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IDE drive not recognized.
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:39:18 -0500, dbacs
wrote: I don't understand, you can't view the entire thread on the vista forum itself? No problem anyways, here's what i've tried: MOST people you see in these groups don't use that pitiful web-based gateway to Usenet that you are using. DDW -- Reply via this group No email please |
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IDE drive not recognized.
DDW;992300 Wrote: On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:39:18 -0500, dbacs wrote: I don't understand, you can't view the entire thread on the vista forum itself? No problem anyways, here's what i've tried: MOST people you see in these groups don't use that pitiful web-based gateway to Usenet that you are using. DDW -- Reply via this group No email please Damn, i'm pitiful then. :cry: So what do you use? -- dbacs |
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IDE drive not recognized.
I do not have a way to undelete thread content that I have previously
deleted. If the HDD does not show up in the BIOS of your Vista computer but does show up in XP on another computer when using the same cable and since you have no BIOS settings that enable/disable bus connections such as the IDE or floppy bus I am baffled. Have you tried a different IDE device such as an optical drive? "dbacs" wrote in message ... I don't understand, you can't view the entire thread on the vista forum itself? No problem anyways, here's what i've tried: Set jumpers to master, slave, cable select, and no jumpers. Put HDD on both bus cables, primary and secondary. Put HDD on both cables and tried all jumper settings. Updated BIOS Updated motherboard drivers Updated Vista Will not show in BIOS or vista 32 HDD does show in XP 32 though in different computer HDD is Ultra ATA 100, everything else is Ultra ATA 133 or SATA II. Thanks. -- dbacs |
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IDE drive not recognized.
Hi, thanks. I have a setting in my BIOS for SATA or IDE for RAID, but that's all for IDE bus settings. It is set to SATA, but my other IDE devices still run fine. I have 1 IDE 133 HDD on my primary bus and a dvd rom (optical) on my secondary bus. All works fine. I have 2 HDD's on my SATA ports on mother board set to RAID 0. Yes i have disabled the Floppy drive setting in BIOS. I will try to enable again and post results. Are ATA 133 cables different from ATA 100's? -- dbacs |
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IDE drive not recognized.
I am now totally confused.
You say the you have some IDE drives that work and which are seen by your BIOS but that you have others that are not. And you say your RAID is configured to use SATA drives since it can not use both. "dbacs" wrote in message ... Hi, thanks. I have a setting in my BIOS for SATA or IDE for RAID, but that's all for IDE bus settings. It is set to SATA, but my other IDE devices still run fine. I have 1 IDE 133 HDD on my primary bus and a dvd rom (optical) on my secondary bus. All works fine. I have 2 HDD's on my SATA ports on mother board set to RAID 0. Yes i have disabled the Floppy drive setting in BIOS. I will try to enable again and post results. Are ATA 133 cables different from ATA 100's? -- dbacs |
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IDE drive not recognized.
So the problem is with one particular IDE HDD then since others work?
What is the capacily, format, and age of the drive? For some reason it is apparently not spinning up to speed fast enough or not at all for the BIOS to recognize it. Is there any possibility that there is not enough power available for all the devices in the system to start up and run concurrently? "dbacs" wrote in message ... Yes that is correct. -- dbacs |
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IDE drive not recognized.
Curious;992734 Wrote: So the problem is with one particular IDE HDD then since others work? What is the capacily, format, and age of the drive? For some reason it is apparently not spinning up to speed fast enough or not at all for the BIOS to recognize it. Is there any possibility that there is not enough power available for all the devices in the system to start up and run concurrently? "dbacs" wrote in message ... Yes that is correct. -- dbacs Yes, this one drive is the problem. All other drives are seen in BIOS and OS. Capacity is 40gb. Format is NTFS. Age is unknown, but is old. Brand is Maxtor. Hmm, not enough power, could be possible, but i'm using 350w PSU. I really don't have much power drain from peripherals. Largest drain would be my graphics card. -- dbacs |
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IDE drive not recognized.
40GB means it is pretty old, the manufacturer date should be on the label.
Since it is old I suspect it requires a lot more power then newer drives especially at boot time. 350 Watts is not much power if you have a lot of drives and a current generation HD capable graphics card and a multi core processor. 500 watts would be more appropriate. Try removing the other IDE drives you might find that there is then enough power for the old drive to spin up at boot time. "dbacs" wrote in message ... Curious;992734 Wrote: So the problem is with one particular IDE HDD then since others work? What is the capacily, format, and age of the drive? For some reason it is apparently not spinning up to speed fast enough or not at all for the BIOS to recognize it. Is there any possibility that there is not enough power available for all the devices in the system to start up and run concurrently? "dbacs" wrote in message ... Yes that is correct. -- dbacs Yes, this one drive is the problem. All other drives are seen in BIOS and OS. Capacity is 40gb. Format is NTFS. Age is unknown, but is old. Brand is Maxtor. Hmm, not enough power, could be possible, but i'm using 350w PSU. I really don't have much power drain from peripherals. Largest drain would be my graphics card. -- dbacs |
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IDE drive not recognized.
I unplugged all IDE devices except the 40GB HDD, just to see if BIOS at least would pick it up. It did not show in BIOS still and did not spin. On top of all this, i also have a Western Digital 750GB HDD SATA II that will not show up in OS, or BIOS if i use an SATA cable. I can only get the 750gb HDD to show up in BIOS and OS if i use my eSATA enclosure. :sarc::cry: Sounds like its time for a new motherboard? -- dbacs |