cant read hard drive

vinn · 10-19-2005, 07:51 PM

ive been wondering whats wrong with my friends comp.. cant seem to fix it..
for some reason it does NOT read the hard drive. i switched with another
hard drive and it still did not read. i put a dvd drive and it read. anyone might know whats wrong?

Jamsan · 10-19-2005, 08:16 PM

is the ide connector on the motherboard specifically only for optical drives?

hans5849 · 10-20-2005, 05:12 PM

they make those?

berkut · 10-20-2005, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by hans5849

they make those?

some PCI controller cards are like that: only they are limited to hard drives and do not support cd/dvd drives.

Umm, check the cable, try a different cable, if it's a rounded cable try a ribbon cable, make sure its the 80 wire one.

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