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Tumbleweed36 · 06-30-2009, 05:43 PM

Western Digital drive, alone on a ribbon cable....Remove all jumpers and put it on the end of the ribbon cable and make sure you are using an 80 connector cable. (Blue, Gray, Black on end). Give that a try.

06-30-2009, 05:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,640 OS: XP Professional	Re: HDD not recognized for first couple of minutes... Western Digital drive, alone on a ribbon cable....Remove all jumpers and put it on the end of the ribbon cable and make sure you are using an 80 connector cable. (Blue, Gray, Black on end). Give that a try. __________________ ---------- 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.