I jus bought a new hard drive cos my old one died, but for some reason the system isn't accepting it, even though I thought I put the right wires in the right spots, it is showing up in certain areas wen I change them around but is still not workin properly, please help!
2007-03-20 07:11:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
try setting jumper.
2007-03-20 07:33:14 · answer #1 · answered by GoLd E 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you have more than one hard drive in the system? Most drives come with an installation card and an explanation of the jumpers.
The jumpers determine if this is the ONLY drive in a system, the MASTER drive in a master/slave setup, or a SLAVE drive in the master/slave setup. You need to make sure that the jumpers are set correctly.
There are two connectors usually in total: The main ribbon cable that sends the data to the processor or to memory, the power supply connector. Both must be attached for it to work and be seen.
Also, make sure that you did not bend any pins when attaching that ribbon cable. It can happen if you tried to jam it in...it can only connect in one direction.
Finally, the drive should have come with a new ribbon cable. You may want to take the old one out and insert the new one if it is not attached to anything else. Who knows, maybe the old drive was actually still good and it was your ribbon cable that was actually not working right.
2007-03-20 14:18:58 · answer #2 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you changed the jumper settings on the hard drive. Use the same setting as the hard drive you took out. Example of pic here.
http://www.datadoctor.biz/images/chap2-page11-img1.JPG
Enter your bios while starting up and make sure it is auto detecting the hard drive or put in the information of the drive manually.
2007-03-20 14:22:33 · answer #3 · answered by jackie_1969uk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After plugging in the new drive, start up the computer but run setup or BIOS. Select drive configuration and put in the new drive info.
2007-03-20 14:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to the store and have a professional do it it is really hard for me to explain it over the internet.
2007-03-20 14:16:03 · answer #5 · answered by Liljoe12131993 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repeat after me, "Being frightened of instructions is a sign of weakness, I am a real man and I am not afraid of anything."
Follow the instructions that came with your hard-drive, they are usually pretty thorough.
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2007-03-20 23:39:25 · answer #6 · answered by U Betcha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There aint but 2 connectors! You cant plug them in wrong....did you set the jumper?
2007-03-20 14:17:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you better contact a professional or else you might burn your pc like i did once when i was a kid
2007-03-20 14:15:26 · answer #8 · answered by ~Insanity Has Taken Over~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it a Dell?
2007-03-20 14:15:44 · answer #9 · answered by LightningSlow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋