Hard Drive Config

[Madalienmonk]

I decided to install a SATA drive as the master drive, so I removed my old IBM 120 GB hard drive from my computer. I then decided, "hey, wth, why not just instal it for another 120gb of space!?" So I installed it, and set the jumpers to Slave Device 1, but it doesn't work - the HD isnt detected at all. The only way to get the HD to work is if I used the previous jumper settings I had it on when it was the master/OS drive. This would be ok, but the jumper setting is 32GB Clip, so I only get 32/120GB.

Any ideas/help is GREATLY appreciated.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Just make the old drive master on one of the ide channels and set the bios to boot from SATA. Set the drive for full capacity and re-partition it.

 

[Madalienmonk]

Thanks for the reply.

But how do I set the drive to full capacity?

 

[networkman]

You know, if you were post the exact model number of the drive, it'd be a lot easier to point you in the correct direction.

 

[Madalienmonk]

what appears when the drive is being detected at startup and what is shown in the BIOS:

IC35L120AVV207-1

 

[networkman]

On the back of the drive where the jumper setting are it should look like:

I G E C A
H F D B

Basic you want a jumper on GH and a jumper on AB - that'll make the device 0/Master, which is the default when it is shipped out.

Following is a link of everything you could possibly ever want to know about the drive:

http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib....docs/183D647405A6CDE787256C160068A24D/

Select the 2nd .pdf file for your drive.

Skip to page 41 for the actual jumper settings, confirming what I posted. 😉

 

[Madalienmonk]

I....love....you.

<3

TY for the help everyone (especially networkman)