changed the cables over from master to slave and have installed Windows on new hard drive but computer won't boot up. Can't remember what else I need to do to switch master and slave.
2006-06-06 21:55:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Also, check Bios settings to insure that you boot from the selected drive.
2006-06-07 08:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by yu.gota.goh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could try pulling the secondary drive to ensure that the mboard understands which drive is the master.. This is a pretty common problem with some wd drives, They can get confused when they are on cable select, Verify your jumpers, make sure the drive you want to boot is set as master, and other is slave, You may also want to look closely at the jumper diagram, Its easy to get the pins confused when there are more places to put the jumper than settings for the drive.. I know thats messed me up before..
Also make sure you have the cable the right direction, The red line should be on side right by the drive's power cable.. Not on the opposite side.
2006-06-06 22:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by FirstPcRepair.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As previous posters have suggested, you need to check the jumpers on your hard drives. Also, you should be able to select the boot drive by going into your BIOS and selecting it there.
2006-06-07 01:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by twentieth_century_refugee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you re-set jumper pins proper position? From master to slave and slave to mater.
2006-06-06 22:01:44 · answer #4 · answered by orientalmajic2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
follow these instructions
1.set largest drive to master(looking at jumper settings it will normally look like this I:::
2.set other to slave,will look like this :I::
3.the cable end with the connectors closest ,then put opposite end into ide2 on motherboard ,then connect the next connector to slave and the end connector to master
then connect your 2 white power plugs
look at diagram 1
1 {:::::::::::} motherboard ..ide2
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{:::::::::::} slave hard drive
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{:::::::::::} master hard drive
this is basically the formation of your cables within your case
finally on boot up press del and enter setup and go into cmos and where it says master and slave ,set them to auto and press esc and then save and exit setup
this should fix your drives and you should boot up as normal
2006-06-07 10:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After changing the cable, check the jumper. If you're not sure for the position, just put it on "cable select" position.
2006-06-06 22:05:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to have your OS on the new master drive for one thing
2006-06-06 22:13:04 · answer #7 · answered by The Wanderer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go into bios and change the settings in there
2006-06-08 18:54:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask some other thing
2006-06-06 22:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by A BOY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋