Secondary HD

**Baldie559** · 12-01-2006, 06:15 AM

I tried adding a secondary HD however when I connect it and then boot-up, for some reason it seems that no power gets to any of my drives and no boot record is found. When I disconnect the 2nd HD and leave only the primary HD it boots up fine. Is this an underpower issue with my PSU? I have a 400w PSU.

The reason I want to attach the 2nd HD to my pc is because I want to completely format a couple HD's that I have. If anyone has an easier way to do it, please advise.

**koala** · 12-01-2006, 06:24 AM

How is it connected? If it's on the same cable as the boot drive it needs to be on the middle connector with the jumpers set to Slave and the boot drive set to Master.

If it's on a seperate cable, set it to Master.

IDE or SATA?

**hwm54112** · 12-01-2006, 06:35 AM

if koala's suggestions don't resolve it, install just the additional drive and run the manufacturer's utility on the drive drive utilities

**Baldie559** · 12-01-2006, 06:53 AM

It is IDE and connected at the second connection. I'm pretty sure I have the primay master and the secondary slave but I will double check that once again as that is one of the first things I check.

I'd also like to mention that when I say I get no power to my drives, that includes my cd, dvd, and both HD's when they are connected.

**koala** · 12-01-2006, 06:59 AM

Adding a second hard drive increases the system's power requirements by about 25W. With a 400W PSU this might be enough to tip it over the edge, depending on what else you have in there.

Enter your details into this power calculator and add 30% to the total.

As HWM says, try the new drive by itself set to master on IDE0 to see what happens. If there is no OS on this drive, use a boot floppy, then type C: when it boots to see if the drive can be read.

Tumbleweed36 · 12-01-2006, 06:59 AM

Hi,

Please clarify. Normally with two hard drives, you would have on IDE #1, the Primary Master (end connector on the ribbon cable), with jumpers set to master. The other hard drive is normally the Primary Slave (middle connector on the ribbon cable) with jumpers set to slave. The CDRom, etc drives would be on the Secondary IDE Cable (although they could be on the Primary, but not the best setup if I understand what you have)

**Baldie559** · 12-01-2006, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koala

Adding a second hard drive increases the system's power requirements by about 25W. With a 400W PSU this might be enough to tip it over the edge, depending on what else you have in there.

Enter your details into this power calculator and add 30% to the total.

As HWM says, try the new drive by itself set to master on IDE0 to see what happens. If there is no OS on this drive, use a boot floppy, then type C: when it boots to see if the drive can be read.

Nice tool! According to the calculator I have 258 + 30% = 334watts so I should have plenty with the 400w psu. I'm consfused as to why my pc would act like that then.

12-01-2006, 06:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 651 OS: Xp and Vista	Secondary HD I tried adding a secondary HD however when I connect it and then boot-up, for some reason it seems that no power gets to any of my drives and no boot record is found. When I disconnect the 2nd HD and leave only the primary HD it boots up fine. Is this an underpower issue with my PSU? I have a 400w PSU. The reason I want to attach the 2nd HD to my pc is because I want to completely format a couple HD's that I have. If anyone has an easier way to do it, please advise.

12-01-2006, 06:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 11,239 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	How is it connected? If it's on the same cable as the boot drive it needs to be on the middle connector with the jumpers set to Slave and the boot drive set to Master. If it's on a seperate cable, set it to Master. IDE or SATA? __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

12-01-2006, 06:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 11,239 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Adding a second hard drive increases the system's power requirements by about 25W. With a 400W PSU this might be enough to tip it over the edge, depending on what else you have in there. Enter your details into this power calculator and add 30% to the total. As HWM says, try the new drive by itself set to master on IDE0 to see what happens. If there is no OS on this drive, use a boot floppy, then type C: when it boots to see if the drive can be read. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

12-01-2006, 06:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18,030 OS: XP Professional	Hi, Please clarify. Normally with two hard drives, you would have on IDE #1, the Primary Master (end connector on the ribbon cable), with jumpers set to master. The other hard drive is normally the Primary Slave (middle connector on the ribbon cable) with jumpers set to slave. The CDRom, etc drives would be on the Secondary IDE Cable (although they could be on the Primary, but not the best setup if I understand what you have) __________________ ---------- 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.

12-01-2006, 06:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
hwm54112 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,233 OS: WINXP	if koala's suggestions don't resolve it, install just the additional drive and run the manufacturer's utility on the drive drive utilities

12-01-2006, 06:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Baldie559 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 651 OS: Xp and Vista	It is IDE and connected at the second connection. I'm pretty sure I have the primay master and the secondary slave but I will double check that once again as that is one of the first things I check. I'd also like to mention that when I say I get no power to my drives, that includes my cd, dvd, and both HD's when they are connected.