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TD9 · 05-09-2008, 03:11 AM

When i first installed this drive, i set the jumper as slave and booted the pc to create and format the partition only to find that the BIOS didn't recognise the drive. I got the "pri slave hdd error" for the first time. So i removed the jumper and went with cable select. The BIOS recognised the drive, so i created the one partition and formatted and then rebooted into windows.

All was well for around a month or so, then i started to get the ocassional "pri slave hdd error" upon start-up, until eventually the BIOS wouldn't see the drive at all. I changed the cable for a new one, then the BIOS could see the drive again so as a possible solution (and due to the age of my motherboard) i split the drive into two partitions (146gb and 132gb in windows).

Again the problem went away for a while, until a few days ago. When i rebooted the drive was making thrashing noises, just like it had done prior to all the other "pri slave hdd error" message's.

No matter what i've done to try and remedy this problem, it has always come back which leads me to think that the IDE controller on the motherboard is the problem, and that a new motherboard is the only solution to this very frustrating problem.

I should add that this isn't the only slave HDD that i've had a similar problem with.

My pc spec:

OS MicroXP v0.7
Pentium 4 3.0gh
Asrock P4S61
Power supply is a 550 watt

I hope some one can shed some light on this problem, thanks.

05-09-2008, 03:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
TD9 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 20 OS: xp pro	Maxtor 7L300R0 "pri slave hdd error" When i first installed this drive, i set the jumper as slave and booted the pc to create and format the partition only to find that the BIOS didn't recognise the drive. I got the "pri slave hdd error" for the first time. So i removed the jumper and went with cable select. The BIOS recognised the drive, so i created the one partition and formatted and then rebooted into windows. All was well for around a month or so, then i started to get the ocassional "pri slave hdd error" upon start-up, until eventually the BIOS wouldn't see the drive at all. I changed the cable for a new one, then the BIOS could see the drive again so as a possible solution (and due to the age of my motherboard) i split the drive into two partitions (146gb and 132gb in windows). Again the problem went away for a while, until a few days ago. When i rebooted the drive was making thrashing noises, just like it had done prior to all the other "pri slave hdd error" message's. No matter what i've done to try and remedy this problem, it has always come back which leads me to think that the IDE controller on the motherboard is the problem, and that a new motherboard is the only solution to this very frustrating problem. I should add that this isn't the only slave HDD that i've had a similar problem with. My pc spec: OS MicroXP v0.7 Pentium 4 3.0gh Asrock P4S61 Power supply is a 550 watt I hope some one can shed some light on this problem, thanks.