HD not showing up...well kinda sorta not...

budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
edited January 2008 in Hardware
I got 3 drives...

Sumsung running my OS on HD0M

Got two Western backups running on HD1M & S...

One the westerns isnt showing....WHY?

Now...in the bios all three are there...but one is not showing up in windows...and this is my Data drive w/ all my DATA on it...GRRR>...

HELP?

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  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Has everything been showing fine up until now?

    Did you just move this drive into the machine?
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    Sorry....assuming all knew from past posts....

    I just replaced a MB....and had to do a fresh install...

    Now I have been doing some diagnostics...unplugging and plugging and i just got a message never seen...

    IDE0 no 80 cable or something like that...it was hung for a sec so hit dele to got to bios....so couldnt quote it....I am pullling the backup WD and going to leave it to the side so to speak (actually still in the case...just not hooked)...

    Now..I got my Samsung solo on IDE1 and the WD on IDE2....

    now SS is showing up as IDE0M and WD is IDE1M....in the bios...
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    Restarted from bios and now i got that error again...

    "IDE0 no 80 conductor cable installed"...HUH?

    after a bit it kicks over to the "verifying DMI..."

    Then..

    "Boot from CD:
    "Disk Boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"

    If I disconnect the WD all boots fine!

    Sooo what does this mean...thinking its me...
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    1. turn off the computer, unplug it, wait for power to dissipate from the PSU, pull the IDE cable from the motherboard and affected drive, reattach the cable; if same problem

    2. put in a different/new IDE cable

    3. if problem persists, set drive jumper to Cable Select
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    for which drive?....because the SS boots fine if the WD isnt in....
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Bud, do you have both drives on one cable? That's fine, but in that case, use the procedure I specified above for both drives.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    budhisetiawan wrote:

    Now..I got my Samsung solo on IDE1 and the WD on IDE2....

    now SS is showing up as IDE0M and WD is IDE1M....in the bios...

    Nope...I like to have my OS drive the SS...on one and my Data drives on another...the WDs...

    So as it stands...The SS is on IDE1 and the WD is on IDE2...

    The SS is plugged into the last connector on the ribbon...while the WD is plugged into the first connector on the ribbon...

    Knowing that...same advice?
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Yes, same advice.
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    Leo....replace both or just one...if one..then which...and remember...when disconnect the WD altogether and just have the SS in...then the thing boots up no problem!
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    well i am a little impatient so i just did it on the WD....but......there was NO select option....

    Just Master...slave...single...so i put it on single...meaning no jumper...

    Boot sequence went through a lot quicker but I saw the "cable message again" but the SS booted...

    Thing is the WD drive didnt show....
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    ok...it has something to do w/ that drive.....HELP...its my DATA drive.....it is loaded....NOOOOO....why now!!!!!!!

    If i boot w/ just the SS all is good...if I put that WD on the 80 message pops up.....

    whats next..
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    Ok....here is something...

    I got the WD to show up in my Device manager...but i cant access it in "my computer"...

    Thoughts?
  • budhisetiawanbudhisetiawan Mars Hill, NC Member
    edited December 2007
    Well it has to be the drive...I took the other drive...exact same drive and hooked it up the same way and it is working fine...accessible in windows and bios...I just dont get it...

    Oh well...Bad drive maybe?
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Oh well...Bad drive maybe?
    It may very well be.
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited January 2008
    Tell you what, if you're on MSN, give me a message.
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