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Installing second HD
I have read over a number of posts and cannot seem to find an answer to my question.
Just got the XPS 400 with the 80 gb Samsung HD. I have two 200 gb IDE interface HD's that I want to install in addition to this. They are both Western Digital. I bought the IDE-SATA convertor, plugged everything in, set the jumpers per the Samsung and WD (for the respective HD's). I made sure the BIOS was turned on to recognize the HD's. However, when I start it up, just the very first screen comes up, then it basically freezes. It will not let me go into set-up or the other option (F12). I have to turn off my computer and unplug the second HD (I am NOT plugging in the third HD at all at this time) in order for it to boot up properly.
I have looked at that Samsung website. The HD they show is the IDE model so I can't tell which way to put the jumper (i.e., If I am looking at the jumpers upside down or not), so I have tried them both ways. No luck.
Ideas? The 200 gb HD's were purchased last spring so they are not old and are in perfect working order.
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Posted January 18th, 2006 12:00
Thanks for your response. There were no instructions. With the adapter you just (seem to) plug it in, plug in all the necessary things. I don't believe it is like a controller card as far as the need for the computer to recognize it because it should recognize it just as a SATA connection.
Interesting though, because I forgot to mention that I do have a controller card and though the controller card installed and seemed to not have any problems per the device manager, I could not get it to be recognized through the controller card either. I'm probably missing something totally basic since I am only thinking of harder type of things that may cause it to not be recognized. (and yes, everything is plugged in : ) ).
Message Edited by bcurrie on 01-18-2006 08:42 AM
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Posted January 19th, 2006 16:00
I'm wondering if you resolved this, since I am about to do the same thing when my sata adaptor arrives.
I read on this board that the ata drive should be set to master.
Did you try that?
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Posted January 20th, 2006 01:00
Intrue,
Thanks for responding and no I have not resolved it. Pretty frustrating.
Can you explain further about having the "ata" drive set to master? Are you truly referring to the added IDE drive or the original drive that came with the system? Do you mean that both should be set to master? Please respond.
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Posted January 20th, 2006 17:00
Hello bcurrie,
I found this message from davejohn on this same board. It is dated 1-16, and is titled "Adding a slave drive", in response to a question from BigDog55.
Where you see underlined words, he has links to the products.
He say's to set the IDE drive, also known as an ATA drive, to the master setting.
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If you go with an IDE contriller card you install it in any open PCI slot in the computer. Here's an example. It will include a cable and you jumper the drive as Master.
With the SATA to IDE converter (like this) you jumper the drive as Master. It should come with instructions.
The advantage to the controller card is you can attach 2 drives if you have them.
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Posted January 18th, 2006 04:00