Okay: I had two hard drives and one of them became corrupted, so I removed it and replaced the IDE cable linking them to the motherboard. It booted with the following error message:
Primary IDE 80 no conductor cable installed
So I replaced it with the old cable. But the error message still keeps coming up. What's going wrong?
I DID google this too, but I couldn't find much help.
2007-01-12 14:59:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Could be several things.
It sounds like you have the right kind of cable, since it was working before. You might have messed it up pulling it loose, but the fact that you get the same error message with either cable tells me it is something else.
One of the pins that the cable plugs into might have got bent in the process of working on it. Take a flashlight and look very closely at every pin on the motherboard and the drive to make sure they aren't mashed down. The middle pin on one side will be missing on both ends where it is keyed so you can only plug it in one way.
It could be jumpers on the drive. There might be a label on the drive that shows how to jumper for master or cable select. If your cable is blue on the motherboard end, it supports cable select and you can try jumpering for that. You can also try to jumper the drive for master with no slave. If it isn't labeled maybe post another question asking how to do it, or look at the mfg website.
Also, make sure the drive has the power connector installed. You should hear it spin-up when your system is powered on.
Are you sure this isn't the bad drive? You might be able to plug it back the way it was before you removed the other drive, then go into BIOS and disable the drive. That might not work, but you can try.
2007-01-12 15:22:04 · answer #1 · answered by James B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ensure that the connector with the longest piece of cable is put into the motherboard. It may also be that the primary IDE channel on the motherboard is not working. Try moving it to the secondary IDE channel and see if that works.
2007-01-12 23:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old style cable was a 40 wire cable, new high speed cable is an 80 wire cable, I would say you have the wrong cable if your HD is UDMA66 or above. Try digging up a newer cable.
Good Luck
2007-01-12 23:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two types of IDE cables. A finer wire cable designated as an IDE 80 Core Cable and a thick cable designated as a 40 Core Cable which is around the same thickness as a floppy drive cable. You'll want to make sure you are using the finer IDE 80 Core Cable. Just look for a true ATA133 cable.
2007-01-12 23:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
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2007-01-13 11:49:19 · answer #5 · answered by asila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋