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Tumbleweed36 · 04-10-2008, 06:53 AM

If the cable has a blue connector to the motherboard, a black connector on the other end (master) and a gray connector (slave) on it, then it is an 80 connector cable. If you don't have an 80 connector cable, it most likely won't work, because that is what you need for a hard drive. The cdrom will work fine with a 40 connector cable.

Just make sure from the diagram on the drives that you set both of them. Set the Hard Drive as master and the cdrom as slave and place them as described (master on end, slave on middle connector).

Extra note: Make sure that your Sata (boot drive) is still listed first in your bios in the Boot area and the Hard Drive Priority area, because some times when we put an IDE hard drive in with a Sata, it will default to the IDE. Just make sure the SAta is listed first if that is your boot drive.

Post back with questions/concerns.

04-10-2008, 06:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,661 OS: XP Professional	Re: No HD Found! If the cable has a blue connector to the motherboard, a black connector on the other end (master) and a gray connector (slave) on it, then it is an 80 connector cable. If you don't have an 80 connector cable, it most likely won't work, because that is what you need for a hard drive. The cdrom will work fine with a 40 connector cable. Just make sure from the diagram on the drives that you set both of them. Set the Hard Drive as master and the cdrom as slave and place them as described (master on end, slave on middle connector). Extra note: Make sure that your Sata (boot drive) is still listed first in your bios in the Boot area and the Hard Drive Priority area, because some times when we put an IDE hard drive in with a Sata, it will default to the IDE. Just make sure the SAta is listed first if that is your boot drive. Post back with questions/concerns. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 04-10-2008 at 06:55 AM.