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hdd's disappeared?
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odell1980
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12. November 2008 @ 15:27 |
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My computer worked fine when I left for work. When I came home it couldn't find either of my hard drives. I replaced the connecting cables with an old set from another computer and that did not work, so now I'm thinking that it might be the motherboard. Can anyone help me please?
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12. November 2008 @ 15:48 |
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Does your BIOS see them? What have you done to eliminate everything but the HDDs as being the problem?
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odell1980
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12. November 2008 @ 17:04 |
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No, the BIOS does not recognize them. One is a Dell 40 gig and the master is a 250 gig Sony. Like I said I changed the IDE cables, but other than that I am at a loss.
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Dan_Sven
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12. November 2008 @ 17:35 |
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start>run> diskmgmt.msc
do they show up in there?
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odell1980
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13. November 2008 @ 06:21 |
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windows will not load as there are no hdd's.
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ddp
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13. November 2008 @ 12:59 |
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Dan, can't do that if bios does not see the drives at all.
odell, it is a dell pc or what as that will determine what my next question once i see the answer?
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odell1980
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13. November 2008 @ 17:21 |
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No, it was custom built by an IT administrator. It has about a gig of RAM, and the motherboard has a chip on it that says MSI, AGP 8X. Also, all of the fans are working.
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ddp
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13. November 2008 @ 19:50 |
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try connecting 1 drive at a time to the ide cable to see if seen by the bios.
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odell1980
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14. November 2008 @ 12:56 |
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I tried connecting each individually but it did not work.
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ddp
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14. November 2008 @ 13:12 |
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odell1980
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14. November 2008 @ 13:57 |
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The first is a Maxtor diamodmax plus 9 200GB ATA / 133 HDD. The second is a pos DELL. I dont know the exact make because it is covered in their barcodes. But it looks like it is a IDE 17 gig.
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ddp
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14. November 2008 @ 14:09 |
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try the drives 1 at a time in place of the rom drives as might be an ide port problem.
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odell1980
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14. November 2008 @ 15:01 |
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Alright, the drives showed upin the secondary IDE slave position, however, still will not load XP.
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14. November 2008 @ 15:44 |
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If the drives show up in the bio's, go to your "Boot Selection" of the bio's and make sure they are listed in the there, AND in the correct boot order"
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ddp
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14. November 2008 @ 22:27 |
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odell, what ide cable did you use, the rom drives' or the hard drives'?
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odell1980
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15. November 2008 @ 00:40 |
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I used the IDE cables that were connected to the ROM drive.
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ddp
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15. November 2008 @ 00:59 |
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try that cable & hard drives on the hard drive ide port.
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odell1980
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15. November 2008 @ 14:35 |
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I tried using the other port but it still shows nothing as being connected.
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ddp
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15. November 2008 @ 14:42 |
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then that port died as your hard drives show up on the other port but not the 1st port. now is decision time as what to do as you have 1 working ide port & at least 3 ide drives, 2 hd & at least 1 rom drive. how many rom drives & what are they as in cd rom, dvd rom, cd burner & dvd burner?
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odell1980
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15. November 2008 @ 18:17 |
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I have the 2 HDD's as we've already discussed as well as a lightScribe DVD burner.
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odell1980
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15. November 2008 @ 18:25 |
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I really dont need the 17 gig HDD.
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ddp
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15. November 2008 @ 20:18 |
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disable in the bios 1st ide port as it appears to have died. if the maxtor was c:drive before then leave the jumper as master & move the jumper on the burner as slave if it wasn't before. can use the 17gig as an external if get a 3.5" usb2 enclosure.
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odell1980
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16. November 2008 @ 13:13 |
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ITS ALIVE!!!! well its working at least. I couldn't get the HDD to switch to the master so it is the slave and the ROM is the master. Will this create problems, or is it ok?
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ddp
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16. November 2008 @ 16:54 |
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it should be all right.
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odell1980
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16. November 2008 @ 22:35 |
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Hey, I really appreciate the help. Is there any chance I can loose the noob title? Ive run into a few problems with the posting limits. Thanks again.
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