Re: Problem with ide cable


"Lee" <cyberwitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:LAkLe.7542$1F5.1751@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Julian 'Penny for the guy' Hales wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I couldnt get XP to install, i was using the 40pin idex2
> >
> > Someone said try the 80 pin, so i put the hd to master and dvd to slave,
now
> > they are not picked in bootup, if i put both to cs the same thing
happens,
> > only if i just have the hd then it detects it.
>
> Have you got the correct end of the cable plugged into the motherboard?
> It does matter...

i didnt think it did, i will check out how i did it!


> >
> > Reason i tried that was i was getting the same error when it got to i
think
> > 57% of trying to copy the files, tried it 10 times and last time i tried
it
> > that took 6 hours to get that far.
>
> Obvious things like the CD itself and the optical drive out of the way,
> check that the HDD itself is healthy (use the manufacturer's test
> program if necessary) and run memtest and something like Prime95 to
> check the cpu/board.
>

yes tried 3 opitacal drives, swopped most things i could


> Also, check the bios settings regarding ACPI/APIC, and PnP settings, and
> try removing any additional IDE cards - just in case XP is getting hung
> up on installing and it just *looks* like it's having trouble copying
> files ;)
>

yeah i kept it to bare minimum as usual


> You can always manually copy the files to the HDD and run the install
> from there, but it doesn't fix the underlying problem...
>

i agree, i need to find out why and what to sort out.


> Lee
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