Negative_Pulse
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I was doing a cpu/ram/hd upgrade on a friends computer. The cpu and ram install went great and the comp recognized the parts no problem. Then i went to install the new hd my friend had, and thats where the problems began.
The setup in the comp was Primary IDE cable attached to dvd and cd-r drives, he had one other cable in his comp, plugged into the Promise IDE1 slot. Since the hd he bought didnt come with a cable i figured i would just connect the new hd to the middle connection on the ribbon cable. I set the old hd as master and the new one as slave too.
Upon booting up the comp just died after a couple seconds, i tinkered with the jumpers a bit, but all that resulted in was the comp starting up, and the dvd + cd-r drive both going crazy, making allot of noise (there was no screen, couldnt even get into the bois).
At one point i was able to just unplug the new hd, and have the comp running like it did before. But after i tried again to have the comp boot with both drives on the same ribbon, and failing again, the comp wont even work like it did before now (jumper settings set the way they were prior and the new hd unplugged).
The system is totally hosed now, and i dont have a clue what i did wrong.
Tomorrow im going out with him to buy another ribbon cable, i will try plugging the new ribbon into Promise IDE2 slot, thus giving each drive their own ribbon. But it still makes no sense that the comp wouldnt work when i reverted everything to prior adding the new hd.
some system info
mobo: asus, via kt266a chipset
old hd: 40gig wd
new hd: 80gig wd 8mb buffer
The setup in the comp was Primary IDE cable attached to dvd and cd-r drives, he had one other cable in his comp, plugged into the Promise IDE1 slot. Since the hd he bought didnt come with a cable i figured i would just connect the new hd to the middle connection on the ribbon cable. I set the old hd as master and the new one as slave too.
Upon booting up the comp just died after a couple seconds, i tinkered with the jumpers a bit, but all that resulted in was the comp starting up, and the dvd + cd-r drive both going crazy, making allot of noise (there was no screen, couldnt even get into the bois).
At one point i was able to just unplug the new hd, and have the comp running like it did before. But after i tried again to have the comp boot with both drives on the same ribbon, and failing again, the comp wont even work like it did before now (jumper settings set the way they were prior and the new hd unplugged).
The system is totally hosed now, and i dont have a clue what i did wrong.
Tomorrow im going out with him to buy another ribbon cable, i will try plugging the new ribbon into Promise IDE2 slot, thus giving each drive their own ribbon. But it still makes no sense that the comp wouldnt work when i reverted everything to prior adding the new hd.
some system info
mobo: asus, via kt266a chipset
old hd: 40gig wd
new hd: 80gig wd 8mb buffer