apparently i cant have 2 internals anymore lol

djeffers · 02-12-2009, 06:28 AM

ok so heres the deal: went to sleep last night, woke up, storming, pc had reset, and i figured ok, power went out, it took FOREVER for me to finally get it to start again, i figured i had a surge, but i took out the secondary internal and it started up fine. then i saw it restarted b/c of windows updates, but honestly i dont think my problem has anything to do w/ that. i figured well, i got it running again, might as well put the other HD back in. but as soon as i do it doesnt read either of em. can someone help me out plzzzz? THANKS A LOT!!!!

Moto_Terminator · 02-12-2009, 02:11 PM

Are both hard-drives SATA interface or ATA? If you have older ATA hard-drives make sure that the jumper is set on both HDDs correctly. Try switching cables and try using a spare HDD cable.

Does the computer see both hard-drives in the bios? If you have SATA drives, have you tried plugging in the second hard-drive to another SATA port on the motherboard. Also you can try clearing the cmos and see if it helps solve you issues. Refer to the motherboard manual for the cmos jumper location.

Try connecting the hard-drive to another working computer and see if that computer recognizes the HDD. Good luck and hope this helps you out.

djeffers · 02-12-2009, 03:58 PM

ok so the HD that wasnt workin was the secondary, just so you know. i changed it to the master and it still doesnt load, with or without the other as a secondary. The master works on its own. I dont have another IDE cable to test w/ though. It all worked fine yesterday....i dont know what the problem is. In the bios when i have both connected it will say they are unknown devices, but when i only have the one that isnt messed up it shows up fine. Let me know if you can think of anything else.

**raptor_pa** · 02-12-2009, 06:05 PM

Can you feel the drive spin up, or do you hear any clicking or tapping type noises from teh drive? What is the make and model of the drive that is not recognized

djeffers · 02-13-2009, 05:46 AM

ok so i tried plugging it in again and i didnt hear anything but it did get really hot so yeah i dont know. the drive is a seagate st340810A 40GB.

djeffers · 02-15-2009, 12:08 AM

so no one responded back yet....does that mean i'm just S.O.L.?

02-12-2009, 06:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
djeffers Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10 OS: Vista SP1	apparently i cant have 2 internals anymore lol ok so heres the deal: went to sleep last night, woke up, storming, pc had reset, and i figured ok, power went out, it took FOREVER for me to finally get it to start again, i figured i had a surge, but i took out the secondary internal and it started up fine. then i saw it restarted b/c of windows updates, but honestly i dont think my problem has anything to do w/ that. i figured well, i got it running again, might as well put the other HD back in. but as soon as i do it doesnt read either of em. can someone help me out plzzzz? THANKS A LOT!!!!

02-12-2009, 02:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Moto_Terminator Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 145 OS: MS Windows XP Pro	Re: apparently i cant have 2 internals anymore lol Are both hard-drives SATA interface or ATA? If you have older ATA hard-drives make sure that the jumper is set on both HDDs correctly. Try switching cables and try using a spare HDD cable. Does the computer see both hard-drives in the bios? If you have SATA drives, have you tried plugging in the second hard-drive to another SATA port on the motherboard. Also you can try clearing the cmos and see if it helps solve you issues. Refer to the motherboard manual for the cmos jumper location. Try connecting the hard-drive to another working computer and see if that computer recognizes the HDD. Good luck and hope this helps you out.

02-12-2009, 03:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
djeffers Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10 OS: Vista SP1	Re: apparently i cant have 2 internals anymore lol ok so the HD that wasnt workin was the secondary, just so you know. i changed it to the master and it still doesnt load, with or without the other as a secondary. The master works on its own. I dont have another IDE cable to test w/ though. It all worked fine yesterday....i dont know what the problem is. In the bios when i have both connected it will say they are unknown devices, but when i only have the one that isnt messed up it shows up fine. Let me know if you can think of anything else.

02-12-2009, 06:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,843 OS: XP	Re: apparently i cant have 2 internals anymore lol Can you feel the drive spin up, or do you hear any clicking or tapping type noises from teh drive? What is the make and model of the drive that is not recognized __________________

02-13-2009, 05:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
djeffers Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10 OS: Vista SP1	Re: apparently i cant have 2 internals anymore lol ok so i tried plugging it in again and i didnt hear anything but it did get really hot so yeah i dont know. the drive is a seagate st340810A 40GB.

02-15-2009, 12:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
djeffers Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10 OS: Vista SP1	Re: apparently i cant have 2 internals anymore lol so no one responded back yet....does that mean i'm just S.O.L.?