hardware worries

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:00 am

i've gutted an older computer to salvage parts for my current one. it was ancient, but it never hurts to have more HDD and another disk drive.

i'm not a hardware noob, but i'm no expert either, i have 2 IDE wires, a 4-pronged slaver wire (i think that's what it's called), and one open spot for another data strip. i've used the data strip and one IDE wire, the CD/DVD-ROM works like a charm, if a bit loudly.

i put a slaver wire and an IDE cord into the HDD, and to not much surprise, it doesnt work. it wont come up, do i need to upgrade my mobo (which i might want to do anyway) so it has more data strip slots, or can i somehow use what i have to hack together 2 HDDs, and 2 CD drives?

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:14 am

Don't forget the power plug for the added hard drive. The extra data connection should be on the ribbion cable for the main hard drive. If all of that is right, Windows should see the new device and ask if you want to add it. If it doesn't, go into the bios setup (you have to hold some keys down at boot up), and enable the new slave hard drive.

Hope that helps--it should be in Windows help too.

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:32 am

The drive may have jumpers for it that you have to change . For example 1 way will make the drive the master drive another way will make the drive the slave drive and a third way will make the drive set at cable select which means it will depend on where on the data cable it is wheather it will be master or slave .

here is one setup your drive maybe different

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/ ... elect.html