Help!!!!

**mike_whitman** · January 1st, 2005, 07:19 PM

Not sure ... sounds like something isn't right then ... could be a co-incidence that the HD went at the same time ... but more then likely you have a config issue ...

Are the cables firmly set in the motherboard itself?

The CD-ROM should be attached to the opposite connector on the Motherboard. (I assume you have two of them)

The HD should be set to the Jumper setting as done earlier

on it's own cable.

**kill3r** · January 1st, 2005, 07:21 PM

but i only got 1 jumper with in the package but i can tke from my old hard drive too

**mike_whitman** · January 1st, 2005, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by kill3r

but i only got 1 jumper with in the package but i can tke from my old hard drive too

If you only have 1, then the test would be

I'd recheck the connection to the MB if it was working before, I thought you said this was brand new and not connected before.

**kill3r** · January 1st, 2005, 07:26 PM

no i dint say it was brand new, but it is almost brand new cuase i bought it yesterday and yesterday when i installed it it worked but tnow whhen i installed the cd writer it doesent work

**kill3r** · January 1st, 2005, 07:34 PM

please man you gotta help me!? i know you tryed youre best ...

**kill3r** · January 1st, 2005, 07:38 PM

in the motherboard is it only the IDE wich should be connected to the harddrive or is there something else on the motherboard wich maybe has fallen down or something wich makes the harddisk not spin or being detected

**kill3r** · January 1st, 2005, 07:43 PM

ok now i remove all my drives like floppy and cd then i try again...

**kill3r** · January 1st, 2005, 07:45 PM

can i do wrong when i connect IDE cable from mobo to the harddrive...Does it matter to have the ide cable to a special way?

**kill3r** · January 2nd, 2005, 06:37 AM

hey look, i have 2 IDE Cables one from My harddrive and one From my Cd writer...But i dont know how too set them in motherboard could you plz help me?

**fshanda** · January 2nd, 2005, 08:44 AM

First off lets talk about the IDE cables. The the end with one connector plugs into the motherboard and the end with 2 connectors is for the devices to be installed.

The second thing you need to know is there is a red, blue or black wire on one side or the ribbon cable. This side needs to be connected to pin 1 of the motherboard and pin 1 of the HDD. If you set the cable on backwards it will not work.

Pin one on the HDD is the end twords the power connector on your drive according to the manufacturers website,

Pin one on your motherboard is located twords the bottom, opposite of the boards power connector according to the manufacturers website. Hard to tell from the site but I think its the slot nearest the edge of the board.

Doing a Google search and a little browsing will net you all of this information.

The primary IDE of your motherboard is marked J8H1, This is the slot that the HDD should be connected to. The slot is known to be good because it has detected your cdrw as master on the channell a few posts back.

The cdrw should connect to the other IDE slot marked J7H1 the same way with the color coded side of the ribbon twords the bottom of the board.

A lot of new ribbons are keyed and can only be installed the correct way. I have seen a bunch that could be installed either way.

You should also jumper the drive as Mike has shown you several times with the 2 jumpers. Yes you can use a jumper from another drive if you need to and make sure your holding the drive with the power connector on the left and the IDE connector on the right when looking at the jumpers and setting them up. If you hold the drive upside down and set them they will be wrong.

I would say that the biggest problem your having is the size of the drive coupled with the age of your MB. You said it worked before, not quite sure what you had working exactly so I will assume proper placement of the cables and jumpers should fix the problem.

**jmichna** · January 2nd, 2005, 11:42 AM

fshanda,
You have much patience... I admire that. This was beginning to look like a chat session

**fshanda** · January 2nd, 2005, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by jmichna

fshanda,
You have much patience... I admire that. This was beginning to look like a chat session

I think Mike should get some props too.

I had to take a break for a few hours and come back for round 2.

Kill3r did you get that thing going yet?

**jmichna** · January 2nd, 2005, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by fshanda

I think Mike should get some props too.

...

fshanda,
You are right...

Mike, you also have also displayed much patience. Wonder if Kill3r will post back with his resolution and the outcome.

**kill3r** · January 3rd, 2005, 01:32 PM

hay guys thx a lot it works thanks mike fshanda for helping me i will tell my friends about this site!!!! THX THX THX THX THX THX !!!!

:!!!!

**kill3r** · January 3rd, 2005, 01:33 PM

And About You Too !!!! Thanks!!!!!

**Beemer** · January 3rd, 2005, 01:57 PM

What was the eventual solution? What was the problem? Backwards cabling?

Cheers!

**jmichna** · January 3rd, 2005, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by kill3r

hay guys thx a lot it works thanks mike fshanda for helping me i will tell my friends about this site!!!! THX THX THX THX THX THX !!!!

:!!!!

kill3r,
As Beemer asked, what was your solution? Posting back how you fixed things helps everyone else!

**kill3r** · January 3rd, 2005, 05:38 PM

well i dont know what problem was i just connectec in all post you said in here i connected one after one and upgraded bios...i really dont know what was problem but i know one thing and that is i only need to sett the harddrive as master and then it works...and of course ide cable and eveyrthing other thx alot guys...!