HDD mainly only works after its warmed up

rich08 · 02-13-2009, 05:55 AM

I have an old 120/Gb H/D that I would like to use but it usually needs to have been run for 10 mins before Cmos detects it and allows the O/S to load.

When it is eventually detected you can re-start or do most other H/D activities with no problems.

I have run Seagates latest Diognostic utility and it reports the drive as being totally OK after its decided to get detected and before detection it reports "No drive found" and asks you to check power and jumpers which I have done.

When I first revived the drive I used a utility from UBCD to overwrite and delete the data afterwhich I partioned 20Gb NTFS and installed the O/S.

The info on the Segate Diog utility sayes something like if you do a "delete whole drive with zeros" routine this sometimes revives old drives but I think I have already done this with UBCD??

I think maybe thers something going wrong with the drive electronics and maybe I need to re install some firmwhere.

???

Tumbleweed36 · 02-13-2009, 06:55 PM

Have you considered changing your ribbon cable? Those things can cause all kinds of problems when they begin to not work properly.

rich08 · 02-15-2009, 07:13 AM

I will try this but if plug another drive in using the same ribbon cable it works straight away?

dai · 02-15-2009, 08:48 AM

check the jumpers on the back are set to m/slave and not cs

02-13-2009, 05:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
rich08 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dorset Posts: 30 OS: XP home sp3	HDD mainly only works after its warmed up I have an old 120/Gb H/D that I would like to use but it usually needs to have been run for 10 mins before Cmos detects it and allows the O/S to load. When it is eventually detected you can re-start or do most other H/D activities with no problems. I have run Seagates latest Diognostic utility and it reports the drive as being totally OK after its decided to get detected and before detection it reports "No drive found" and asks you to check power and jumpers which I have done. When I first revived the drive I used a utility from UBCD to overwrite and delete the data afterwhich I partioned 20Gb NTFS and installed the O/S. The info on the Segate Diog utility sayes something like if you do a "delete whole drive with zeros" routine this sometimes revives old drives but I think I have already done this with UBCD?? I think maybe thers something going wrong with the drive electronics and maybe I need to re install some firmwhere. ??? __________________ Pentium 4 2.6Ghz,Mobo MSI MS-6701,Radeon Sapphire X1600pro AGP 256Mb,1Gig PC3200 DDR RAM,300Gb Maxtor 7200rpm,Thermaltake Toughpower Modular 750w PSU

02-13-2009, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,640 OS: XP Professional	Re: HDD mainly only works after its warmed up Have you considered changing your ribbon cable? Those things can cause all kinds of problems when they begin to not work properly. __________________ ---------- 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.

02-15-2009, 07:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
rich08 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Dorset Posts: 30 OS: XP home sp3	Re: HDD mainly only works after its warmed up I will try this but if plug another drive in using the same ribbon cable it works straight away? __________________ Pentium 4 2.6Ghz,Mobo MSI MS-6701,Radeon Sapphire X1600pro AGP 256Mb,1Gig PC3200 DDR RAM,300Gb Maxtor 7200rpm,Thermaltake Toughpower Modular 750w PSU

02-15-2009, 08:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: HDD mainly only works after its warmed up check the jumpers on the back are set to m/slave and not cs __________________