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hvrio · 05-04-2008, 08:26 AM

I'm making my own NAS from salvaged old CPU parts littered around the house. It works fine. It boots.
Here's what the PC contains.
3 Hard Drives
1 CD Rom

I have two IDE (PATA) ports on my mobo so that's 1 HD + 1 HD and 1 HD + 1 CD Rom.
My problem is, the hard disk that I place as the slave of an IDE that has another HD on its master doesn't get detected by BIOS. I already switched everything around trying to figure out what's wrong. The HDs get detected by the BIOS as long as they stay out of the slave of any IDE (1 or 2 - doesn't matter, it's the same). I also replaced the IDE cable, but still nothing. I don't know if the cables can't hold the capacity of 2 HDs or if the mobo just won't accept 2 HDs on the same IDE.

I'm clueless. Help please.
Thank you. :)

05-04-2008, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
hvrio Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: WinXP (SP2), Ubuntu (8.04)	[SOLVED] Mobo Won't Detect HD on IDE Slave With Another HD I'm making my own NAS from salvaged old CPU parts littered around the house. It works fine. It boots. Here's what the PC contains. 3 Hard Drives 1 CD Rom I have two IDE (PATA) ports on my mobo so that's 1 HD + 1 HD and 1 HD + 1 CD Rom. My problem is, the hard disk that I place as the slave of an IDE that has another HD on its master doesn't get detected by BIOS. I already switched everything around trying to figure out what's wrong. The HDs get detected by the BIOS as long as they stay out of the slave of any IDE (1 or 2 - doesn't matter, it's the same). I also replaced the IDE cable, but still nothing. I don't know if the cables can't hold the capacity of 2 HDs or if the mobo just won't accept 2 HDs on the same IDE. I'm clueless. Help please. Thank you. :) __________________ HTWong Last edited by hvrio : 05-04-2008 at 08:30 AM.