Re: EIDE connector (port) problem


"jim_tehma (e-mail isn't checked)" <jimtehma@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1131664083.656256.149000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Any chance you've bumped a power connector to the hard drive, or bent
>> pins
>> on the hard drive (that'll do it for sure), or perhaps dropped a jumper
>> from
>> one of the hard drives?
>
> Hi Stew,
>
> I don't think so. You see when I unplug the ribbon from EIDE1 and plug
> it to EIDE2 the drive works just fine. When I plug it back to EIDE1 the
> drive is not recognized. The same thing happens if I use the ribbon
> with the CD drives. I'll take another look though on connectors, pins
> and jumpers though. You never know!
>
> Thanks Jim
>


Jim -

Then since it's not the BIOS setting, it appears to be the IDE1 controller
on the mb. It is odd, however, that it would do this after the added
optical drive.

:-(


Stew


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