Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)
June 10th 04, 03:47 AM
Age of the drive has nothing to do with it. If the drive is ATA-100 spec, it
needs an 80 wire cable to perform to its maximum potential.
--
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"Jonathan" > wrote in message
...
> Thx for all your help, I'll try them all...
> (to John).. it makes sense that the CD drive in Pri. would slow down the
HDD.. I never thought about that thou.. lol the HDD is about 2 years old..
so I don't know if that would concern your new 80 wire issue..
> ¤Jonathan¤
>
>
> "Jonathan" wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> > I posted one asking for some advice about 3 days ago asking how to hook
up my 3 cd drives.
> > I followed everyone's advice.. and I still got problems.. need help.
> >
> > 3 CD drives..
> > ASUS CD-Rom
> > SONY CD-RW
> > SONY DVD-Rom
> >
> > Case supports 4 drives, power is sufficient (all the drives have power
but computer won't run with them all and recognize them).. IDE cables are
fine, jumpers are fine.
> > Right now all I have is the Pri. Master as the HDD (obviously) and the
Sec. Pri and Sec. Slave are the CD drives. All CD drives work, I can hook
up any 2 I want in the Secondary.
> > My problem is hooking the 3rd one up to the Pri. Slave. I tried having
the drive as slave (and HDD) as master, at the XP loading screen it will go
for about 2 seconds then go to the blue screen and restart (it restarts so
fast I can't even read the blue).
> >
> > I set the Primary HDD and CD to cable select and it doesn't boot
properly.. it won't detect the HDD and makes the CD the Pri. Master. (I
also tried leaving the HDD master and the CD as Cable select and it does the
same thing.. won't detect HDD and makes CD master).
> > Before I hook up a new drive I change the BIOS settings so I have
everything right for that part... I need help...
> > Please don't mention about buying CD combos or something (someone
mentioned that before).. its not that big of a deal whether I get the 3rd
hooked up or not.. it'd just be nice.. (I keep the normal CD drive
disconnected for now..)
> > Any help would be appreciated... if you need more info just ask lol..
thx in advance!
> >
> > ¤Jonathan¤
> >
needs an 80 wire cable to perform to its maximum potential.
--
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"Jonathan" > wrote in message
...
> Thx for all your help, I'll try them all...
> (to John).. it makes sense that the CD drive in Pri. would slow down the
HDD.. I never thought about that thou.. lol the HDD is about 2 years old..
so I don't know if that would concern your new 80 wire issue..
> ¤Jonathan¤
>
>
> "Jonathan" wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> > I posted one asking for some advice about 3 days ago asking how to hook
up my 3 cd drives.
> > I followed everyone's advice.. and I still got problems.. need help.
> >
> > 3 CD drives..
> > ASUS CD-Rom
> > SONY CD-RW
> > SONY DVD-Rom
> >
> > Case supports 4 drives, power is sufficient (all the drives have power
but computer won't run with them all and recognize them).. IDE cables are
fine, jumpers are fine.
> > Right now all I have is the Pri. Master as the HDD (obviously) and the
Sec. Pri and Sec. Slave are the CD drives. All CD drives work, I can hook
up any 2 I want in the Secondary.
> > My problem is hooking the 3rd one up to the Pri. Slave. I tried having
the drive as slave (and HDD) as master, at the XP loading screen it will go
for about 2 seconds then go to the blue screen and restart (it restarts so
fast I can't even read the blue).
> >
> > I set the Primary HDD and CD to cable select and it doesn't boot
properly.. it won't detect the HDD and makes the CD the Pri. Master. (I
also tried leaving the HDD master and the CD as Cable select and it does the
same thing.. won't detect HDD and makes CD master).
> > Before I hook up a new drive I change the BIOS settings so I have
everything right for that part... I need help...
> > Please don't mention about buying CD combos or something (someone
mentioned that before).. its not that big of a deal whether I get the 3rd
hooked up or not.. it'd just be nice.. (I keep the normal CD drive
disconnected for now..)
> > Any help would be appreciated... if you need more info just ask lol..
thx in advance!
> >
> > ¤Jonathan¤
> >