[Gllug] [OT] Hardware problem

[John Edwards]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:20:09PM +0000, John Edwards wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:15:41PM +1300, David L Neil wrote:
> > On 22/03/10 11:54, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > ...
> > 
> >> Actually, not recognise is not the right word - not see at all is
> >> better.
> > 
> > When you say "not see" are you talking about the Linux level or the BIOS 
> > level?
> > 
> > Check the BIOS is including/prioritising parallel drives...
> 
> It may also be worthwhile checking that the PATA controller is
> fully enabled. In some BIOS there may also be a "legacy" mode.

OK. Just read your recent email, so that has already been checked.

Next thing is to check the data and power cables, and try replacements.

Can you hear/feel the drive spinning up when the machine is powered on?

Also try another IDE disk. If several IDE disks can not be read with
different data and power cables, then the motherboard is probably
faulty.


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