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Middle of install, need HDD help!

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newuser

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Middle of install, need help!

building my first system. basically, following this guide: http://www.mysuperpc.com/computer_assembly/pc_install_hard_floppy_drives.shtml

well, after installing the HD and re-booting I get a noise from the HDD. It sounds like the hdd is reving up and is pretty loud. Is this normal or did I mess up the connections or is it a bad hdd. It is a WD 80gig 8mb cache. It is installed with the sticker on it facing upward (correct position?)

thanks in advance
 
btw, I took of the jumper, it is running as the master by itself on an IDE cable. I tried different power cables as well.
 
Hard drives can be fairly loud - esp WD JB drives. As the connectors have a special notch and a missing pin, there's no chance of it being installed backwards. HDs can be oriented at any angle, although I hear that right angles are best (vertical/horizontal planes). Does it not work ? Can you see the drive's info in your bios and have you been able to format it ?
 
hi,
on a wd hard drive if it is the only hd on the ide cable, you should set the jumper to cable select. i think that that is the way it comes jumpered by default.
good luck
 
Partially true foofoo - cable select is if your motherboard, cable, and all drives on the cable support it and are jumpered for it. The little manual that came with my new 1200JB drive (a few weeks old) told me that as lone master, it has the jumper hooked to the grounds of a few pins (4 and 6 which are the circuit board side pins for Master and Slave in dual configuration). Being hooked to the ground is the same as being removed entirely.
 
hi chefjoe,
are you sure that's right?
look at the jumper settings on the wd website
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=704&p_created=1037222945
looks to me like the configuration that you are describing is for single (standard installation)
in my experience, wd hard drives that are jumpered this way often are not seen by the bios. they really do need to be set for cable select which is connecting pins 1-2.

newuser - try this, i think that it will work for you.
 
Bios does detect the drive as well as the proper info. Have not tested it , (formatting, os install)really yet...scared I may cause further damage
 
Originally posted by: foofoo
hi chefjoe,
are you sure that's right?
look at the jumper settings on the wd website
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=704&p_created=1037222945
looks to me like the configuration that you are describing is for single (standard installation)
in my experience, wd hard drives that are jumpered this way often are not seen by the bios. they really do need to be set for cable select which is connecting pins 1-2.

newuser - try this, i think that it will work for you.
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"btw, I took of the jumper, it is running as the master by itself on an IDE cable. I tried different power cables as well. " is why I suggested the single drive config. I hooked up that WD as a master dual and it wouldn't operate when the single drive (yeah, I always trip over that WD specialty). Jumpers need to connect from the top to the bottom pin to make a connection and send the signal, so off, pins 6/4 5/3 are all the same. The bios sees my drive when configured as single master.... newuser, don't chicken out, go ahead and use it, don't put any important stuff on it until you're comfortable. A HD that starts running after nothing else in your computer is really going does sound noisy, but without some specific idea of what is "pretty loud," I think you will have to decide if it's abnormal or not.
 
OK, installed windows.
Formatted and installed w/o problems.

It is pretty noisy even at idle (louder than 3 case fans, hsf and 2 fan psu) is this normal? Guess I'll run scan disk this afternoon to check it out.
 
Never used one of those drives. Check and make sure all your screws are on tight, could be a vibration issue.
 
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