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Article #409Re: Problem 80 wire cable for hard disk
From: Rocky
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:20
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:20
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Get a clue. Real men don't use PATA cables anymore! Time for a new computer. "ClueLess" <clueless@wilderness.org.invalid> wrote in message news:j0ino5p7hrvcjpd357c0o7338tqtp5ta5n@4ax.com... > Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, 24hoursupport.helpdesk > > Hi Friends > > Here is a strange problem, when I connect my hard disk using the 80 > wire cable my computer does not recognize it. > > It happened this way. I had to check another hard disk and so I > swapped the disks (IDE0) and found it was not recognized. Then I > connected the original hard disk and it was also not recognized. I > tried both the IDE0 and IDE1 channels with the same result. I tried > also other hard disks as well other 80 wire cables, still no go. > > Then I found an old 40 wire cable and when connected with this, bingo, > all the hard disks are recognized. > > No pins broken, no hardware damage. All the cablea are in good > condition. In fact the machine for years worked with only the 80 wire > cable. > > How does this happen? This is just a banana motherboard and the > problem is in the bios stage itself. (bios says "Not installed") > > If any of you can give me an explanation or a solution please do > > -- > Thank you for your time and response > > ClueLess
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