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[i_smoke_crayons]

So I buy a 250 gb serial hard drive, plug it in, and turn my comp on, reboot, and windows dosn't even recongnize it. Any help?

[Sniprwulf]

brand new hd? what type is it, is it ata or sata? make sure ur jumpers are right.

[vet.mad hatter]

i think you have to reformat windows

dumb ass of the trying allready for 2006 i see!!
like Sniprwulf make sure jumpers are right windows one primary then the new one a slave

[i_smoke_crayons]

It's an ATA.

[Sniprwulf]

It's an ATA.

yeah. alright well u defly need to mess w/the jumpers then. also, when us startup, go into bios and make sure that ur computer is recognizing it. find out which drive is ur master and slave and set the appropriate jumpers for them. i think that might be the problem.

[*3RD sfg* killswitch]

yeah. alright well u defly need to mess w/the jumpers then. also, when us startup, go into bios and make sure that ur computer is recognizing it. find out which drive is ur master and slave and set the appropriate jumpers for them. i think that might be the problem.

yep snipr has it check it out in the bios and go from there GL

[bv_xracer]

I'm a bit confused by this, you state you have a "serial" hard drive. Do you mean SATA? If so, you don't have any jumpers to set.
If you have a P-ATA then you in fact need to set the jumper. Most retail boxes of hard drives come with complete instructions for installing, And software for formatting, if nessesary. If not , just go to the manufacturers website. Most even have diagnostic software to check the drive. Other than setting your bios to "see" the new drive, there is not much else to check.

[ShLoNkY]

Racer is right: shouldn't be any jumpers. Id update the SATA drivers on your mobo. ( I had to do that when i installed my SATA dvd burner) Do you already have SATA hdds in your system??

Edited by ShLoNkY, 03 January 2006 - 11:26 AM.

[Sniprwulf]

Racer is right: shouldn't be any jumpers. Id update the SATA drivers on your mobo. ( I had to do that when i installed my SATA dvd burner) Do you already have SATA hdds in your system??

dont need update for harddrives

[ShLoNkY]

Thats not necessarily true. SATA "should" be plug and play, but you know how sh*t works...... Updating drivers is usually a good thing to try when a new hardware device isnt automatically recognised.

[*3RD sfg* killswitch]

i ran into a problem trying to get a sata and a ide hd running on the same MB, dont know if that is the same problem you are having.

[kidcapri]

ON my sata drive i had to set the jumper to sata 150 only. My computer wouldn't recognise it any other way. If its a sata 150 drive look at the jumper positions chart on the top of the actuall drive itself or look in the manual.

[i_smoke_crayons]

Yeah, it's a sata and dosnt have any jumpers, i think ill try to dl the drivers and see how that works.

[kidcapri]

It doesn't have jumpers? Thats weird. They usually have jumpers so you can change a few things around.

[Sniprwulf]

It doesn't have jumpers? Thats weird. They usually have jumpers so you can change a few things around.

not sata. its totally different since its direct hookup b/c w/ide you hookup one cable w/two drives. which is one of the most retarded things that pc makers could have thought of.

[kidcapri]

My sata drive has jumpers for changing various settings. The jumpers have nothing to do with master or slave. Every other sata drive i have seen has also had jumpers.

[Frag0holic]

you should get the 666GB SATA-N drives... just paint a pentagram in goats blood on it and it's ready to go

[Yatzee_Squirrel]

you should get the 666GB SATA-N drives... just paint a pentagram in goats blood on it and it's ready to go

you have these drivers too?