Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed

clarky75 · 06-20-2008, 07:38 PM

Hi All,

I received the following error yesterday. My PC blue screened and upon reboot the following error occured

"Seconday IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed"

Windows then started to boot and then blue screened, could not even boot to windows. No hardware changes have been made to my PC at all, the last change I made was 3 months ago, new IDE DVD burner and a new 1gb stick of RAM. But everything was OK, up until yesterday

Since that time I managed to boot into the repair console and run a chkdsk /r this has enabled me to get into windows, so at least I can now backup my data, but this message still appears. Any ideas?

Thanks guys

**Doby** · 06-20-2008, 07:54 PM

Replace the ide cable ti start, there cheap and it just might solve the problem

clarky75 · 06-21-2008, 07:57 PM

Thanks Doby, I will get a new IDE cable this week, your right they are cheap and it may just fix the issue. I hear that a faulty battery can also cause this problem. Will check it out this week and will let you know

Anyone else had this issue? And if so what was the cause?

**Doby** · 06-21-2008, 08:14 PM

You could unplug the dvd drive and see if the error disapears, I am guessing its either the cable or the drive, I have seen both cause this error

craigwatanabe · 06-21-2008, 08:55 PM

Before buying anything, try running your hard drive on the secondary IDE slot using that same cable. If it boots normally it's your DVD burner.

To test your DVD burner, try running it as a slave to your hard drive on your Primary IDE slot. If it runs smoothly chances are it's your cable.

Remember on some BIOS the IDE controllers may require you to use either Cable Select as default setting on your IDE drives.

clarky75 · 06-22-2008, 12:21 AM

Hi guys,

Thanks for your help, the DVD burner is only a month old, so hopefully its not the burner, I will try these suggestions and see what happens

Thanks again

clarky75 · 06-22-2008, 07:05 PM

HDD has been tested, showed some errors, which are now corrected

It did however advise that the IDE cable was damaged, so may just replace the IDE cable

**stressfreesoul** · 06-23-2008, 02:57 AM

I got this error when I forgot to check drive jumper placement.Might want to check that too, but I doubt it if you have nevr moved or unplugged any of the drives.

06-20-2008, 07:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
clarky75 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP Home	Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed Hi All, I received the following error yesterday. My PC blue screened and upon reboot the following error occured "Seconday IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed" Windows then started to boot and then blue screened, could not even boot to windows. No hardware changes have been made to my PC at all, the last change I made was 3 months ago, new IDE DVD burner and a new 1gb stick of RAM. But everything was OK, up until yesterday Since that time I managed to boot into the repair console and run a chkdsk /r this has enabled me to get into windows, so at least I can now backup my data, but this message still appears. Any ideas? Thanks guys

06-20-2008, 07:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 7,924 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Re: Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed Replace the ide cable ti start, there cheap and it just might solve the problem __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

06-21-2008, 07:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
clarky75 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP Home	Re: Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed Thanks Doby, I will get a new IDE cable this week, your right they are cheap and it may just fix the issue. I hear that a faulty battery can also cause this problem. Will check it out this week and will let you know Anyone else had this issue? And if so what was the cause?

06-21-2008, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 7,924 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Re: Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed You could unplug the dvd drive and see if the error disapears, I am guessing its either the cable or the drive, I have seen both cause this error __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

06-21-2008, 08:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
craigwatanabe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 282 OS: xp	Re: Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed Before buying anything, try running your hard drive on the secondary IDE slot using that same cable. If it boots normally it's your DVD burner. To test your DVD burner, try running it as a slave to your hard drive on your Primary IDE slot. If it runs smoothly chances are it's your cable. Remember on some BIOS the IDE controllers may require you to use either Cable Select as default setting on your IDE drives. __________________ A computer is only as powerful as it's user so build wisely.

06-22-2008, 12:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
clarky75 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP Home	Re: Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed Hi guys, Thanks for your help, the DVD burner is only a month old, so hopefully its not the burner, I will try these suggestions and see what happens Thanks again

06-22-2008, 07:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
clarky75 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP Home	Re: Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed HDD has been tested, showed some errors, which are now corrected It did however advise that the IDE cable was damaged, so may just replace the IDE cable

06-23-2008, 02:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,853 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: Secondary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed I got this error when I forgot to check drive jumper placement.Might want to check that too, but I doubt it if you have nevr moved or unplugged any of the drives. __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!