Hi,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">neil</b> <<a href="mailto:neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk">neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On boot I got these messages.<br><br>The hard disk is brand new. I replaced the old disk because of errors.<br><br>What is going on? It looks as if it is unlikely it is the disk.</blockquote><div><br>I'm no expert, but I've seen a lot of systems die, and only some of them died because of something<br>
I did :-)<br><br>I would first make sure that your cables are good - the right type, and properly connected. I've seen<br>plenty of problems like this due to ropey IDE or SATA cables. You didn't mention what sort of disc<br>
or controller/motherboard chipset you're using, so it's hard to be more specific. If by chance you have<br>a spare, try swapping the cable out. If there is another device on the IDE channel, try removing it<br>temporarily.<br>
<br>Also check your drive jumpers - maybe the disc came set for C-Select? I had a Mandriva install on a Dell box<br>that *really* didn't like it unless the disc was appropriately set to either slave or master.<br><br>
If that fails, you may be looking at a failed IDE controller chip. If you have a spare PCI slot, you may <br>be able to fix that for a few quid by getting a PCI IDE board. <br><br>Just my 2p. Hope it helps.<br><br>Regards,<br>
<br>Glenn.<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>SWLUG Discussion List - <a href="mailto:Discuss@swlug.org">Discuss@swlug.org</a><br>
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