TSGL: Hard disk access

[William Pike]

One thing to remember is, if you use "cable select" on the drive you MUST
use a "cable select" cable, a regular IDE cable in "usually" not compatible
with the cable select jumper configuration. "cable select" cables have drive
designations printed on the connectors (main board, primary or master, and
secondary or slave). 


William Pike
whpike at cox.net
 whpike at gmail.com

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:33 PM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access

Last year I had a problem with an ill system that had been set up with cable
select (XP Pro OS) not recognizing one of the HDs, but when I changed it to
normal Master/Slave with the jumpers, the drive magically appeared.
Different strokes, but it wouldn't hurt to try. 
Depending on how the MB IDE cable sockets are used, you might have to forego
one HD of the three HDs if there also more than one IDE CDR or DVD,
whatever, but you could easily get the 3rd back via a USB2 external
enclosure..
Good luck

dave r
> Hi Dave,
>
> I'm sorry, I thought I had explained.
> I've installed three different drives all set up as Cable Select, 
> which are correctly identified at boot by the BIOS as the Master Drive.
> This is why I am at a loss to understand why the drive is subsequently 
> not recognised.
>
> Anthony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave" <heydave at pacbell.net>
> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>
>
>   
>> Anthony, you still haven't replied whether you have gone into the 
>> BIOS at boot and checked that the new hard drive is in fact selected 
>> as the 1st boot device, or that you have checked that the HD jumpers 
>> are correctly set for Master or Slave (depending on how you have 
>> cabled) Either being wrong will prevent the drive from being 
>> recognized by the system.
>>
>>   dave r
>>     
>>> Hi Russell,
>>>
>>> The BIOS is AMD 62710 (12/04/2003) but I can find nothing on their 
>>> website so will not waste time looking for an update. It must be too 
>>> old a model.
>>> I tried installing a new IDE web cable and achieved the same 
>>> negative result so will go with a failed motherboard.
>>> Perhaps I should bite the bullet and buy another PC
>>>
>>> Very much appreciate everybody's help.
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
>>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:31 AM
>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Sounds like motherboard, BIOS, or cables. You can probably 
>>>> eliminate other problems.
>>>>
>>>> Russ
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com 
>>>> [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:03 AM
>>>> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>>
>>>> I have tried to install Windows Xp on another drive. First I format 
>>>> the drive then I install Xp on it and once it has finished, a 
>>>> message comes up to restart the PC and that is when the new 
>>>> installation is not recognised and I cannot access the hard drive 
>>>> using FDISK.
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
>>>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 7:32 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> If you have an extra hard drive, replace the old one with the 
>>>>> extra, install an operating system (you don't have to register 
>>>>> it), and see if the drive is recognized. That will tell you if you 
>>>>> have a faulty drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Russ Coover
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask 
>>>>> me to wait until I return.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com 
>>>>> [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:20 AM
>>>>> To: list at tsgserver.com
>>>>> Subject: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>>>>
>>>>> PC with 896Mb RAM
>>>>> Windows Xp Professional with SP2 and updates
>>>>>
>>>>> My HDD is not available. The PC identifies it properly in the BIOS 
>>>>> but when I turn it on it comes back and says there is no Operating 
>>>>> System.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried formatting using the Windows CD and it goes through 
>>>>> the formalities and installs Windows but when I re-start, I get 
>>>>> the same OS unavailable message.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to format from DOS but when I go through FDISK, it comes 
>>>>> back and says No hard disk present.
>>>>>
>>>>> The HDD is readable in another PC so that is not the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this mean that my Motherboard needs replacing or is it a 
>>>>> problem with the cables.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any solutions will be very welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
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