Help! Hard drive not working!

Lef. Sebastian · 05-06-04, 09:08 AM

I just got a new (old) system, and I'm starting to regret just amassing all the old parts I can...because some just don't work for some reason. I can't get this drive to boot, no matter what. I've tried every possible jumper setting on both IDE channels, I don't know what the problem is.

It's a WD 15.7 Gb IDE hard drive. The sticker's worn off so I don't know exactly what model it is.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Xaotic · 05-06-04, 09:25 AM

Is the drive detected in BIOS? It's a WD, so remove the drive setting jumper and try that. It will set it to master without slave.

KILLorBE · 05-06-04, 09:46 AM

I agree with Xaotic, WD HDD's are known to be picky about jumper settings, and they can be a real pain to get them to work with a different drive on the same cable.

Remove the jumper and don't attach another drive to the same cable.

Lef. Sebastian · 05-06-04, 10:17 AM

I checked Western Digital's website, and my hard drive doesn't look like theirs...a friend gave it to me for free and said it was fine. I took a few pictures with my digital camera:

Lef. Sebastian · 05-06-04, 10:20 AM

Here's another picture.

Lef. Sebastian · 05-06-04, 10:23 AM

Just to stave off any questions...yes, I'm kidding. Thanks for the help, though.

That hard drive was FUBAR...somehow a power pin broke off (don't ask me, ask my brother back home) so I figured he needed to be introduced to the shooting range.

That bastahd was shot with a Ruger .44 Magnum, a Colt .45 Automatic and finally, and most impressively, with a 3-shot semi-automatic shotgun (Brand = ?, they're my friend's guns)

AlucardCasull · 05-06-04, 10:25 AM

lol, frickin sweet, keep up the good shootin!!

Randall · 05-06-04, 11:13 AM

Damn! I didn't get here in time!

My response was supposed to be:

Oh! I see the problem! You have a bent IDE pin...

Because that would have been funny!

05-06-04, 09:08 AM	Thread Starter #1
Lef. Sebastian Registered Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Misery	Help! Hard drive not working! I just got a new (old) system, and I'm starting to regret just amassing all the old parts I can...because some just don't work for some reason. I can't get this drive to boot, no matter what. I've tried every possible jumper setting on both IDE channels, I don't know what the problem is. It's a WD 15.7 Gb IDE hard drive. The sticker's worn off so I don't know exactly what model it is. Does anybody have any suggestions?
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05-06-04, 09:25 AM	#2
Xaotic Very kind Senior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greensboro NC	Is the drive detected in BIOS? It's a WD, so remove the drive setting jumper and try that. It will set it to master without slave.
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05-06-04, 09:46 AM	#3
KILLorBE Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The Netherlands	I agree with Xaotic, WD HDD's are known to be picky about jumper settings, and they can be a real pain to get them to work with a different drive on the same cable. Remove the jumper and don't attach another drive to the same cable.
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05-06-04, 10:17 AM	Thread Starter #4
Lef. Sebastian Registered Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Misery	This looks odd... I checked Western Digital's website, and my hard drive doesn't look like theirs...a friend gave it to me for free and said it was fine. I took a few pictures with my digital camera: Attached Images
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05-06-04, 10:20 AM	Thread Starter #5
Lef. Sebastian Registered Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Misery	Here's another picture. Attached Images
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05-06-04, 10:23 AM	Thread Starter #6
Lef. Sebastian Registered Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Misery	Just to stave off any questions...yes, I'm kidding. Thanks for the help, though. That hard drive was FUBAR...somehow a power pin broke off (don't ask me, ask my brother back home) so I figured he needed to be introduced to the shooting range. That bastahd was shot with a Ruger .44 Magnum, a Colt .45 Automatic and finally, and most impressively, with a 3-shot semi-automatic shotgun (Brand = ?, they're my friend's guns)
	QUOTE Thanks

05-06-04, 10:25 AM	#7
AlucardCasull Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Columbus, Ohio	lol, frickin sweet, keep up the good shootin!!
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05-06-04, 11:13 AM	#8
Randall Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO	Damn! I didn't get here in time! My response was supposed to be: Oh! I see the problem! You have a bent IDE pin... Because that would have been funny!
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