IDE problem..

[PeterJun21]

Okay so i have 2 ide cables pluging into the mother board. The one half of the side works- connecting to 2 hardrives. However my other half wont work at all. I tried different combinations of drives, cables, but it just wont detect anything. I made sure everything was plugged in but still doesnt. Do any of you guys know what the problem might be and how i can check and fix this problem? thank you.

 

[FlippyBoy]

check for bent pins in the connector, and make sure both channels are enabled in the bios.

 

[PeterJun21]

i checked for bent cables.. there are none. and yes both of them are enabled in the bio

 

[compudog]

Check the drive jumpers on the problem channel. You may need to try different combinations switching which one is master/slave etc. Also, try setting both as Cable Select. You may even try a different ribbon cable altogether.