My computer says i have no Hard Drive...

[Omatic810]

I was salvaging parts from my old computer to give to the new one I'm building (just took out a modem and storage hard drive, nothing vital), and finally got everything sorted out. When I put the old computer back together, it claimed I had nothing on either of my IDE busses.

I have a HD Master and CD Burner Slave on my primary IDE. I'm pretty sure I have the right master / slave settings for each piece (they worked before), but besides that, nothing has changed. Is it possible that my motherboard is freakin out?

Thanks in advance!

[mmonnin]

Several possible problems.

You plugged the cables in backwards when plugging them into the IDE devices.
The jumpers are not set correctly.
They are not powered up.

Most likely its one of those.

[profdlp]

Try setting both drives to cable select. Make sure you're using an 80-wire cable.

[edcentric]

Damn aliens stole another hard drive.

I even have cables that will work on one drive and not another.
Yuo do have the original hdd/mobo combination don't you? You can't move (usually) a hdd to a new mobo without at least running a repair if not a reformat/intall.

[Straight_Man]

Damn aliens stole another hard drive.

I even have cables that will work on one drive and not another.
Yuo do have the original hdd/mobo combination don't you? You can't move (usually) a hdd to a new mobo without at least running a repair if not a reformat/intall.


The last is XP DRM in action.... more than 5 changes triggers an XP "need to reinstall," and I have seen three cumulative changes trigger a reauth "demand."

Mobo change almost always= chipset change, sometimes RAID suddenly needed, sometimes\often different video driver needed, sometimes a DVD instead of a Cd-ROM, or a burner instead of a reader, but the chipset(bridge pair plus aux chips )change itself can do this if you change RAM type or amount at same time, and sometimes even if you do not do so.

Yup, FASTEST fix is a reload of reinstall type. Good reason to keep your important stuff other than programs on another logical drive or partition-- AND not on the boot partition. If you can, back up what you need before sticking XP on a new mobo.

John.

[Omatic810]

I FIXED IT!!!
I had the burner and HD both on "master" setting. :banghead: