[techtalk] hardware hassling me

[Sarah Hollings]

I love you!!!  All fixed!!

There was a few different options in the bios to do with IDE, and
although there was no provision for doing exactly what you said, there
was this "IDE Channel 2 umpty-tum" option (which bore no resemblance to
"If you have me set to disabled you will have no IDE 2").  But setting
it to enable fixed it!

I never would've thought of the CMOS - I figured it had to be the cable
or something.  Happy!!!!  

(Now I just have to buy a new floppy because I seem to have fried it by
putting the ribbon cable in the wrong way when I was at my wits end
before).

"Tania M. Morell" wrote:
> 
> Set your bios IDE1 and IDE2 options to "enabled" instead of "auto".
> 
> -T
> 
> Sarah Hollings wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having problems with my new HD install.  I'm beginning to think the
> > 2nd IDE jumper on my m/b has gone, but maybe its something else.  Can
> > anyone think of anything?
> >
> > Symptoms are:
> > I have an old P133 with on board IDE.  When I have the new HD I just
> > bought jumpered as Master (or slave) and my old HD as Slave (or master)
> > and set up on the same IDE ribbon cable the bios sees them and
> > auto-detects them as Primary Master and Primary Slave and my two disks
> > look just great.  But then the PnP bios can't see my CD on the other IDE
> > ribbon cable (no matter what I set the jumper to, or whether I have it
> > on the end connector or 1/2 way along).
> >
> > If I put the old HD (or the new) as Master and the CD rom as slave on
> > IDE1 and the new HD (or the old) as Master on IDE2, the bios autodetects
> > only the old HD (or the new) on IDE1 and the new HD (or the old) on IDE2
> > is, like, not there.  But the PnP can then see my CD drive.
> >
> > I have broken all my nails off, and frazzled my nerves to pieces
> > changing everything round every which way, and it is driving me up the
> > wall.
> >
> > What I'm planning to do is install the new drive and just have the old
> > one sitting in there doing nothing, until I can come up with something.
> > I guess I could take it into the shop.... grrrr....
> >
> > Sarah
> > --
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> > Around the Sun-illum'nd lantern held in Midnight,
> > by the Master of the Show
> >
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We are no other than a moving row
of Magic-Shadow shapes, that come, and go
Around the Sun-illum'nd lantern held in Midnight,
by the Master of the Show