New HDD: bios detects it, but then gets stuck (+pics) \ VOGONS

New HDD: bios detects it, but then gets stuck (+pics)

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First post, by dada

Posted on 2012-02-19, 14:20

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Anybody know what's wrong? I think it's trying to detect the CD drive, but failing. I also can't open the CD drive tray. That's weird, because it was working fine with the old HDD and I think I've it set to the same settings (master).

Here's the old HDD + dipswitches:
http://wedemandhtml.com/tmp/hdd_old.jpg

Here's the new HDD. I've only added one dipswitch to the Master col. (without it, it detects neither the HDD nor the CD drive)
http://wedemandhtml.com/tmp/hdd_new.jpg

My BIOS:
http://wedemandhtml.com/tmp/hdd_status.jpg

edit: this is the CD drive. Mine is configured as slave, see image:
http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201005/02/20/a0021 … 20_21183722.jpg
That's just a random image I grabbed online, but it's configured the same way as mine.

Reply 1 of 7, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2012-02-19, 14:30

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When it detects the HDD does it work ok without the cd-rom?

That is a socket 7 motherboard, perhaps the HDD is too big? Have you tried limiting the HDD?

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Reply 2 of 7, by dada

Posted on 2012-02-19, 14:33

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Hm, just disconnected the CD drive and the exact same thing happened. Maybe it's too big, as you say. How do I limit the HDD? Do I add a dipswitch to the "cap limit"?

Reply 3 of 7, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2012-02-19, 14:36

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Yes, you must put a jumper in the "cap limit" position. It will limit the hdd to 32GB and probably work.

Reply 4 of 7, by dada

Posted on 2012-02-19, 14:46

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I added a dipswitch to the cap limit col but, unfortunately, no change. Weird! Maybe I should just see if I can find a smaller HDD somewhere?

Reply 5 of 7, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2012-02-19, 15:04

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Try just one more thing. Go to bios and if it has an option to auto detect hdd, do it. I had a similar problem once, it would hang in post but if hdd was set in bios it would work fine.

Reply 6 of 7, by dada

Posted on 2012-02-19, 16:46

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With this HDD attached I can't even get into the BIOS. I disconnected it and went into the BIOS and made sure autodetect was turned on (it already was). I also enabled "32-bit mode". But unfortunately, it doesn't work. Thankfully I've got a neighbor who probably has a good HDD for me, I'll just trade it for one of these 40GB drives I got for free. 😀

Reply 7 of 7, by elianda

Posted on 2012-02-19, 19:34

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Just set BIOS to 'no HDD', disable auto detection, but keep the Controller on. Then if you boot a NT based OS it will auto detect the HDD on kernel initialization.

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