[Gllug] [OT] Hardware problem

[JLMS]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Adrian McMenamin
<adrian at newgolddream.dyndns.info> wrote:
> The good news (that makes this ever-so-slightly less than a spam email)
> is that now I have finally acted on my oft repeated promise to the kids
> to get/build them a new/faster computer they have both agreed that they
> no longer want Windows on it and will be happier with Linux.
>
> The bad news is that, having bought a high spec Mobo (Asus P7H55-M Pro)
> for them, it seems unwilling to recognise their old 200G IDE (PATA)
> disk, though it will recognise the DVD drive on the same cable.
>
> Actually, not recognise is not the right word - not see at all is
> better.
>
> I cannot google anything to suggest that I have hit a known problem so
> am coming to believe the drive has been killed in some way, though don't
> know how.
>
> I have to test that obviously, but before I unscrew everything again,
> anybody ever had a similar problem and know of some heuristics I might
> employ to fix this in a software/BIOS sort of way.
>
> Long shot, I know...

Try using an external USB enclosure. You can get them for little on Ebay
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