mobo problem?

[DaWhim]

I tried with a maxtor 80gb and a seagate 200gb on the albertron K8X800 mobo. the hdd won't power up when the ide cable is plugged into the mobo. when I disconnect it, it power up.

I don't know what is causing it, but this is driving me crazy.

 

[Boonesmi]

it wont spin up at all with the ide connected? but it does spin up if the ide cable isnt connected? do i understand that right?


first thing i would do is set teh bios to "default"

have you double checked that the cable isnt backward?
have you tried using a different ide cable?
also have you tried plugging it into the different ide port? (ie use secondary port)

 

[Rhagz]

Sounds like either the cable's 1pin connection is switched, or a bad cable to being with.

 

[DaWhim]

you understand it right.

I changed the bios to default.
I tried both way, not working.
I tried with a different ide cable. (i am gonna try it more)
I tired both primary and secondary port too.

 

[Boonesmi]

if after you try another cable and it still doesnt work, then its gotta either be the harddrive or the mobo

and since you say its happening with 2 different harddrives that makes it most likely a damaged/faulty mobo

 

[Subhuman25]

Is/are your HD jumpers set correctly i.e. MASTER/SLAVE/CABLE SELECT?
Are either of them sharing the IDE channel with an optical drive?

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: Subhuman25
Is/are your HD jumpers set correctly i.e. MASTER/SLAVE/CABLE SELECT?
Are either of them sharing the IDE channel with an optical drive?

I don't think that matter. I tried each of them separatly. actually, the same thing happened to the dvd drive as well. it wouldn't even eject!