will say something like 324,298,524,112. these are just numbers i'm posting not actual size.
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redice
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_ 		26. May 2006 @ 10:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@ddp
ok hers what it has 320,062,592 bytes 298GB.
it that the total amount of the drive?

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ddp
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_ 		26. May 2006 @ 12:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes
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redice
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_ 		26. May 2006 @ 15:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok thanks ddp
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ddp
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_ 		26. May 2006 @ 15:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no problem, teach & learn
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