Its hard to say, but why not swap the 2 hard drives, and do an F12 change of boot and select the bay HDD. You could also try a CD in the bay if you have one. If you leave the main HDD out, the CD wont work. Also, dont forget there is a small connector on the main HDD you will have to move. I would suspect the HDD.
Appreciate your input. Since the media bay itself is working (because the floppy drive works fine in that bay), I figure it is a problem with the caddie circuitry that is the culprit. This HD contains only data files so I cannot boot off that (as I mentioned, the BIOS is able to "notice" it but cannot recognise it and in fact, I have to disconnect the caddie before I can allow the boot process to go on. Once Win XP loads, I push it in and refresh in Device manager and it was fine after a 5 minute freeze of the system. Lately, even this does not lead to the drive being recognised, so I think something has been shot in the caddie's circuitry. I may just reorder another caddie as I am pretty certain the HD itself is good.
I think you missed a few of my points, there is only a cable in the caddy, and the Hdd. The floppy uses a different controller, and if you swap the 2 hard drives, you can try to boot the machine from the boot drive in the caddy. ( hence the F12 change of boot sequence ) By eliminating what it isnt, you can work out what it is.
Chris-thanks for your reply. I'm sorry I did miss your point. I"ll try the swap and see what happens. John- I am not sure how to mount the HD upside down. Do you mean the carrier or the HD inside the carrier? Thanks.
John-thanks for your reply. I don't recollect how I mounted it-but the HD has been functioning fine for 2 years now-so I guess I must have done it right. In fact, I got the spare parts numbers from your post 2 years ago when I ordered the caddie! Anyway I had only some data on it and so I will try the swap mentioned by Chris and see what happens.
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Hi,
Its hard to say, but why not swap the 2 hard drives, and do an F12 change of boot and select the bay HDD. You could also try a CD in the bay if you have one. If you leave the main HDD out, the CD wont work. Also, dont forget there is a small connector on the main HDD you will have to move. I would suspect the HDD.
Regards Chris
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Hi AussieChris:
Appreciate your input. Since the media bay itself is working (because the floppy drive works fine in that bay), I figure it is a problem with the caddie circuitry that is the culprit. This HD contains only data files so I cannot boot off that (as I mentioned, the BIOS is able to "notice" it but cannot recognise it and in fact, I have to disconnect the caddie before I can allow the boot process to go on. Once Win XP loads, I push it in and refresh in Device manager and it was fine after a 5 minute freeze of the system. Lately, even this does not lead to the drive being recognised, so I think something has been shot in the caddie's circuitry. I may just reorder another caddie as I am pretty certain the HD itself is good.
Thanks.
Dan
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October 8th, 2004 04:00
Hi,
I think you missed a few of my points, there is only a cable in the caddy, and the Hdd. The floppy uses a different controller, and if you swap the 2 hard drives, you can try to boot the machine from the boot drive in the caddy. ( hence the F12 change of boot sequence ) By eliminating what it isnt, you can work out what it is.
Regards Chris
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Chris-thanks for your reply. I'm sorry I did miss your point. I"ll try the swap and see what happens. John- I am not sure how to mount the HD upside down. Do you mean the carrier or the HD inside the carrier? Thanks.
Dan
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