New Hardrive HELP

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:02 am

ok this is the prob.. i have been messin with the jumper configs to let the comp know whether its a slave or master.

80gig HD has XP loaded it on it with a 4gig partition already (which i need to change but i need to get it to load first)

I think i got it to recognize it but then the comp told me i had too MUCH memory.

So i messed around wth the Ram chips (wasn't sure what too much mem meant whether its the 80gigs of the new HD or the ram)

now the computer turns on the 80gig loads but the computer has the orange light of a SLEEP MODE on same with the monitor.

Any thoughts?

My old 40gig is crapping out so i would love to get this 80gig one in there and transfer my shit from the 40 to it somehow.

really need help

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:15 am

Are you sure you have the correct connection on your IDE strip? Are you positive that you have the jumpers set correctly?

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:17 am

well i tried every jumper settin on both the old and new HD so unless there is some double secret one i don't kno about...

well it fits into the newer HD.. if that means its corect. But it won't even let my old HD load now so

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:19 am

I don't understand, do you have both the 40 gig and the 80 gig installed in your machine? Which one is master which one is slave? Triple check you have the drive you want as master, set to master (and that it is connected to the 'slave' section on your IDE strip) and the same for the slave.

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:20 am

when i was messin with it earlier and checked the Bios it was recognized as a secondary Master eventho it was plugged into the Slave

but thats a minor prob compared to the sleepmode thingy

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:21 am

Well it's going into sleep mode because none of the drives are connected correctly...

It shouldn't be secondary master, it should be slave.

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:25 am

hmm.. wierd cause i didn't mess with the configuration of the main HD thae original one.

back to the drawing board i guess.

should i follow whats on the original HD for configuration with the system or the original one (the diagrams is what i am talkin about)

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:35 am

If you have an instruction book that came with both hard drive then use that. I'm not exactly sure what you're doing to both drives because you are being very vague.

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:46 am

ok what i am tryin to do is get my 80gig as the only HD i am going to use. its a Data Castle BT-27

I have stuff on my 40gig (which came with the computer) that i want to transfer to the 80gig HD(after i somehow repartition it s not justing 4 gigs that was how we set it up for one of my classes.) i think the hd drive is crapping out thats why

thats what i want to do

Post by **Martrae** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:52 am

Check your pins...you may have mushed a couple switching things around.

Malluas · Post by **Malluas** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:11 pm

well see thatas the prob. on my old one there is only 39 pins thats it... always been like that

i just saw on the new one a hole where a pin would be but i can't find the pin if there was one there

my old one won't even work now sigh

Post by **Martrae** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:30 pm

You're not missing a pin. Did your HD come with a new IDE cable and if so did you switch it for the one in your case?

If it did and you didn't, do so. (Wow...that's a confusing sentence. If you can't follow it let me know.)