what have i broken...

[serin]

right, ive tried to install a spare cd-rom into my PC....

everything seemed to go well, but ive turned it on, and it all goes normally til the boot XP boot screen (with the little loading bar, you know the one)

so it does that, but then the screen goes black and after that nothing....

screen stays on, fans keep going but nothing

i put it into safe mode and it all seems okay, i can find the new drive in My Computer and eject it in the menus, and it says its installed in the device manager

what could i have touched and fubar'd? :chin:

 

[dave]

jumpers?

 

[Stu DemonD]

What does it say in BIOS?

 

[dave]

What does it say in BIOS?

beep

 

[serin]

ive taken a video of it, but i can upload it

the jumpers should be okay, i got that wrong the first time, but now the second is set to slave

 

[toad101]

i find settingthe jumpers to cable select works best

 

[purplemonday]

i find settingthe jumpers to cable select works best

Cable Select is fine as long as mobo supports it (most modern ones do) and you set all drives on that IDE channel to Cable Select.

Have you tried firing the PC up with the new drive as the only CD-Rom?

 

[serin]

Cable Select is fine as long as mobo supports it (most modern ones do) and you set all drives on that IDE channel to Cable Select.

Have you tried firing the PC up with the new drive as the only CD-Rom?

yup, ive tired it with either drive, with a different cable, with the other IDE port, with each drive having its own cable and port, and they all fail to work when both are plugged in. And when its Cable Select it turns on after ages at the XP loading screen, but then neither drive works

unplug one and it comes on fine :chin:

 

[dave]

have you set bios to auto select?

 

[serin]

have you set bios to auto select?

yup, both are detected fine

 

[dave]

its broke then, chuck it in the bin

 

[serin]

its broke then, chuck it in the bin

the whole PC

sounds a bit harsh

 

[dave]

no just the drive

 

[serin]

no just the drive

but they both work if installed on thier own

 

[dave]

bin um both then :devil:

 

[Liam]

Tried another IDE cable?

Liam

 

[serin]

Tried another IDE cable?

Liam

yup, even tried pulling each with its own cable, so a faulty cable would mean that the drive it was attached to wouldnt work :chin:

 

[Trancendental]

Have you installed the Optical Drives on the same IDE cable?

Is the IDE cable, which the optical drives are plugged into, coming from IDE1 (The secondary position on the Mainboard)?

Are the IDE cables in the correct way round (Long end in the Mainboard, shorter end in the drives)?

If you have done all this then try putting one in the slave position on the HDD cable.

Your BIOS might need updating.

Also, Are you using DMA cables (40 pins 40 wires) or UDMA cables (40 pin 80 wires)? you might need UDMA cables depending on the Hardware.

 

[serin]

Have you installed the Optical Drives on the same IDE cable?

yes, first using the original cable, then the spare

Is the IDE cable, which the optical drives are plugged into, coming from IDE1 (The secondary position on the Mainboard)?

ive tried using bothe IDE ports, both primary and secondary

Are the IDE cables in the correct way round (Long end in the Mainboard, shorter end in the drives)?

yes

If you have done all this then try putting one in the slave position on the HDD cable.

my HDD uses Sata cables, so cant do that as far as i know.

Your BIOS might need updating.

that dont sound healthy

Also, Are you using DMA cables (40 pins 40 wires) or UDMA cables (40 pin 80 wires)? you might need UDMA cables depending on the Hardware.

no idea, ill check when i get home :chin:

 

[blackJTD]

try flashing you bios (ooo err) as trancedental suggested...or have you got an external USB IDE hard drive caddy? if cables are long enough try it in one of them