Uhm... is the drive supposed to do this?

[Chowdy]

I have a Seagate 30gb 5400rpm drive that for some reason doesn't seem to work correctly. Sometimes the IDE cable just needs to be reseated, but it doesn't help. When i boot it hangs at the "detecting IDE drives" screen and then comes back after a few minutes only to report my 2 optical drives and my WD800JB. After i take out the Seagate, i get no hangs. WHen i shook the Seagate drive, i hear a part rattling around inside. Is it safe to say this drive is dead?

[elprawn]

Are the jumpers set correctly? If it's an 80 conductor cable, you'll have to connect it with colour correspondance as well. Black for master, Grey for slave, Blue for Mobo.

[Southpaw]

I have never used the "Cable Select" option....
I always jumper the drive for either SLave or Master and be done with it....

SP

[FireMogle]

If somthing is rattling I would guess it died, does it sound ok when powered up?

[Crism]

yeah...the drive is probably dead...get a replacement from seagate if it is still under warrenty