Re: Won't detect HDD
 

Just tried a new 80 wired cable (from my PC, deffo working) - and it's having the same problem.

Detects fine with the 40 wired, won't with the 80 wired.

Any ideas fellas ? Setting somewhere?

Re: Won't detect HDD
 

you could try resetting bios defaults,or maybe update bios,try with the 80 cable going into bios and manually detecting drives,it may need this with the 80 but auto detects on 40

Re: Won't detect HDD
 

hmm suppose I could do.

I've tried getting bios to detect the drives with the 80 cable but it won't.... I'l try using the 40 cable, writing down the settings and manually entering them.

'tis weird though.

Unplug the HDD and just put the CD ROM drive on the master ide, and it detects it fine... with the HDD on the channel it buggers it up. However, it's fine with the 40 cable..... ARGH!
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nah ^^ that didn't work - thinking a borked HDD tbh.

However it'l let me install windows on it if I boot from CD on another channel, just won't pick up on POST.

May just go for the zero formatting...... someone said don't or you'l just need another disc, but there was another app mentioned earlier in the thread - not as harsh as zero formatting.. might give that a try.

Re: Won't detect HDD
 

80 pin cables were introduced with the advent of ata66 drives. Using a 40 pin cable will reduce the throughput of the hdd to that of an ata33 drive. If you have a cdrom attached to the same cable as the hdd then your throughput is reduced anyway because the cdrom will drag the hdd down to its speed so, with the cdrom attached to the same cable, you are getting ata33 speeds from your hdd regardless of the cable used. So you may as well run with the 40 pin cable. Out of curiosity, does the drive work on the 80 pin cable if the cdrom is not attached? Sounds like it might be a conflict between the 2 different devices.

Re: Won't detect HDD
 

Nope - wont detect when it's the only device on that channel....

Might just be me but it seemed a bit slower on the 40 wired cable....