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    primary IDE troubles

    Well it finally happened. Unplung and replug didnt work. It looks like my slave hd was the culprit. It won;t work on either cable now. THanks for the help. Maybe I could coax it into working, by hitting it with a hammer, only long enough to transfer all my mp3's over? Well maybe not...
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    primary IDE troubles

    Well nothing for the past week. THanks again to you both for your input.
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    primary IDE troubles

    yes that is how i came up with the unplug and replug to the mobo. i was thinking it was the mobo or the ide controller or even the connector on the mobo.
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    primary IDE troubles

    Ran the diags from Western Dig. NO errors. I'm confused as to why unplugging the cable from the mobo would fix it. Is a signal present that the HD can sense? I don't touch the HD. ANyway thanks for the input. I will keep soing the old process of elimination thing.
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    primary IDE troubles

    WOOHOO First post for me! I hope someone can shed some light on a rather frustrating problem I have been having. specs. asus p4pe-x mobo p4 2.6 mhz Within the past few days perhaps 2 weeks my box will slow to a grinding halt (2 mins for IE to open). I shut down and on reboot there is...